# 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games at Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a record of 8–4 and a Big Ten Conference record of 4–4.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Cincinnati* | No. 9 | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | ESPN+ | W 27–6 | 104,604 |
| September 11 | 3:30 p.m. | Marshall* | No. 9 | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | ABC | W 24–21 | 104,622 |
| September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at NC State* | No. 9 | Carter–Finley StadiumRaleigh, NC | ABC | W 22–14 | 56,800 |
| October 2 | 9:00 p.m. | at Northwestern | No. 7 | Ryan FieldEvanston, IL | ESPN2 | L 27–33 $^{OT}$ | 47,130 |
| October 9 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 15 Wisconsin | No. 18 | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | ABC | L 13–24 | 105,090 |
| October 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at Iowa | No. 25 | Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA | ABC | L 7–33 | 70,397 |
| October 23 | 12:00 p.m. | Indiana | | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH | ESPN+ | W 30–7 | 104,538 |
| October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | Penn State | | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH (rivalry) | ABC | W 21–10 | 104,947 |
| November 6 | 12:00 p.m. | at Michigan State | | Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI | ESPN | W 32–19 | 72,222 |
| November 13 | 3:30 p.m. | at Purdue | | Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN | ESPN | L 17–24 | 64,639 |
| November 20 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 7 Michigan | | Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH (rivalry) | ABC | W 37–21 | 105,456 |
| December 29 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma State* | No. 24 | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl) | ESPN | W 33–7 | 65,265 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Coaching staff

* Jim Tressel – Head Coach (4th year)
* Jim Bollman – Offensive Line/OC (4th year)
* Joe Daniels – Quarterbacks / Passing Game Coordinator (4th year)
* Ryan Smith- Co-Quarterbacks (1st year)
* Luke Fickell – Defensive Linebackers (4th year)
* Darrell Hazell – Wide Receivers (1st year)
* Jim Heacock – Defensive Line (9th year)
* Mark Snyder – Defensive Coordinator (4th year)
* Dick Tressel – Running Backs (4th year)
* Mel Tucker – Co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs (4th year)
* Bob Tucker – Director of Football Operations (10th year)
* Todd Goebbel - Defensive Quality Control Coach (1st Year)

## Depth chart

Defense :
* FS
* 21 Nate Salley
* 32 Brandon Mitchell
| WLB | MLB | SLB |
| 47 A. J. Hawk | 51 Anthony Schlegel | 42 Bobby Carpenter |
| 1 Thomas Matthews | 5 Mike D'Andrea | 17 Marcus Freeman |
* SS
* 6 Tyler Everett
* 9 Donte Whitner
* CB
* 37 Dustin Fox
* 13 Harlen Jacobs
| DE | DT | DT | DE |
| 57 Mike Kudla | 90 Quinn Pitcock | 94 Marcus Green | 75 Simon Fraser |
| 84 Marcel Frost | 98 Joel Penton | 97 David Patterson | 99 Jay Richardson |
* CB
* 26 Ashton Youboty
* 2 E.J. Underwood
Offense :
* SE
* 7 Ted Ginn Jr.
* 8 Roy Hall
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| 77 Rob Sims | 50 Doug Datish | 55 Nick Mangold | 64 Mike Knee | 74 Kirk Barton |
| ⋅ | 72 T.J. Downing | 73 Steve Winner | 66 R.J. Coleman | ⋅ |
* TE
* 80 Ryan Hamby
* 88 Rory Nicol
* FL
* 4 Santonio Holmes
* 11 Anthony Gonzalez
* QB
* 10 Troy Smith
* 12 Justin Zwick
* Key reserves
* 25 Antonio Pittman (TB)
* 3 Bam Childress (WR)
* 30 Sirjo Welch (FS)
* FB
* 38 Branden Joe
* 36 Brandon Schnittker
* Special teams
* PK 87 Mike Nugent
* P 86 Kyle Turano
* RB
* 30 Lydell Ross
* 28 Maurice Hall
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## 2005 NFL draftees

| Player | Round | Pick | Position | NFL club |
| Mike Nugent | 2 | 47 | Kicker | New York Jets |
| Dustin Fox | 3 | 80 | Defensive Back | Minnesota Vikings |
| Maurice Clarett | 3 | 101 | Running Back | Denver Broncos |

## Game summaries
### Cincinnati

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| • Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 |

### Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Marshall | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| • Ohio State | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |

### Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Michigan | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| • Ohio State | 7 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 37 |

### Alamo Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • Ohio State | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 24 | 20 |
| Coaches Poll | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 22 | 19 |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 25 | Not released |