2004 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

2004 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football
2004 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	5–6 (2–2 Big South)
Head coach	Steve Patton (8th season);
Home stadium	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team represented Gardner–Webb University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Steve Patton in his eighth-year as head coach, the Runnin' Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, finishing in fourth place in the Big South. Gardner–Webb played home games at Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

2004 Big South Conference football standings
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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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	8:00 pm	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	L 26–32	8,468
September 11	6:00 pm	at Morgan State*	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	W 56–49
September 18		No. 4 Furman*	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	L 6–34	6,009	^[1]
September 25		No. 25 Western Carolina*	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	W 26–20 ^OT	6,311
October 2		at Liberty	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 9–17
October 9		at No. 25 Hampton*	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	L 25–48	4,021	^[2]
October 23		VMI	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	W 28–17	3,629
October 30	1:30 pm	Coastal Carolina	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	L 19–31	6,486
November 6		at No. 10 Wofford*	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	L 17–49
November 13	12:00 pm	at Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	W 18–0	2,112
November 20	1:30 pm	Southeastern Louisiana*	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	W 52–34	3,841
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Paladins pull away". The Greenville News. September 19, 2004. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Hampton rallies past G–Webb". The Charlotte Observer. October 10, 2004. Retrieved June 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Schedule 2004". ESPN. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
^ "2004 Football". Gardner–Webb University. Retrieved August 2, 2024.