2004 Florida Gators football team

2004 Florida Gators football

Peach Bowl, L 27–10 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
2004 record	7–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Ron Zook Charlie Strong (interim)
Offensive coordinator	Larry Fedora
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Strong
Captain	Channing Crowder Mike Degory Ciatrick Fason Travis Harris
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#13 Tennessee x		7	–	1		10	–	3
#7 Georgia		6	–	2		10	–	2
Florida		4	–	4		7	–	5
South Carolina		4	–	4		6	–	5
Kentucky		1	–	7		2	–	9
Vanderbilt		1	–	7		2	–	9
Western Division
#2 Auburn x$		8	–	0		13	–	0
#16 LSU		6	–	2		9	–	3
Alabama		3	–	5		6	–	6
Arkansas		3	–	5		5	–	6
Ole Miss		3	–	5		4	–	7
Mississippi State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Championship: Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eastern Michigan	3	7	0	10	20
• Florida	7	21	21	0	49

Date: September 4
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	7	14	0	7	28
• Tennessee	7	7	0	16	30

Date: September 11
Location: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kentucky	3	0	0	0	3
• Florida	3	7	3	7	20

Date: September 25
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arkansas	0	7	7	16	30
• Florida	7	28	3	7	45

Date: October 2
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
• LSU	0	14	3	7	24
Florida	14	7	0	0	21

Date: October 9
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Middle Tennessee St	3	10	3	0	16
• Florida	17	14	21	0	52

Date: October 16
Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	0	14	10	7	31
• Mississippi St	7	10	7	14	38

Date: October 23
Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	0	0	7	10	17
• Georgia	7	7	3	7	24

Date: October 31
Location: Jacksonville, Florida

The 2004 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The season was the third and last for head coach Ron Zook, who led the Gators to a regular season record of 7–4 (.636).

For the fifth time in school history, Florida played five of its first six games at home. Four of the last five games were on the road. Florida's record for the two prior seasons under Zook on the road in conference play was an SEC league best 7–1. Eight starters returned and true sophomore Chris Leak would start the first game of the season at the helm for the first time. The Gators opened the season against Eastern Michigan from the Mid-American Conference.

Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, and GatorZone.com.

The match with MTSU was intended to be the season opener for the Gators, but was cancelled and rescheduled because of Hurricane Frances. This left the Gators without a regular-season bye week.

Following this loss, head coach Ron Zook was fired, but allowed to coach the remainder of the season.

Ron Zook's last game as head coach of the Florida Gators.

Defensive coordinator Charlie Strong was interim head coach for the bowl game.

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