2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 2004 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker. Despite finishing the season bowl eligible and third in the conference standings, the team was not invited to a bowl game.

2004 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–6 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Randy Walker (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Dunbar (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorGreg Colby (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
  • John Pickens
  • Luis Castillo
  • Noah Herron
  • Matt Ulrich
Home stadiumRyan Field
2004 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Michigan $+  7 1   9 3  
No. 8 Iowa +  7 1   10 2  
No. 17 Wisconsin  6 2   9 3  
Northwestern  5 3   6 6  
No. 20 Ohio State  4 4   8 4  
Purdue  4 4   7 5  
Michigan State  4 4   5 7  
Minnesota  3 5   7 5  
Penn State  2 6   4 7  
Illinois  1 7   3 8  
Indiana  1 7   3 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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