2004 Purdue Boilermakers football team

2004 Purdue Boilermakers football

Sun Bowl, L 23–27 vs. Arizona State
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2004 record	7–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Tiller (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Chaney (8th year)
Offensive scheme	Spread offense
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (8th year)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Jon Goldsberry (5th year)
Captain	Taylor Stubblefield (5th year)
Captain	Antwaun Rogers (5th year)
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium (Capacity: 62,500)

2004 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#8 Iowa +		7	–	1		10	–	2
#14 Michigan $+		7	–	1		9	–	3
#17 Wisconsin		6	–	2		9	–	3
Northwestern		5	–	3		6	–	6
#20 Ohio State		4	–	4		8	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4		7	–	5
Michigan State		4	–	4		5	–	7
Minnesota		3	–	5		7	–	5
Penn State		2	–	6		4	–	7
Illinois		1	–	7		3	–	8
Indiana		1	–	7		3	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Joe Tiller and played its home games at Ross-Ade Stadium. Purdue played twelve games in the 2004 season, finishing with a 7–5 record and a loss in the Sun Bowl to Arizona State. The season was Kyle Orton's senior year at Purdue.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	1:30 PM	Syracuse*	No. 24	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 51–0	56,827^[1]
September 11	1:00 PM	Ball State*	No. 25	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 59–7	64,323^[1]
September 25	12:00 PM	at Illinois	No. 15	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	ESPN+	W 38–30	50,532^[1]
October 2	2:30 PM	at Notre Dame*	No. 15	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	NBC	W 41–16	80,795^[1]
October 9	4:30 PM	at Penn State	No. 9	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ESPN	W 20–13	108,183^[1]
October 16	5:30 PM	No. 10 Wisconsin	No. 5	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	L 17–20	65,196^[1]
October 23	3:30 PM	No. 13 Michigan	No. 12	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ABC	L 14–16	65,170^[1]
October 30	12:00 PM	at Northwestern	No. 17	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN	L 10–13	30,312^[1]
November 6	3:30 PM	at No. 20 Iowa		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN	L 21–23	70,397^[1]
November 13	3:30 PM	Ohio State		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 24–17	64,639^[1]
November 20	12:00 PM	Indiana		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	ESPN+	W 63–24	65,137^[1]
December 31	2:00 PM	vs. No. 21 Arizona State*		Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	L 23–27	51,288^[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game notes

Syracuse

Syracuse at #25 Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	0	0	0	0	0
• Purdue	14	6	17	14	51

Date: Sunday, September 5
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST

Source: ESPN

Scoring summary

1	4:01	PUR	Jerod Void 1-yard run (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 7-0

1	1:10	PUR	Brian Hare 75-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 14-0

2	6:15	PUR	Taylor Stubblefield 23-yard pass from Kyle Orton (kick blocked)	PUR 20-0

3	6:09	PUR	Taylor Stubblefield 67-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 27-0

3	2:04	PUR	Brandon Jones 32-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 34-0

3	0:32	PUR	Ben Jones 34-yard field goal	PUR 37-0

4	9:39	PUR	Jerome Brooks 44-yard run (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 44-0

4	2:11	PUR	Dustin Keller 47-yard pass from Brandon Kirsch (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 51-0

Optimism abounded toward the Purdue football program coached by Joe Tiller after a terrific '03 season. Although the Boilermakers had 8 defensive starters to replace in 2004 (6 of whom were NFL draft picks), they returned most of their productive offense - including solid Seniors in QB Kyle Orton and catch-machine WR Taylor Stubblefield.

In the first-ever Sunday game at Ross Ade Stadium, Purdue played host to the perennially bowl-bound Syracuse Orange from the Big East. However, on a brutally hot day, the Boilermaker offense and defense was on fire, handing the Orange an unexpectedly decisive defeat, 51–0.

Orton and the Purdue offense shook off a slow start (and a missed Ben Jones FG) to compile 571 yards of turnover-free offense, highlighted by 4 long Orton TD passes in a 16–30; 287 yard performance. Even reserve QB Brandon Kirsch - playing for the first time since 2002 - got in on the rout by engineering 2 4th-quarter TD drives including a 47-yard TD pass to freshman TE Dustin Keller.

On the flipside, the new-look Purdue defense was terrific in holding first-time starting QB Joe Fields and the Syracuse offense to 197 total yards, 3 turnovers, and most impressively - 0 points. Fields also got no help from his running game, as acclaimed RBs Walter Reyes and Damien Rhodes combined for only 36 yards on 17 carries.

Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	7	7
Boilermakers	21	24	7	7	59

Purdue continued its outstanding start to 2004, improving to 2–0 by blasting the MAC's Ball State Cardinals 59–7. The Boilermakers did the majority of the damage in an incredible first half that sent them to the locker room with a 45–0 advantage.

Kyle Orton performed phenomenally – 23-26; 329 yards and 5 TDs – in guiding the Purdue offense to 599 yards, 34 first downs and no turnovers. WR Taylor Stublefield had 3 TD catches. And the Purdue defense had another superb game, holding the Cardinals' offense to 197 total yards and nearly pitching another shutout until Ball State got on the board midway through the 4th quarter.

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	10	14	7	7	38
Fighting Illini	10	10	3	7	30

Notre Dame

#15 Purdue at Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	10	10	21	0	41
Notre Dame	3	0	13	0	16

Date: Saturday, October 2
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Game start: 2:30 p.m. EST
Television network: NBC

Source: ESPN

Scoring summary

1	10:49	PUR	Ben Jones 31-yard field goal	PUR 3-0

1	6:30	ND	D.J. Fitzpatrick 26-yard field goal	Tied 3-3

1	6:16	PUR	Jerome Brooks 100-yard kickoff return (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 10-3

2	11:24	PUR	Ben Jones 39-yard field goal	PUR 13-3

2	1:03	PUR	Rob Ninkovich 2-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 20-3

3	11:51	PUR	Taylor Stubblefield 97-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 27-3

3	8:54	ND	Rhema McKnight 40-yard pass from Brady Quinn (D.J. Fitzpatrick kick)	PUR 27-10

3	6:40	PUR	Kyle Ingraham 9-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 34-10

3	4:17	ND	Rashaun Powers-Neal 1-yard run (pass failed)	PUR 34-16

3	0:45	PUR	Taylor Stubblefield 12-yard pass from Kyle Orton (Ben Jones kick)	PUR 41-16

With another outstanding performance from QB Kyle Orton, the Boilermakers improved to 4–0 with a surprisingly decisive 41–16 victory over 3–1 Notre Dame. This was the program's first win in South Bend since 1974 (in 13 tries).

After both teams' first drives ended in field goals, the game began to turn when Purdue kick returner Jerome Brooks returned an Irish kickoff 100 yards for a TD and a 10–3 lead. Later in the 2nd quarter with Purdue holding a 13–3 lead and the Irish threatening to score, Purdue took control when DE Anthony Spencer forced a fumble from freshman RB Darius Walker that Purdue recovered. Orton then led the Purdue offense 97 yards on a drive that culminated in a short TD toss to DE-turned-TE Rob Ninkovich, for a 20–3 halftime lead.

Early in the 3rd quarter, after a Notre Dame punt pinned Purdue at their 3-yard line, WR Taylor Stubblefield beat tight man coverage to catch a 97-yard TD pass for a backbreaking score and 27–3 lead. The teams exchanged touchdowns for the rest of the 3rd quarter before a scoreless 4th quarter.

If not points, the Irish certainly rolled up yards (536) on the Purdue defense, as Quinn threw for a then-career-high 432 yards. But some timely stops (including 7 sacks) by the Purdue defense, the untimely Walker fumble, and the defense's inability to stop Orton and the Purdue offense proved too much to overcome.

Meanwhile, Orton completed 21 of 31 passes for 385 yards and 4 touchdowns; two of his TD throws were to Stubblefield in a 7 catch, 181 yard performance.

It was at this point in the season that Kyle Orton was considered a Heisman Trophy front-runner, as he had 17 TD passes and no interceptions. In fact, the Purdue offense still had yet to commit their first turnover of the season!

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	3	7	7	3	20
Nittany Lions	0	10	3	0	13

Purdue improved to 5–0 for the first time since 1945 by overcoming a fired-up Penn State team in a 20–13 win, their first ever in Happy Valley in what was the very first "Penn State Whiteout".

Purdue gained an early 10–0 advantage with a 50-yard FG by Ben Jones followed by a short Brandon Jones TD run. The key play of the TD drive was a 55-yard completion to TE Charles Davis.

But Senior QB Zack Mills, who had a fine day, led PSU back to tie the game at the half. First, they answered Purdue's TD drive with a TD of their own – a 37-yard TD pass to a diving WR Terrell Golden. Then, the Nittany Lions capped their next drive with a FG by K Robbie Gould.

Purdue took a 17–10 lead on their first drive of the 2nd half with a 40-yard TD pass from Kyle Orton to Taylor Stubblefield. The Nittany Lions later drove deep into Purdue territory but had to settle for a short FG and still trailed 17–13 after 3 quarters.

On the first play of the 4th quarter, Orton (and Purdue) committed their first turnover of the season with a Calvin Lowry interception. But PSU came up empty when Zack Mills was tackled short of the first down on a fake FG attempt. After a second Orton interception resulted in a missed PSU field goal, Purdue embarked on a gritty, time-consuming drive that ended with a long Ben Jones FG to regain a 7-point lead with less than 3 minutes left. The drive was kept alive with a terrific individual effort by freshman WR Dorien Bryant on a 3rd and long play.

Rodney Kinlaw gave the Lions a great opportunity to tie on the ensuing kickoff with a 64-yard return, but Mills and the PSU offense came up empty with 4 incomplete passes. Finally, on the last play, QB Anthony Morelli's desperation pass also fell incomplete.

In what became the prevailing 2004 theme for PSU, their defense did a commendable job vs. the high-powered Purdue offense by limiting it to 348 yards and sacking Orton 3 times. The young Purdue defense held up well against the run by limiting PSU to 18 yards on 17 carries, and put a good pass-rush on Mills by sacking him 3 times.

In addition to catching his 11th TD pass of the season, Taylor Stubblefield set the Big Ten record for catches, surpassing former teammate John Standeford.

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	0	7	0	13	20
Boilermakers	0	0	7	10	17

In a wild game between two ranked opponents in West Lafayette, the Badgers handed #5 Purdue its first loss of the season. In the 4th Quarter Boilermaker QB Kyle Orton fumbled the ball and Badger DB Scott Starks returned the fumble for the go-ahead score. With the crushing loss, Purdue fell to 5–1 on the season.

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolverines	7	3	3	3	16
Boilermakers	7	0	7	0	14

The 2-point loss to Michigan at home was the 2nd in a row for the Boilermakers.

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	10	0	0	0	10
Wildcats	7	0	0	6	13

Purdue fell to 5–3 on the season with a 3rd consecutive loss.

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	0	7	7	7	21
Hawkeyes	17	0	0	6	23

With the loss, their fourth in a row, the Boilermakers fell to 5–4 on the season.

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buckeyes	3	0	7	7	17
Boilermakers	3	14	0	7	24

Purdue snapped their losing streak to the Buckeyes and their overall 4-game losing streak with a 24–17 win in West Lafayette, improving to 6–4 on the year. The Purdue win made it impossible for the Buckeyes to finish with a winning conference record in 2004.

Indiana

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sun Devils	3	0	7	17	27
Boilermakers	0	2	7	14	23

Roster

2004 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Williams, RayRay Williams	5.0 !Jr
TE	`3`	Bushong, GarretGarret Bushong	3.0 !So
QB	`3`	Renn, JasonJason Renn	1.5 !Fr
WR	`4`	Martin, FabianFabian Martin	1.0 !Fr
WR	`6`	Tardy, DesmondDesmond Tardy	1.0 !Fr
WR	`9`	Bryant, DorienDorien Bryant	1.0 !Fr
QB	`11`	Kirsch, BrandonBrandon Kirsch	5.0 !Jr
QB	`14`	Carroll, ScottScott Carroll	1.5 !Fr
WR	`15`	Gordon, BruceBruce Gordon	5.0 !Jr
QB	`16`	Ramirez, DavidDavid Ramirez	1.0 !Fr
QB	`17`	Painter, CurtisCurtis Painter	1.0 !Fr
QB	`18`	Orton, KyleKyle Orton	57.0 !Sr
WR	`19`	Whittington, BrandonBrandon Whittington	1.0 !Fr
WR	`20`	Chattams, AndreAndre Chattams	3.0 !So
WR	`21`	Stubblefield, TaylorTaylor Stubblefield (C)	4.5 !Sr
RB	`22`	Brooks, JeromeJerome Brooks	2.5 !So
WR	`23`	Noel, KevinKevin Noel	57.0 !Sr
WR	`25`	Standeford, JakeJake Standeford	1.5 !Fr
RB	`26`	Haslon, ChrisChris Haslon	1.0 !Fr
RB	`27`	Jones, BrandonBrandon Jones	3.5 !Jr
TE	`28`	Keller, DustinDustin Keller	1.0 !Fr
RB	`32`	Void, JerodJerod Void	3.5 !Jr
RB	`40`	Sheets, KoryKory Sheets	1.0 !Fr
RB	`42`	Heygood, AnthonyAnthony Heygood	1.0 !Fr
TE	`43`	Bennett, JeffJeff Bennett	3.5 !Jr
G	`50`	Moore, TylerTyler Moore	4.5 !Sr
T	`51`	Miller, GarretGarret Miller	1.0 !Fr
G	`53`	Fincher, NickNick Fincher	1.5 !Fr
G, C	`56`	Turner, MattMatt Turner	3.5 !Jr
T	`60`	Smith, ZachZach Smith	1.0 !Fr
T	`63`	Owen, DavidDavid Owen	4.5 !Sr
G	`64`	May, DannyDanny May	4.5 !Sr
T	`65`	Otto, MikeMike Otto	2.5 !So
G	`66`	Grimes, JordanJordan Grimes	1.0 !Fr
G	`67`	Nwaneri, UcheUche Nwaneri	2.5 !So
C	`68`	Powell, RobbieRobbie Powell	1.5 !Fr
T	`70`	Oxley, PatPat Oxley	1.5 !Fr
T	`74`	Sester, SeanSean Sester	1.0 !Fr
T	`75`	Wang, BrianBrian Wang	3.5 !Jr
G	`76`	Bach, WillieWillie Bach	4.5 !Sr
T	`77`	Noblet, RyanRyan Noblet	1.5 !Fr
WR	`80`	Hare, BrandonBrandon Hare	5.0 !Jr
WR	`83`	Cunningham, JakeJake Cunningham	1.5 !Fr
WR	`84`	Williams, ByronByron Williams	1.5 !Fr
WR	`86`	Lecklider, ChaseChase Lecklider	2.5 !So
TE	`87`	Davis, CharlesCharles Davis	3.5 !Jr
WR	`89`	Ingraham, KyleKyle Ingraham	3.0 !So
TE	`90`	Baker, RyanRyan Baker	1.0 !Fr
TE	`96`	Raben, NickNick Raben	2.5 !So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`5`	Logan, ZachZach Logan	1.0 !Fr
SS	`7`	Smith, KyleKyle Smith	3.5 !Jr
FS	`8`	Walker, GrantGrant Walker	1.5 !Fr
DE	`10`	Edwards, RayRay Edwards	3.0 !So
CB	`12`	Rogers, AntwaunAntwaun Rogers (C)	4.5 !Sr
S	`13`	Williams, TorriTorri Williams	1.0 !Fr
LB	`17`	Ferguson, JoshJosh Ferguson	1.5 !Fr
SS	`19`	Graham, ChristianChristian Graham	1.0 !Fr
CB	`24`	Petty, SeanSean Petty	3.5 !Jr
FS	`25`	Long, PaulPaul Long	2.5 !So
FS	`26`	Melvin, LanceLance Melvin	1.0 !Fr
LB	`30`	Hall, GeorgeGeorge Hall	2.5 !So
SS	`31`	Pollard, BernardBernard Pollard	3.0 !So
CB	`33`	Hickman, BrianBrian Hickman	3.5 !Jr
LB	`34`	Ladd, JimmyJimmy Ladd	1.0 !Fr
LB	`36`	Bick, DanDan Bick	1.0 !Fr
FS	`37`	Price, RafaelRafael Price	1.5 !Fr
SS	`38`	Mattaway, BrianBrian Mattaway	2.5 !So
LB	`39`	Iwuchukwu, BobbyBobby Iwuchukwu	5.0 !Jr
LB	`41`	Lampert, JohnJohn Lampert	2.5 !So
LB	`44`	Goldsberry, JonJon Goldsberry (C)	4.5 !Sr
DE	`45`	Bright, EugeneEugene Bright	1.5 !Fr
LB	`46`	Vasquez, LuisLuis Vasquez	1.0 !Fr
CB	`47`	Dubler, PaulPaul Dubler	5.0 !Jr
SS	`48`	Kohtz, PatPat Kohtz	2.5 !So
DE	`49`	Spencer, AnthonyAnthony Spencer	2.5 !So
LB	`52`	Durrett, MikeMike Durrett	1.5 !Fr
DE	`54`	Huebner, AdamAdam Huebner	2.5 !So
DT	`55`	Villarreal, BrandonBrandon Villarreal	3.5 !Jr
DE	`57`	Coley, JeremyJeremy Coley	5.0 !Jr
DT	`58`	Grover, BrentBrent Grover	3.5 !Jr
LB	`59`	Keglar, StanfordStanford Keglar	1.5 !Fr
DT	`69`	Tull, NealNeal Tull	1.5 !Fr
LB	`81`	Royal, AlAl Royal	2.5 !So
LB	`85`	Avril, CliffCliff Avril	1.0 !Fr
LB	`88`	Rucks, DrewDrew Rucks	3.0 !So
DE	`91`	Cavallo, NickNick Cavallo	2.5 !So
DT	`92`	O'Brien, JoshJosh O'Brien	1.5 !Fr
DE	`93`	Ninkovich, RobRob Ninkovich	5.0 !Jr
DT	`97`	Jones, JamaalJamaal Jones	1.0 !Fr
DT	`98`	McGowen, DanDan McGowen	2.5 !So
DT	`99`	Patton, JonathanJonathan Patton	1.0 !Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P, K	`16`	Brytus, DaveDave Brytus	1.0 !Fr
P, K	`29`	Levin, AaronAaron Levin	4.5 !Sr
K	`35`	Jones, BenBen Jones	3.5 !Jr
K	`36`	Welch, CaseyCasey Welch	2.5 !So
LS	`72`	Mattson, ChrisChris Mattson	1.5 !Fr

Head coach

Joe Tiller

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Jim Chaney (Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends)
Brock Spack (Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers)
Gary Emanuel (Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Ends)
Lou Anarumo (Defensive Backs)
Blaine Bennett (Quarterbacks)
Bob DeBesse (Wide Receivers / Recruiting Coordinator)
Mark Hagen (Defensive Tackles / Special Teams)
Bill Legg (Offensive Line)
David Mitchell (Running Backs)
Chris Clopton (Offensive Graduate Assistant)
Burt Thornton (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
Don Coller (Director of Football Operations)
Jim Lathrop (Strength and Conditioning Coordinator)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 21, 2016

2005 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Kyle Orton	Quarterback	4	106	Chicago Bears

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Cumulative Season Statistics". Purdue University.

Purdue Boilermakers football

Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)

Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Purdue Pete Purdue Wreck "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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