American college football season
The 2004 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season . It was the Hurricanes' 79th season of football and 1st as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The Hurricanes were led by fourth-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl . They finished the season 9–3 overall and 5–3 in the ACC to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They were invited to the Peach Bowl where they defeated Florida , 27–10.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 8:00 pm No. 4 Florida State No. 5 ABC W 16–10 OT 78,622 September 18 1:00 pm Louisiana Tech * No. 4 CSS W 48–053,721 6:45 pm at Houston * No. 4 ESPN W 38–1336,698 October 2 3:30 pm at Georgia Tech No. 4 ABC W 27–355,000 7:45 pm No. 20 Louisville * No. 3 ESPN W 41–3863,715 October 23 7:45 pm at NC State No. 4 ESPN W 45–3155,600 October 30 7:00 pm at North Carolina No. 4 ESPN2 L 28–3158,000 November 6 7:45 pm Clemson No. 11 ESPN L 17–24 OT 55,225 November 13 3:30 pm at No. 10 Virginia No. 18 ABC W 31–2163,701 November 20 12:00 pm Wake Forest No. 12 ESPN W 52–741,315 December 4 1:00 pm No. 10 Virginia Tech No. 9 ABC L 10–1662,205 7:30 pm vs. No. 20 Florida * No. 14 ESPN W 27–1069,332 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries
Notable games such as Rivalry and Ranked Games are listed below:
Miami opened the season ranked #5.
Florida State
Florida State was ranked #4 heading into the Friday night ABC televised game, Miami ranked #5 won 16 to 10 in Overtime upsetting FSU.
Louisville
Louisville was ranked #20 heading into the game, Miami ranked #3 won 41 to 38 in the Thursday Night ESPN televised game.
#18 Louisville at #3 Miami (FL)
1
2 3 4 Total
Louisville
7
17 7 7
38
• Miami (FL)
7
0 14 20
41
Date: October 14Location: Orange BowlGame start: 7:30 p.m. EST Scoring summary 1 5:22 MIA Greg Olsen 9-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick) MIA 7-0 1 1:53 LOU Lionel Gates 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick) Tied 7-7 2 14:56 LOU Arthur Carmody 31-yard field goal LOU 10-7 2 10:03 LOU Tiger Jones 12-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick) LOU 17-7 2 1:29 LOU Lionel Gates 17-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick) LOU 24-7 3 9:51 MIA Roscoe Parrish 14-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick) LOU 24-14 3 6:42 LOU Tiger Jones 22-yard pass from Stefan LeFors (Arthur Carmody kick) LOU 31-14 3 4:08 MIA Akieem Jolla 11-yard pass from Brock Berlin (Jon Peattie kick) LOU 31-21 4 14:53 MIA Jon Peattie 24-yard field goal LOU 31-24 4 12:03 MIA Jon Peattie 32-yard field goal LOU 31-27 4 8:11 MIA Devin Hester 78-yard punt return (Jon Peattie kick) MIA 34-31 4 4:30 LOU Lionel Gates 1-yard run (Arthur Carmody kick) LOU 38-34 4 0:49 MIA Frank Gore 1-yard run (Jon Peattie kick)MIA 41-38
Virginia
Virginia was ranked #10 heading into this game, Miami ranked #18 won 31 to 21 in the ABC televised game.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech was ranked #10 heading into this game, Miami ranked #9 lost 10 to 16 in the ABC televised game.
Peach Bowl vs Florida
Florida was ranked #20 heading into this rivalry game at the Peach Bowl, Miami ranked #14 won 27 to 10. This led to a #11 ranking to close the season.
References
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore Documentaries People Early years (1926 to 1978) Seasons National championship seasons in bold
