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2004 Mid-American Conference Year Summary

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Record: 69-92, .429 W-L% (12th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -10.32 (11th of 12) ▪ SOS: -7.60 (11th of 12)

Division Champions: Miami (OH) (East) and Toledo (West)
Conference Champion: Toledo (Won Championship Game 35-27)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

Standings

Overall Conference Pts/G SRS
East W L Pct W L Pct Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
Miami (OH) 8 5 .615 7 1 .875 31.3 22.9 -1.93 -7.93
Akron 6 5 .545 6 2 .750 24.6 31.5 -9.06 -7.16
Marshall 6 6 .500 6 2 .750 24.3 22.2 -4.74 -5.24
Kent State 5 6 .455 4 4 .500 30.5 24.0 -7.53 -10.89
Ohio 4 7 .364 2 6 .250 20.1 24.6 -13.25 -7.88
Buffalo 2 9 .182 2 6 .250 17.9 31.9 -21.95 -9.22
Central Florida 0 11 .000 0 8 .000 15.9 32.9 -21.68 -5.14
West W L Pct W L Pct Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
Northern Illinois 9 3 .750 7 1 .875 35.1 25.3 0.06 -9.11
Toledo 9 4 .692 7 1 .875 33.2 31.1 -1.65 -6.11
Bowling Green State 9 3 .750 6 2 .750 44.3 23.5 5.50 -8.00
Eastern Michigan 4 7 .364 4 4 .500 29.8 41.6 -17.01 -9.47
Central Michigan 4 7 .364 3 5 .375 23.6 34.4 -17.07 -8.98
Ball State 2 9 .182 2 6 .250 20.5 36.8 -15.30 -5.66
Western Michigan 1 10 .091 0 8 .000 22.5 39.6 -18.81 -5.63

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 9/5 9/12 9/19 9/26 10/3 10/10 10/17 10/24 10/31 11/7 11/14 11/21 11/28 12/5 Final
Bowling Green State                       25        

5 Bowl Games

Date Bowl Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
2004-12-30 Silicon Valley Bowl Northern Illinois 34 Troy 21 Silicon Valley Bowl (San Jose, CA)
2004-12-28 Independence Bowl Iowa State 17 Miami (OH) 13 Independence Bowl (Shreveport, LA)
2004-12-27 Motor City Bowl Connecticut 39 Toledo 10 Motor City Bowl (Detroit, MI)
2004-12-23 Fort Worth Bowl Cincinnati 32 Marshall 14 Fort Worth Bowl (Fort Worth, TX)
2004-12-22 GMAC Bowl Bowling Green State 52 Memphis 35 GMAC Bowl (Mobile, AL)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 309
2. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 280
3. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 268
4. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 233
5. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 228
6. Charlie Frye (AKR) 220
7. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 216
8. Kent Smith (CMI) 188
9. Ryan Cubit (WMI) 170
10. Steven Moffett (CFL) 147
Pass Attempts
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 462
2. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 444
3. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 434
4. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 399
5. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 397
6. Charlie Frye (AKR) 346
7. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 335
8. Kent Smith (CMI) 333
9. Ryan Cubit (WMI) 290
10. Ryan Hawk (OH) 262
Pass Completion Percentage
1. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 70.2
2. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 66.9
3. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 64.5
4. Steven Moffett (CFL) 64.2
5. Joey Lynch (BALLST) 63.9
6. Charlie Frye (AKR) 63.6
7. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 60.4
8. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 58.7
9. Ryan Cubit (WMI) 58.6
10. Kent Smith (CMI) 56.5
Passing Yards
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 4002
2. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 3518
3. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 3510
4. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 2807
5. Charlie Frye (AKR) 2623
6. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 2387
7. Kent Smith (CMI) 2284
8. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 2215
9. Ryan Cubit (WMI) 1887
10. Steven Moffett (CFL) 1721
Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 8.8
2. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 8.7
3. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 7.9
4. Joshua Haldi* (NIL) 7.7
5. Charlie Frye (AKR) 7.6
6. Steven Moffett (CFL) 7.5
7. Kent Smith (CMI) 6.9
8. Joey Lynch (BALLST) 6.7
9. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 6.6
10. Ryan Cubit (WMI) 6.5
Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 10.0
2. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 9.3
3. Joshua Haldi* (NIL) 8.4
4. Charlie Frye (AKR) 7.6
5. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 7.5
6. Joey Lynch (BALLST) 7.2
7. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 6.8
8. Kent Smith (CMI) 6.7
9. Steven Moffett (CFL) 6.3
10. Cole Stinson (BALLST) 6.2
Passing Touchdowns
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 41
2. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 27
3. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 23
4. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 21
5. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 18
  Charlie Frye (AKR) 18
7. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 17
8. Kent Smith (CMI) 16
9. Joshua Haldi* (NIL) 15
10. Ryan Cubit (WMI) 14
Passing Interceptions
1. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 14
  Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 14
3. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 12
  Ryan Cubit (WMI) 12
5. Steven Moffett (CFL) 10
6. Kent Smith (CMI) 8
  Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 8
  Charlie Frye (AKR) 8
  P.J. Piskorik (BUF) 8
10. Phil Horvath* (NIL) 7
Passing Efficiency Rating
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 167.2
2. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 162.6
3. Joshua Haldi* (NIL) 140.6
4. Charlie Frye (AKR) 139.8
5. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 137.6
6. Joey Lynch (BALLST) 135.1
7. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 133.2
8. Steven Moffett (CFL) 131.6
9. Kent Smith (CMI) 125.1
10. Ryan Cubit (WMI) 120.9
Rush Attempts
1. Jerry Seymour (CMI) 262
2. Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 256
3. Alex Haynes (CFL) 215
4. Luke Clemens* (MIAOH) 213
5. Adell Givens (BALLST) 202
6. Anthony Sherrell (EMI) 194
7. Brett Biggs (AKR) 185
8. P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 178
  David Alston (KENT) 178
10. Earl Charles* (MARSH) 177
Rushing Yards
1. Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 1656
2. Jerry Seymour (CMI) 1284
3. P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 1098
4. Adell Givens (BALLST) 963
5. Luke Clemens* (MIAOH) 899
6. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 893
7. Brett Biggs (AKR) 871
8. Anthony Sherrell (EMI) 854
  Alex Haynes (CFL) 854
10. Earl Charles* (MARSH) 824
Rushing Yards Per Attempt
1. Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 6.5
2. P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 6.2
3. Justin Roush (OH) 5.4
4. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 5.3
5. Trinity Dawson* (TOL) 5.1
6. Jerry Seymour (CMI) 4.9
7. Ahmad Bradshaw* (MARSH) 4.9
8. Adell Givens (BALLST) 4.8
9. Steven King (BUF) 4.7
10. A.J. Harris* (NIL) 4.7
Rushing Touchdowns
1. Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 18
2. P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 15
3. Luke Clemens* (MIAOH) 12
4. David Alston (KENT) 11
  Anthony Sherrell (EMI) 11
6. Kent Smith (CMI) 10
  Brett Biggs (AKR) 10
8. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 9
  Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 9
10. Scooter McDougle* (TOL) 7
  Steven King (BUF) 7
Receptions
1. Dante Ridgeway (BALLST) 105
2. Lance Moore* (TOL) 90
3. Josh Davis* (MARSH) 86
4. Eric Deslauriers (EMI) 84
5. Cole Magner* (BGSU) 77
6. Greg Jennings (WMI) 74
7. Darrell Dowery (KENT) 68
8. Domenik Hixon (AKR) 66
  Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 66
10. Ryne Robinson* (MIAOH) 64
Receiving Yards
1. Dante Ridgeway (BALLST) 1399
2. Eric Deslauriers (EMI) 1257
3. Lance Moore* (TOL) 1189
4. Greg Jennings (WMI) 1092
5. Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 1070
6. Steve Sanders* (BGSU) 984
7. Dan Sheldon* (NIL) 936
8. Ryne Robinson* (MIAOH) 932
9. Josh Davis* (MARSH) 914
10. Domenik Hixon (AKR) 882
Receiving Yards Per Reception
1. Dan Sheldon* (NIL) 23.4
2. Steve Sanders* (BGSU) 17.9
3. Scott Mayle (OH) 17.7
4. Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 16.2
5. Damien Linson (CMI) 15.5
6. Kenny Higgins* (TOL) 15.2
7. Eric Deslauriers (EMI) 15.0
8. Greg Jennings (WMI) 14.8
9. Michael Larkin* (MIAOH) 14.6
10. Ryne Robinson* (MIAOH) 14.6
Receiving Touchdowns
1. Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 15
2. Lance Moore* (TOL) 14
3. Eric Deslauriers (EMI) 13
4. Greg Jennings (WMI) 11
5. Dan Sheldon* (NIL) 9
6. Michael Larkin* (MIAOH) 8
  Steve Sanders* (BGSU) 8
  Dante Ridgeway (BALLST) 8
9. Damien Linson (CMI) 7
  Josh Davis* (MARSH) 7
  Brad Bates* (MARSH) 7
Plays From Scrimmage
1. Jerry Seymour (CMI) 309
2. Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 266
3. Luke Clemens* (MIAOH) 238
4. Alex Haynes (CFL) 233
5. P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 228
6. Brett Biggs (AKR) 217
7. Adell Givens (BALLST) 215
8. Anthony Sherrell (EMI) 214
9. David Alston (KENT) 206
10. Earl Charles* (MARSH) 195
Yards From Scrimmage
1. Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 1773
2. Jerry Seymour (CMI) 1697
3. P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 1588
4. Dante Ridgeway (BALLST) 1386
5. Brett Biggs (AKR) 1292
6. Eric Deslauriers (EMI) 1270
7. Lance Moore* (TOL) 1208
8. Luke Clemens* (MIAOH) 1126
9. Greg Jennings (WMI) 1104
10. Adell Givens (BALLST) 1100
Touchdowns From Scrimmage
1. P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 21
  Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 21
3. Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 15
  Luke Clemens* (MIAOH) 15
5. Lance Moore* (TOL) 14
6. Eric Deslauriers (EMI) 13
7. Brett Biggs (AKR) 12
  Anthony Sherrell (EMI) 12
9. David Alston (KENT) 11
  Greg Jennings (WMI) 11
Total Plays
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 557
2. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 534
3. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 527
4. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 505
5. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 490
6. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 456
7. Charlie Frye (AKR) 446
8. Kent Smith (CMI) 445
9. Ryan Hawk (OH) 353
10. Steven Moffett (CFL) 336
Total Yards
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 4302
2. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 3709
3. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 3596
4. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 3231
5. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 3108
6. Kent Smith (CMI) 2635
7. Charlie Frye (AKR) 2617
8. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 2296
9. Ryan Cubit (WMI) 1860
10. Steven Moffett (CFL) 1727
Total Yards Per Play
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 7.7
2. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 7.6
3. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 6.8
4. Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 6.2
5. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 6.1
Total Touchdowns
1. Omar Jacobs* (BGSU) 45
2. Bruce Gradkowski* (TOL) 36
3. Josh Betts* (MIAOH) 26
  Kent Smith (CMI) 26
  Joshua Cribbs (KENT) 26
6. Matt Bohnet (EMI) 21
7. Charlie Frye (AKR) 20
8. Stan Hill* (MARSH) 18
  Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 18
  Joshua Haldi* (NIL) 18
Touchdowns
1. Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 21
  P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 21
3. Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 16
4. Luke Clemens* (MIAOH) 15
  Lance Moore* (TOL) 15
6. Eric Deslauriers (EMI) 13
  Greg Jennings (WMI) 13
8. Anthony Sherrell (EMI) 12
  Brett Biggs (AKR) 12
10. David Alston (KENT) 11
Points
1. P.J. Pope* (BGSU) 126
  Garrett Wolfe* (NIL) 126
3. Shaun Suisham* (BGSU) 111
4. Chris Nendick* (NIL) 99
5. Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 96
6. Andrew Wellock (EMI) 95
7. Lance Moore* (TOL) 90
  Luke Clemens* (MIAOH) 90
9. Jason Robbins* (TOL) 82
10. Greg Jennings (WMI) 78
  Eric Deslauriers (EMI) 78
Extra Point Attempts
1. Shaun Suisham* (BGSU) 69
2. Jason Robbins* (TOL) 56
3. Chris Nendick* (NIL) 52
4. Travis Mayle (KENT) 41
5. Ian O'Connor* (MARSH) 34
6. Andrew Wellock (EMI) 33
  Robert Menchinger (WMI) 33
  Jason Swiger (AKR) 33
9. Mike Gruzwalski (CMI) 27
10. Todd Soderquist* (MIAOH) 25
  Michael Baker (BUF) 25
Extra Points Made
1. Shaun Suisham* (BGSU) 69
2. Jason Robbins* (TOL) 55
3. Chris Nendick* (NIL) 51
4. Travis Mayle (KENT) 37
5. Robert Menchinger (WMI) 32
  Andrew Wellock (EMI) 32
7. Jason Swiger (AKR) 31
  Ian O'Connor* (MARSH) 31
9. Todd Soderquist* (MIAOH) 24
  Michael Baker (BUF) 24
Field Goal Attempts
1. Andrew Wellock (EMI) 23
2. Chris Nendick* (NIL) 21
3. Shaun Suisham* (BGSU) 20
4. Ian O'Connor* (MARSH) 19
5. Jason Swiger (AKR) 17
6. Brian Jackson (BALLST) 16
7. Matt Prater (CFL) 14
  Brooks Rossman (OH) 14
9. Michael Baker (BUF) 13
  Mike Gruzwalski (CMI) 13
  Travis Mayle (KENT) 13
Field Goals Made
1. Andrew Wellock (EMI) 21
2. Chris Nendick* (NIL) 16
3. Shaun Suisham* (BGSU) 14
  Ian O'Connor* (MARSH) 14
5. Brian Jackson (BALLST) 12
6. Jason Swiger (AKR) 10
  Jared Parseghian* (MIAOH) 10
8. Jason Robbins* (TOL) 9
  Matt Prater (CFL) 9
10. Brooks Rossman (OH) 7
Field Goal Percentage
1. Andrew Wellock (EMI) 91.3
2. Chris Nendick* (NIL) 76.2
3. Brian Jackson (BALLST) 75.0
4. Ian O'Connor* (MARSH) 73.7
5. Shaun Suisham* (BGSU) 70.0
6. Matt Prater (CFL) 64.3
7. Jason Swiger (AKR) 58.8
8. Brooks Rossman (OH) 50.0
9. Mike Gruzwalski (CMI) 46.2
  Travis Mayle (KENT) 46.2
Punts
1. Reggie Hodges (BALLST) 73
2. Ben Woods (BUF) 72
3. Matthew Miller (OH) 67
4. Aaron Horne (CFL) 66
5. Ian O'Connor* (MARSH) 64
6. Billy Sullivan (AKR) 63
  Tony Mikulec (CMI) 63
8. Michael Wafzig* (MIAOH) 54
9. Adam Anderson (WMI) 53
10. Andrew Wellock (EMI) 50
Punting Yards
1. Reggie Hodges (BALLST) 3109
2. Ben Woods (BUF) 2964
3. Matthew Miller (OH) 2840
4. Ian O'Connor* (MARSH) 2586
5. Aaron Horne (CFL) 2554
6. Billy Sullivan (AKR) 2532
7. Tony Mikulec (CMI) 2362
8. Michael Wafzig* (MIAOH) 2287
9. Adam Anderson (WMI) 2270
10. Andrew Wellock (EMI) 1859
Punting Yards Per Punt
1. Adam Anderson (WMI) 42.8
2. Reggie Hodges (BALLST) 42.6
3. Matthew Miller (OH) 42.4
4. Michael Wafzig* (MIAOH) 42.4
5. Ben Woods (BUF) 41.2
6. Brett Kern* (TOL) 40.6
7. Ian O'Connor* (MARSH) 40.4
8. Joshua Brazen (KENT) 40.4
9. Billy Sullivan (AKR) 40.2
10. Aaron Horne (CFL) 38.7
Punt Returns
1. Ryne Robinson* (MIAOH) 39
2. Dion Byrum (OH) 24
  Dan Sheldon* (NIL) 24
  Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 24
5. Greg Jennings (WMI) 21
6. Trumaine Riley (EMI) 20
7. Tavaris Capers (CFL) 18
8. Emmanuel Spann* (MARSH) 17
9. Abram Elam (KENT) 16
  Domenik Hixon (AKR) 16
Punt Return Yards
1. Ryne Robinson* (MIAOH) 547
2. Dan Sheldon* (NIL) 394
3. Greg Jennings (WMI) 311
4. Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 282
5. Domenik Hixon (AKR) 275
6. Emmanuel Spann* (MARSH) 191
7. Tavaris Capers (CFL) 187
8. Lance Moore* (TOL) 180
9. Dion Byrum (OH) 175
10. Trumaine Riley (EMI) 160
Punt Return Yards Per Return
1. Domenik Hixon (AKR) 17.2
2. Dan Sheldon* (NIL) 16.4
3. Greg Jennings (WMI) 14.8
4. Ryne Robinson* (MIAOH) 14.0
5. Lance Moore* (TOL) 13.8
6. Charles Sharon* (BGSU) 11.8
7. Emmanuel Spann* (MARSH) 11.2
8. Tavaris Capers (CFL) 10.4
9. Abram Elam (KENT) 9.2
10. Trumaine Riley (EMI) 8.0
Punt Return Touchdowns
1. Greg Jennings (WMI) 2
  Ryne Robinson* (MIAOH) 2
  Stafford Owens (OH) 2
Kickoff Returns
1. Trumaine Riley (EMI) 36
2. Tyrone Walker (WMI) 35
3. Terry Moss (BALLST) 27
4. David Alston (KENT) 26
5. Luther Huggins (CFL) 24
6. Lance Moore* (TOL) 21
7. Chris McDuffie (BUF) 20
  B.J. Lane* (BGSU) 20
9. Domenik Hixon (AKR) 18
  Korey Kirkpatrick* (MIAOH) 18
Kickoff Return Yards
1. Tyrone Walker (WMI) 738
2. Trumaine Riley (EMI) 552
3. Luther Huggins (CFL) 528
4. David Alston (KENT) 499
5. Terry Moss (BALLST) 471
6. Korey Kirkpatrick* (MIAOH) 468
7. B.J. Lane* (BGSU) 462
8. Domenik Hixon (AKR) 449
9. Lance Moore* (TOL) 446
10. Chris McDuffie (BUF) 400
Kickoff Return Yards Per Return
1. Asante White (CMI) 28.0
2. Korey Kirkpatrick* (MIAOH) 26.0
3. Domenik Hixon (AKR) 24.9
4. Dion Byrum (OH) 23.6
  Mark Bonds (WMI) 23.6
6. B.J. Lane* (BGSU) 23.1
7. Lionel Hickenbottom* (NIL) 22.9
8. Luther Huggins (CFL) 22.0
9. Ahmad Bradshaw* (MARSH) 21.5
10. Lance Moore* (TOL) 21.2
Interceptions
1. Chris Royal* (MARSH) 6
  Keon Newson* (BGSU) 6
3. Lionel Hickenbottom* (NIL) 5
4. Willie Smith* (MARSH) 4
  James Evans (BUF) 4
6. Nigel Morris* (TOL) 3
  Mike Walker (CFL) 3
  Abram Elam (KENT) 3
  Scott Robinson (WMI) 3
  Usama Young (KENT) 3
  T.J. Wright (OH) 3
  Rontrell Woodruff (EMI) 3
  Keon Jackson* (TOL) 3
Interception Return Yards
1. Keon Newson* (BGSU) 107
2. Abram Elam (KENT) 105
3. Chris Royal* (MARSH) 103
4. Jack Williams (KENT) 99
5. Nigel Morris* (TOL) 88
6. Ray Smith* (NIL) 83
7. Mike Walker (CFL) 71
8. Ted Piepkow* (BGSU) 64
9. Dwayne Lefall (AKR) 60
10. Willie Smith* (MARSH) 58
  Scott Robinson (WMI) 58
Interception Return Touchdowns
1. Keon Newson* (BGSU) 2