2004 Troy State Trojans football team

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2004 Troy State Trojans football

Silicon Valley Football Classic, L 21–34 vs. Northern Illinois
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	7–5 (4–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Larry Blakeney (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Fleetwood (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Vic Koenning (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Movie Gallery Stadium
Seasons← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Troy State Trojans football team represented Troy State University—now known as Troy University—as a first-year member of the Sun Belt Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Larry Blakeney, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 7–5 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, good for second place in the Sun Belt. Troy State was invited to their first bowl game the Silicon Valley Football Classic, where the Trojans lost, 34–21, to Northern Illinois. The team played home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	at Marshall*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	ESPN Plus	W 17–15	29,382
September 9	No. 19 Missouri*	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN2	W 24–14	26,574
September 18	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	ESPN Plus	L 18–22	17,587
September 25	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN Plus	L 7-17	79,700
October 2	Utah State	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN Plus	W 49-21	20,029
October 16	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR		L 9–13	16,135
October 23	No. 18 LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN Plus	L 20–24	89,493
October 30	Idaho	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL		W 47–7	20,151
November 6	Florida Atlantic*	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL		W 24–6	20,515
November 13	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA		W 13–10	15,077
November 20	Middle Tennessee	Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL (Battle for the Palladium)	ESPN Plus	W 37–17	18,871
December 30	vs. Northern Illinois*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Silicon Valley Football Classic)	ESPN2	L 21–34	21,456
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

"Troy Trojans Schedule 2004". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
"2004 Football Schedule". Troy University Athletics. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

v t e Troy Trojans football
Venues	Pace Field (1930–1949) Veterans Memorial Stadium (1950–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Jacksonville State: Battle for the Ol' School Bell Middle Tennessee: Battle for the Palladium South Alabama
Culture & lore	Trojan "Trojans One & All" Sound of the South Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Sun Belt Conference football champions
Middle Tennessee & North Texas (2001) North Texas (2002) North Texas (2003) North Texas (2004) Arkansas State, Louisiana–Lafayette, & Louisiana–Monroe (2005) Middle Tennessee & Troy (2006) Florida Atlantic & Troy (2007) Troy (2008) Troy (2009) FIU & Troy (2010) Arkansas State (2011) Arkansas State (2012) Arkansas State & Louisiana–Lafayette (2013) Georgia Southern (2014) Arkansas State (2015) Appalachian State & Arkansas State (2016) Appalachian State & Troy (2017) Appalachian State (2018) Appalachian State (2019) Coastal Carolina & Louisiana (2020) Louisiana (2021) Troy (2022) Troy (2023) Marshall (2024)

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