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2004 Southern Illinois

10–⁠2 (5–⁠0 Gateway Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Southern Illinois in 2004, game by game: won vs. Southeast Missouri State 42–3; lost at Northern Illinois 22–23; won vs. William Penn 59–9; won at Delaware State 49–0; won vs. Northern Iowa 40–36; won at Youngstown State 37–2; won vs. Western Kentucky 38–10; won vs. Missouri State 27–3; won vs. Western Illinois 66–13; won at Illinois State 41–14; won vs. Indiana State 59–10; lost vs. Eastern Washington 31–35+53−4Won 42–3 vs. Southeast Missouri State+39Southeast Misso…Lost 22–23 at Northern Illinois-1Northern Illino…Won 59–9 vs. William Penn+50William PennWon 49–0 at Delaware State+49Delaware StateWon 40–36 vs. Northern Iowa+4Northern IowaWon 37–2 at Youngstown State+35Youngstown StateWon 38–10 vs. Western Kentucky+28Western KentuckyWon 27–3 vs. Missouri State+24Missouri StateWon 66–13 vs. Western Illinois+53Western IllinoisWon 41–14 at Illinois State+27Illinois StateWon 59–10 vs. Indiana State+49Indiana StateLost 31–35 vs. Eastern Washington-4Eastern Washing…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsSoutheast Missouri StateW 42–⁠366%
Sep 11atNorthern IllinoisL 22–⁠2327%
Sep 18vsWilliam PennW 59–⁠981%
Sep 25atDelaware StateW 49–⁠085%
Oct 2vsNorthern IowaW 40–⁠3663%
Oct 9atYoungstown StateW 37–⁠271%
Oct 16vsWestern KentuckyW 38–⁠1056%
Oct 23vsMissouri StateW 27–⁠376%
Oct 30vsWestern IllinoisW 66–⁠1376%
Nov 6atIllinois StateW 41–⁠1475%
Nov 13vsIndiana StateW 59–⁠1090%
Nov 27vsEastern WashingtonIaa PlayoffsL 31–⁠3565%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Eastern Washington 35–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; Gateway Football Conference champions.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 62 on file).

Gateway Football Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Gateway Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
511–⁠158
Coach
—
Elo
1551 +137 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.7 No. 4 of 118 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
No. 118
Offensive coordinator
Matt Limegrover
Defensive coordinator
Tracy Claeys

Top recruits in the 2004 class

Dylan Ward PRO★★No. 979

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2004 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.767

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2005

The 2005 draft
Rd 4Brandon Jacobs RBNew York Giants

2004 Gateway Football Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Southern Illinois5–⁠010–⁠2
Northern Iowa4–⁠17–⁠4
Youngstown State2–⁠34–⁠7
Western Illinois2–⁠34–⁠7
Illinois State1–⁠44–⁠7
Indiana State1–⁠44–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.