2004 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

NCAATeamFootballSeason
Year=2004
Team=Alabama Crimson Tide


ImageSize=130px
Conference=Southeastern Conference
Division=Western Division
ShortConference=SEC
CoachRank=
APRank=
Record=6-6
ConfRecord=3-5
HeadCoach=Mike Shula
OffCoach=Dave Rader
DefCoach=Joe Kines
OScheme=
DScheme=
StadiumArena= Bryant-Denny Stadium
Champion=
BowlTourney= 2004 Music City Bowl vs. Minnesota
BowlTourneyResult= L, 20-16

The 2004 Alabama Crimson Tide football team began their season with trying to improve from a dismal 4-9 (2-6) record from the 2003 season. This was the team's 72nd season in the SEC. The team represented the University of Alabama.

ummary

The Crimson Tide were led by second-year head coach Mike Shula. The team began the 2004 season at 3-0 with blowout victories over Utah State, Mississippi, and Western Carolina. The Tide's starting quarterback Brodie Croyle was injured during the Western Carolina game and lost for the season. Without him struggled to find consistent offense against SEC opponents Arkansas and South Carolina. The team would once again have multiple blowouts in three of the next four games, only losing to rival Tennesseee. The season ended on a three game slide, losing to rivals LSU and Auburn, also losing in the Music City Bowl against Minnesota.

chedule

{| class="wikitable"! Date || Time || Rank^# || Opponent || Result || Stadium · City || TV
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September 4, 2004* || 6:00 PM || || Utah State || W 48-17 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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September 11, 2004 || 8:00 PM || || Mississippi || W 28-7 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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September 18, 2004* || 6:00 PM || || Western Carolina || W 52-0 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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September 25, 2004 || 2:30 PM || || at Arkansas || L 27-10 || Razorback Stadium · Fayetteville, AR |
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October 2, 2004 || 5:00 PM || || South Carolina || L 20-3 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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October 9, 2004 || 11:30 AM || || at Kentucky || W 45-17 || Commonwealth Stadium · Lexington, KY |
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October 16, 2004* || 2:30 PM || || Southern Miss^† || W 27-3 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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October 23, 2004 || 2:30 PM || || at Tennessee || L 17-13 || Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October) |
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November 6, 2004 || 5:30 PM || || Mississippi State || W 30-14 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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November 13, 2004 || 6:45 PM || || at LSU || L 26-10 || Tiger Stadium · Baton Rouge, LA (Alabama-LSU rivalry) |
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November 20, 2004 || 2:30 PM || || Auburn || L 21-13 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL (Iron Bowl) |
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December 31, 2004 || 11:00 AM || || vs. Minnesota || L 20-16 || The Coliseum · Nashville, TN (Music City Bowl) |
[http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teams/schedule?teamId=333&year=2004 ESPN - 2004 Alabama Schedule]