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The 2004 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team played their home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California . They participated as members of the Western Athletic Conference . They were coached by head coach Fitz Hill , who resigned after the end of the season to become a "Visiting Scholar" position at the University of Central Florida’s DeVos Sports Business Management Program.[ 1]
The Spartans' 70-63 win over Rice on October 2 set an NCAA record for overall points scored by both teams in regulation.[ 2]
The San Jose Mercury News reported in March 2004 that budget cuts led some faculty members at San Jose State to advocate removing the SJSU football program from Division IA athletics.[ 3] Locally there was much speculation that San Jose State would drop football due to poor attendance and student-athlete graduation rates.[ 4]
Read-2-Lead Classic [ edit ]
The "Read-2-Lead Classic" was an attempt to help the football team achieve average attendance of 15,000 to retain NCAA Division I-A status. With an emphasis on literacy, the university hosted a series of events in September 2004, including a conversation with comedian Bill Cosby and a concert by Boyz II Men .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] The game sold just 11,360 tickets. In contrast, the 2003 Read-2-Lead Classic had an official attendance of over 31,000.[ 9] [ 10]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 4 7:00 pm at Stanford * KRON L 3–4339,750
September 18 2:00 pm Morgan State * CSN W 47–2810,411
September 25 5:00 pm at SMU L 13–3617,841
October 2 6:00 pm Rice Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA W 70–634,467
October 9 12:30 pm at Washington * L 6–2165,816
October 23 9:05 pm at Hawaii L 28–4636,264
October 30 2:00 pm No. 24 UTEP Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA KRON L 20–385,968
November 6 6:05 pm at Nevada KRON L 24–4215,902
November 13 9:00 am No. 10 Boise State Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA ESPN2 L 49–56 2OT 5,028
November 20 12:00 pm at Tulsa L 24–3415,784
November 27 2:00 pm Fresno State Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry ) KRON, ESPN GamePlan L 28–626,521
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
[ 11] [ 12]
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
0
0
3
3
Cardinal
7
8
21
7
43
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
7
0
14
28
Spartans
7
17
16
7
47
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
6
0
7
13
Mustangs
14
8
7
7
36
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
21
13
15
14
63
Spartans
7
21
14
28
70
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
3
0
3
6
Huskies
7
0
7
7
21
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
7
7
0
14
28
Warriors
0
24
10
12
46
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Miners
14
0
10
14
38
Spartans
7
0
0
13
20
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
0
10
14
24
Wolf Pack
7
7
14
14
42
No. 10 Boise State (2OT)[ edit ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
No. 10 Broncos
7
21
14
0 14
56
Spartans
14
7
14
7 7
49
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
21
3
0
24
Golden Hurricane
10
14
3
7
34
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
27
7
14
62
Spartans
7
7
7
7
28
^ "Fitz Hill to join the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida" . San Jose State Athletics. November 22, 2004. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013 .
^ "Rice vs. San Jose State - Game Recap - October 2, 2004 - ESPN" . Archived from the original on July 22, 2012.
^ Bartindale, Becky (March 29, 2004). "SJSU football targeted" . San Jose Mercury News . Archived from the original on December 5, 2004.
^ Kawakami, Tim (October 26, 2004). "Still searching for reason to keep program alive" . San Jose Mercury News . Archived from the original on October 28, 2004.
^ Hamm, Andrew F. (September 14, 2004). "More entertainment stars support San Jose's football classic" . Silicon Valley Business Journal . Retrieved November 29, 2013 .
^ McGrane, Mick (September 23, 2005). "Losing links Spartans, Aztecs" . San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved November 29, 2013 .
^ Hamm, Andrew F. (September 13, 2004). "SJSU football gets help from comedian" . Silicon Valley Business Journal . Retrieved November 29, 2013 .
^ Gomez, Mark (September 15, 2004). "SJSU makes a good read with classic" . San Jose Mercury News . Archived from the original on October 9, 2004.
^ Curtis, Jake (September 17, 2004). "Extra fan revenue is music to SJSU's ears" . San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved November 29, 2013 .
^ Curtis, Jake (September 19, 2004). "Spartans top Morgan State / Hill, though, still not thrilled" . San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved November 29, 2013 .
^ "San José State Spartans Schedule 2004" . ESPN . Retrieved August 27, 2023 .
^ "2004 San Jose State Football" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016 .
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