The 2004 Milwaukee Penguins / Season 1 / Schedule & Roster

At the start of the 2004 college football season, we were ranked 95th out of all the teams playing NCAA Division 1A. Despite that, I scheduled our team with a relatively difficult schedule.

SCHEDULE

• Game 1: vs. California (preseason rank: #71) : LOSS 38-17
• Game 2: @ Rutgers (#96) : LOSS 35-24
• Game 3: @ Minnesota (#37) : LOSS 45-24
• Game 4: @ UAB (#97) : LOSS 21-17
• Game 5: vs. Wisconsin (#25) : LOSS 38-18
• Game 6: vs. Marshall (#93): LOSS 42-38
• Game 7: vs. Navy (#108) : WIN 42-10
• Game 8: @ Mid Tennessee State (#99) : WIN 38-24
• Game 9: @ Notre Dame (#20) : LOSS 59-17
• Game 10: @ North Texas (#82) : LOSS 38-24
• Game 11: @ BYU : LOSS 35-14
• Game 12: vs. UL Monroe (#107) : LOSS 17-14

That's 2 wins and 10 losses. At least 3 of those losses came in the last minute of play. We finished lower than where we began, rated #113 out of 117 NCAA Division 1 football teams.

We were 1-4 at home and 1-6 away, 1-6). We averaged 22.4 pts/game while our opponents averaged 33.5 pts/game. We had 14 passing touchdowns compared to 18 rushing touchdowns. We were second in the league with 26 interceptions, and our starting right guard, Buccheri (RG #59) won Best Lineman Of the Year honors!

Graduating seniors:

Ross (QB #1) 101.8 rating, 184-366 passes, 2170 yards, 11 TDs, 15 INT

Leplae (CB #16) 25 tackles, 3 INT, 9 pass deflections

Wood (LE #96) 8 tackles, 1 sack

For a more detailed record of our achievements, please click here.

Quarterbacks

J. Ross (#1), Senior	M. Root (#5), Sophomore	M. Koch (#22), Freshman (red-shirted)

Halfbacks

S. Wetzel (#47), Sophomore	S. Barber (#11), Junior	M. Anderson (#12), Sophomore

Fullbacks

B. Ciraldo (#25), Junior	B. Foldy (#29), Freshman	E. Gerber (#21), Senior

Wide Receivers

T. Columbus (#82), Sophomore	E. Beaumont (#81), Junior	J. Montgomery (#15), Junior	M. Finner (#83), Freshman

Tight Ends

C. Khalafian (#80), Junior	L. Sieczek (#86), Sophomore

Tackles

C. Bogner (#52), Sophomore	R. Nordstrom (#68), Senior	C. Love (#70), Sophomore

Guards

X. Leplae (#69), Sophomore	S. Buccheri (#59), Sophomore	A. Halter (#58), Junior

Centers

C. Vee (#63), Junior	A. Huggett (#73), Sophomore

The defensive corps features a relentless, gambling pass rush to complement their cornerbacks.

Defensive Ends

M. Mikulay (#45), Junior	K. Wood (#96), Senior	K. Miller (#62), Freshman	N. Frank (#48), Junior

Defensive Tackles

J. Loeb (#60), Sophomore	M. Germain (#65), Sophomore	G. Frederick (#65), Sophomore	T. Keith (#61), Junior

Line Backers

L. Hayden (#56), Sophomore	V. Valiant (#54), Junior	R. Umali (#50), Junior

Middle Line Backers

S. Umali (#43), Junior	V. Bushell (#42), Sophomore

Corner Backs

M. Bennett (#10), Sophomore	D. Leplae (#16), Senior	S. McClone (#46), Freshman	D. Smith (#2), Junior

Safeties

E. Ziegeweid (#34), Junior	J. Geigel (#23), Sophomore	K. Anderson (#26), Sophomore	A. Melchior (#24), Junior

Kicker / Punter

S. Goodman (#30), Junior	P. Taylor (#49). Sophomore.

For a more detailed record of our achievements, please click here.