The 2004 Big South Conference football season was the third football season for the Big South Conference. The season began on Saturday, September 4, 2004 and concluded on November 20. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers won the conference's regular season championship, their first title.
| 2004 Big South Conference football season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I FCS |
| Sport | Football |
| Duration | September 4–November 20, 2004 |
| Number of teams | 5 |
| Total attendance | 157,465 |
| Conference champions | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Coastal Carolina $ | 4 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 1 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards and honors edit
Conference honors edit
- Offensive Player of the Year: Patrick Hall, Jr., RB, Coastal Carolina
- Defensive Player of the Year: Harold Wells, Sr., DL, Gardner–Webb
- Freshman of the Year: Jerome Simpson, WR, Coastal Carolina
- Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Adam DeGraffenreid, Jr., DE, Charleston Southern
- Coach of the Year: David Bennett, Coastal Carolina
All-Conference Teams edit
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Rankings edit
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week |
| Pre | Wk 1 |
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Final | ||
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| Charleston Southern | TSN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Coastal Carolina | TSN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | 22 | 24 |
| C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 25 | 24 | |
| Gardner–Webb | TSN | RV | RV | RV | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| C | RV | – | RV | – | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Liberty | TSN | – | – | – | – | – | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| VMI | TSN | RV | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| C | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Head coaches edit
- Jay Mills, Charleston Southern
- David Bennett, Coastal Carolina
- Steve Patton, Gardner–Webb
- Ken Karcher, Liberty
- Cal McCombs, VMI
References edit
- ^ a b August 13, 2014. "2014 Big South Football Media Guide." BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ "Big South Football Records" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved September 5, 2014.