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2004 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2004
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
image	Florida Gators script logo.svg
conference	Southeastern Conference
division	Eastern Division
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	25
record	7–5
conf_record	4–4
head_coach	Ron Zook
hc_year	3rd
hc_games	regular season
head_coach2	Charlie Strong
hc_games2	interim, bowl game
off_coach	Larry Fedora
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Spread
def_coach	Charlie Strong
dc_year	2nd
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
captain	Channing Crowder
captain2	Mike Degory
captain3	Ciatrick Fason
captain4	Travis Harris
stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
bowl	[Peach Bowl](2004-peach-bowl-december)
bowl_result	L 10–27 vs. [Miami (FL)](2004-miami-hurricanes-football-team)

The 2004 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida as a member of the Eastern Division in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Ron Zook in his third and final season as head coach, the Gators compiled an overall record of 7–5 with mark of 4–4 in conference play, tying for third place in the SEC's Eastern Division. Florida was invited to the Peach Bowl, where the Gators lost to the Miami Hurricanes. The team played home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

Zook was fired after Florida's loss to Mississippi State on October 2004, but coaching the team through the remainder of the regular season before leaving to home the head football coach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Florida's defensive coordinator, Charlie Strong, was appointed interim head coach for the team's bowl game.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Eastern Michigan

Tennessee

Kentucky

Arkansas

LSU

Middle Tennessee

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

Mississippi State

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

Georgia

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

Florida State

;Florida

Chris Leak 19/39, 231 Yds, TD, INT
Ciatrick Fason 24 Rush, 103 Yds, TD
Chad Jackson 3 Rec, 65 Yds, TD ;Florida St
Will Sexton 14/32, 164 Yds, INT
Lorenzo Booker 5 Rush, 25 Yds
Chauncey Stovall 11 Rec, 181 Yds, TD

Ron Zook's last game as head coach of the Florida Gators and spoiled the dedication of the field for Bobby Bowden.

Peach Bowl

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

Coaching staff

Ron Zook – head coach
Jerry "Red" Anderson – defensive line coach
Dan Disch – secondary coach
Dwayne Dixon – assistant head coach / inside receivers coach
Larry Fedora – offensive coordinator / receivers coach
Mike Locksley – running backs coach / recruiting coordinator
Bill Miller – associate head coach / linebackers coach
Charlie Strong – defensive coordinator/ interim head coach
Joe Wickline – offensive line coach / running game coordinator
Ed Zaunbrecher – quarterbacks coach

Players drafted into the NFL

7	218	Reynaldo Hill	CB	Tennessee Titans

References

Bibliography

2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide, Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).
Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). .

References

''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2012/media_guide.pdf 2012 Florida Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2013-05-27 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 113 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.)
GatorZone.com, Football, History, [http://www.gatorzone.com/football/history/2004/team.pdf Florida Football 2004] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-05-02 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.)
"2005 NFL Draft Listing".

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