2004 Temple Owls football team

2004 Temple Owls football
2004 Temple Owls football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	2–9 (1–5 Big East)
Head coach	Bobby Wallace (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Willie J. Slater (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Raymond Monica (7th season)
Captains	Troy Bennett; C. J. Blomvall; Ikey Chuku; Sadeke Konte; Lawrence Wade;
Home stadium	Lincoln Financial Field
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Big East Conference football standings
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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

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University as a member of the Big East Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bobby Wallace, the Owls compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place at the bottom of the Big East standings. Temple played home games at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	12:00 pm	No. 16 Virginia*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN2	L 14–44	20,154
September 11	6:00 pm	at No. 23 Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		L 22–45	51,292
September 18	2:00 pm	Florida A&M*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		W 38–7	17,104	^[1]
September 25	7:00 pm	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH		L 17–45	24,836
October 2	1:00 pm	Bowling Green*	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA		L 16–70	12,316
October 9	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN Plus	L 22–27	19,517
October 16	12:00 pm	at Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN Plus	L 6–16	31,021
October 23	12:00 pm	at Connecticut	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT		L 31–45	40,000
November 6	1:00 pm	at No. 15 West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium Morgantown, WV		L 21–42	52,108
November 13	12:00 pm	Syracuse	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN Plus	W 34–24	15,564
November 20	12:00 pm	No. 19 Boston College	Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN Plus	L 17–34	14,081
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Rattlers crumble to Owls". Florida Today. September 19, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2004 FB Stats" (PDF).

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