2004 NAIA football season

2004 NAIA football season
National Championship	Jim Carroll Stadium Savannah, TN December 18, 2004
Champion	Carroll (MT)
Player of the Year	Cory Jacquay (running back, Saint Francis (IN))
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The 2004 NAIA football season was the component of the 2004 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 18, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Carroll Fighting Saints defeated the Saint Francis Cougars, 15–13, in the title game to win the program's third consecutive NAIA championship.^[1]^[2]

Conference standings

2004 Central States Football League standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 9 NW Oklahoma State $^	6	–	0	9	–	2
No. 25 Bacone	5	–	1	7	–	3
Southern Nazarene	4	–	2	6	–	4
Langston	3	–	3	6	–	5
Haskell	2	–	4	4	–	7
Peru State	1	–	5	1	–	9
SAGU	0	–	6	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 Dakota Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Dickinson State +^	8	–	1	10	–	2
No. 10 Mary +^	8	–	1	9	–	2
Minot State	6	–	3	6	–	4
Jamestown	5	–	4	5	–	5
Valley City State	5	–	4	5	–	5
Black Hills State	4	–	5	4	–	6
Si Tanka	4	–	5	4	–	6
Dakota State	3	–	6	4	–	6
South Dakota Mines	2	–	7	3	–	7
Mayville State	0	–	9	0	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 Frontier Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Carroll (MT) +^	6	–	2	12	–	2
No. 13 Montana Tech +^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 24 Montana Western +	6	–	2	7	–	4
MSU Northern	1	–	7	1	–	10
Rocky Mountain	1	–	7	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Sioux Falls $^	10	–	0	11	–	1
No. 8 Hastings ^	8	–	2	9	–	3
No. 15 Morningside ^	8	–	2	8	–	3
No. 17 Northwestern (IA)	7	–	3	7	–	3
Nebraska Wesleyan	6	–	4	6	–	4
Concordia (NE)	5	–	5	5	–	5
Midland Lutheran	4	–	6	5	–	6
Briar Cliff	3	–	7	3	–	7
Doane	2	–	8	2	–	8
Dana	1	–	9	2	–	9
Dakota Wesleyan	1	–	9	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Lindenwood $^	10	–	0	11	–	1
No. 18 Graceland	8	–	2	8	–	2
No. 7 MidAmerica Nazarene ^	8	–	2	10	–	3
William Jewell	5	–	5	5	–	5
Benedictine (KS)	5	–	5	5	–	6
Baker	4	–	6	4	–	6
Evangel	4	–	6	4	–	6
Missouri Valley	4	–	6	4	–	6
Central Methodist	3	–	7	4	–	7
Culver–Stockton	2	–	8	2	–	8
Avila	2	–	8	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 19 Tabor $^	8	–	1	9	–	2
Friends	5	–	4	5	–	4
Kansas Wesleyan	5	–	4	5	–	5
Southwestern (KS)	5	–	4	5	–	5
Sterling	5	–	4	5	–	5
Bethel (KS)	4	–	5	4	–	5
McPherson	4	–	5	4	–	6
Bethany (KS)	3	–	6	3	–	6
Saint Mary (KS)	3	–	6	3	–	6
Ottawa	3	–	6	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 Mid-South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Georgetown (KY) $^	10	–	0	12	–	1
No. 23 Pikeville	8	–	2	8	–	3
No. 16 Cumberland (KY)	7	–	3	8	–	3
Lambuth	6	–	4	6	–	4
Campbellsville	5	–	5	6	–	5
Bethel (TN)	5	–	5	5	–	7
Kentucky Wesleyan	4	–	6	4	–	7
Union (KY)	4	–	6	4	–	7
Belhaven	3	–	7	4	–	7
Virginia–Wise	3	–	7	3	–	8
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	10	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Mideast League
No. 2 St. Francis (IN) x^	7	–	0	13	–	1
No. 21 Walsh	6	–	1	8	–	3
Urbana	5	–	2	5	–	6
Geneva	4	–	3	5	–	5
Malone	2	–	5	4	–	6
Quincy	2	–	5	4	–	7
Taylor	2	–	5	2	–	8
Ohio Dominican	0	–	7	0	–	10
Midwest League
No. 12 McKendree x^	7	–	0	9	–	2
No. 14 Trinity International ^	5	–	2	8	–	3
No. 22 Saint Xavier	5	–	2	7	–	4
No. 19 St. Ambrose	4	–	3	7	–	3
Olivet Nazarene	4	–	3	7	–	5
William Penn	2	–	5	3	–	8
Iowa Wesleyan	1	–	6	2	–	9
St. Francis (IL)	0	–	7	1	–	10

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

2004 NAIA independents football records
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Azusa Pacific ^		–		11	–	3
Edward Waters		–		7	–	3
Eastern Oregon		–		6	–	4
Texas College		–		5	–	6
Webber International		–		4	–	5
Southern Oregon		–		3	–	6
Waldorf		–		3	–	7
Allen		–		2	–	6
Paul Quinn		–		1	–	7
Southern Virginia		–		0	–	8

^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll

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