2004 VMI Keydets football team

2004 VMI Keydets football
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	0–11 (0–4 Big South)
Head coach	Cal McCombs (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Will McCombs (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Johnny Burnett (3rd season)
Home stadium	Alumni Memorial Field

2004 Big South Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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

The 2004 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the Keydets' 114th year of football, and their 2nd season in the Big South Conference.

VMI went 0–11 on the year, failing to win a game in a season for only the third time in program history, and the first time since 1997 under Ted Cain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 4	at Ohio*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 14–42	17,527
September 11	Richmond*	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 7–34	6,245
September 18	Tennessee Tech*	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 10–16	4,835
September 25	at William & Mary*	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA (rivalry)	L 6–42	8,101
October 2	at Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC	L 24–25	2,181
October 9	at Georgetown*	Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC	L 0–21	2,847
October 16	Coastal Carolina	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 14–21	6,419
October 23	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	L 17–28	3,629
October 30	at No. 9 James Madison*	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	L 10–41	15,312
November 6	Liberty	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 17–38	4,640
November 20	Wofford*	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 18–19	4,317
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game