2004 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
American college football season
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The 2004 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 23rd-year head coach Ron Randleman, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 11–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, and finished as Southland co-champion with Northwestern State. Sam Houston State advanced to the Division I-AA playoffs and defeated Western Kentucky and Eastern Washington before losing to Montana in the semifinal.
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Sports NetworkNo. 4
Record11–3 (4–1 Southland)
Headcoach
- Ron Randleman (23rd season)
| 2004 Sam Houston State Bearkats football | |
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Southland co-champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal, L 13–34 at Montana | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 4 |
| Record | 11–3 (4–1 Southland) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Mike Lucas (15th season) |
| Home stadium | Bowers Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Sam Houston State +^ | 4 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Northwestern State +^ | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls State | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 1 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 1 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 4 | Ouachita Baptist* | W 60–7 | [1] | |||
| September 11 | at Southwest Missouri State* | L 31–33 | 10,039 | [2] | ||
| September 18 | No. 1 Montana* |
| W 41–29 | 12,941 | [3] | |
| September 25 | at Southeastern Louisiana* | No. 24 | W 45–17 | 9,480 | [4] | |
| October 7 | Tarleton State* | No. 13 |
| W 44–14 | 6,944 | [5] |
| October 16 | Nicholls State | No. 13 |
| W 38–10 | 10,038 | [6] |
| October 23 | Northern Colorado* | No. 11 |
| W 20–7 | [7] | |
| October 30 | at No. 13 Stephen F. Austin | No. 8 | W 31–28 | 13,753 | [8] | |
| November 6 | McNeese State | No. 4 |
| W 52–47 | 8,152 | [9] |
| November 13 | at No. 19 Northwestern State | No. 3 | L 27–45 | 7,320 | [10] | |
| November 20 | Texas State | No. 10 | W 27–9 | [11] | ||
| November 27 | No. 11 Western Kentucky* | No. 4 |
| W 54–24 | 9,554 | [12] |
| December 4 | at No. 8 Eastern Washington* | No. 4 |
| W 35–34 | 7,633 | [13] |
| December 11 | at No. 2 Montana* | No. 4 |
| L 13–34 | 23,607 | [14] |
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