2004 Syracuse Orange football team
American college football season
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The 2004 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Paul Pasqualoni in his 14th and final season as head coach, the Orange compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, sharing the Big East title with Boston College, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia. Syracuse was invited to the Georgia Tech, where the Orange lost to Georgia Tech. The team played home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.
- Paul Pasqualoni (14th season)
| 2004 Syracuse Orange football | |
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Big East co-champion | |
Champs Sports Bowl, L 14–51 vs. Georgia Tech | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Record | 0–6, 6 wins vacated (0–2 Big East, 4 wins vacated) |
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| Offensive coordinator | George DeLeone (16th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Steve Dunlap (1st season) |
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| Home stadium | Carrier Dome |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Boston College + | 4 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Pittsburgh $+ | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia + | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse + | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first season in which Syracuse used the nickname of Orange. Previously, Syracuse had respectively used "Orangemen" for men's sports, including football, and "Orangewomen" for women's sports.
In 2015, Syracuse vacated the six wins from this season among others from the 2005 and 2006 seasons following an eight-year investigation, as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) found that some players who committed academic fraud participated in the wins.[2][3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | 1:30 pm | at No. 25 Purdue* | ABC | L 0–51 | 56,827 | ||
| September 11 | 6:00 pm | at Buffalo* | W 37–17 (vacated) | 29,013 | |||
| September 18 | 12:00 pm | Cincinnati* | ESPN Plus | W 19–7 (vacated) | 32,893 | ||
| September 25 | 3:30 pm | at No. 12 Virginia* | L 10–31 | 59,699 | |||
| October 2 | 12:00 pm | Rutgers |
| ESPN Plus | W 41–31 (vacated) | 40,153 | |
| October 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 Florida State* |
| ESPN2 | L 13–17 | 40,359 | |
| October 21 | 7:30 pm | at No. 15 West Virginia | ESPN | L 6–27 | 52,909 | ||
| October 30 | 1:30 pm | Connecticut |
| W 42–30 (vacated) | 34,545 | ||
| November 6 | 12:00 pm | Pittsburgh |
| ESPN Plus | W 38–31 (vacated) | 37,211 | |
| November 13 | 12:00 pm | at Temple | ESPN Plus | L 24–34 | 15,564 | ||
| November 27 | 1:00 pm | at No. 17 Boston College | ABC | W 43–17 (vacated) | 44,500 | ||
| December 21 | 7:45 pm | vs. Georgia Tech* | ESPN | L 14–51 | 28,237 | [4] | |
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