2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach John Bunting, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 6–6 overall and 5–3 in ACC play to tie for third place. They lost to Boston College in the Continental Tire Bowl.

2004 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–6 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Tranquill (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJohn Gutekunst (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMarvin Sanders (1st season)
CaptainDarian Durant, Jason Brown, Gerald Sensabaugh, Jonas Seawright, Greg Warren
Home stadiumKenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2003
2005 →
2004 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Virginia Tech $   7 1     10 3  
No. 15 Florida State   6 2     9 3  
No. 11 Miami (FL)   5 3     9 3  
No. 23 Virginia   5 3     8 4  
North Carolina   5 3     6 6  
Georgia Tech   4 4     7 5  
Clemson   4 4     6 5  
NC State   3 5     5 6  
Maryland   3 5     5 6  
Wake Forest   1 7     4 7  
Duke   1 7     2 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 41:30 p.m.William & Mary*W 49–3843,500
September 113:30 p.m.at No. 15 VirginiaABCL 24–5662,790
September 186:00 p.m.Georgia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 34–1346,250
September 251:30 p.m.No. 24 Louisville*
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
L 0–3449,000
October 212:00 p.m.at No. 9 Florida StateESPN2L 16–3882,708
October 96:00 p.m.NC State
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 30–2460,000
October 1610:00 p.m.at No. 11 Utah*L 16–4645,319
October 307:00 p.m.No. 4 Miami (FL) 
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPN2W 31–2858,000
November 612:00 p.m.No. 18 Virginia Tech
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPN2L 24–2758,000
November 1312:00 p.m.at Wake ForestJPSW 31–2437,623
November 2012:00 p.m.at DukeJPSW 40–1730,541
December 301:00 p.m.vs. No. 25 Boston College*ESPN2L 24–3773,258
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Coaching staff edit

Name Position [2] Seasons in Position
John Bunting Head coach 4th
Gunter Brewer Wide Receivers 5th
Kenny Browning Tight Ends 11th
Jeff Connors Strength and conditioning coordinator 4th
John Gutekunst Defensive coordinator / Linebackers 1st
Hal Hunter Offensive Line 3rd
Brad Lawing Defensive Line / recruiting coordinator 2nd
Andre' Powell Running backs 4th
Marvin Sanders Defensive coordinator / defensive backs 1st
Gary Tranquill Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks 4th
James Webster, Jr. Assistant head coach/ special teams coordinator 4th
Matt House Defensive Assistant 2nd

Team statistics edit

    Passing Leaders       Cmp     Att     Yds     TD     Int  
Darian Durant 178 299 2238 17 9
Matt Baker 23 36 326 1 2
    Rushing Leaders       Car     Yds     Long     TD  
Chad Scott 143 796 48 8
Jacque Lewis 74 557 53 3
Ronnie McGill 79 419 49 5
Darian Durant 81 188 24 1
Madison Hedgecock 30 118 25 2
    Receiving Leaders       Rec     Yds     Long     TD  
Jesse Holley 30 456 45 2
Jarwarski Pollock 45 408 38 2
Derrele Mitchell 21 354 51 3
Adarius Bowman 18 329 52 3
Mike Mason 19 272 35 1
    Kicking       XPM     XPA     FGM     FGM     Long     Pts  
Connor Barth 35 36 14 18 50 77

References edit

  1. ^ "2004-2005 Schedule Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine." tarheelblue.com. Retrieved on February 12, 2008.
  2. ^ "2004 North Carolina Football Media Guide Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine." tarheelblue.com. Retrieved on February 12, 2008.