2004 UC Davis

4–⁠3 (2–⁠1 Great West Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–⁠4, over 10 games to the seven on file here.

Schedule and results

UC Davis in 2004, game by game: won at Weber State 31–29; won vs. Sacramento State 58–23; won at Northern Colorado 30–20; lost vs. Stephen F. Austin 19–22; lost at Southern Utah 15–19; won at Cal Poly 36–33; lost vs. Portland State 21–38+35−17Won 31–29 at Weber State+2Weber StateWon 58–23 vs. Sacramento State+35Sacramento StateWon 30–20 at Northern Colorado+10Northern Colora…Lost 19–22 vs. Stephen F. Austin-3Stephen F. Aust…Lost 15–19 at Southern Utah-4Southern UtahWon 36–33 at Cal Poly+3Cal PolyLost 21–38 vs. Portland State-17Portland State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Portland State 38–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Great West Conference.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 45 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of UC Davis’s 2004 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

Record
4–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠1 2nd in Great West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
210–⁠184
Coach
—
Elo
1260 +53 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.7 No. 39 of 118 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Moroski

2004 Great West Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Cal Poly4–⁠19–⁠2
UC Davis2–⁠14–⁠3
Southern Utah2–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Colorado2–⁠32–⁠9
North Dakota State1–⁠24–⁠2
South Dakota State1–⁠21–⁠4

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