2004 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

The 2004 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Catamounts were led by third-year head coach Kent Briggs and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They finished the season 4–7 and 2–5 in SoCon play.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	7:00 p.m.	West Virginia State*		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		W 77–7	6,668	[1]
September 11	4:00 p.m.	Nicholls State*		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		W 28–7	6,972	[2]
September 18	7:00 p.m.	at Alabama*		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL		L 0–52	77,306	[3]
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb*	No. 25	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC		L 20–26 OT	6,311	[4]
October 2	2:00 p.m.	No. 2 Furman		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC		L 10–31	14,412	[5]
October 9	4:00 p.m.	No. 3 Georgia Southern		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 16–38	10,970	[6]
October 16	1:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Wofford		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		L 12–15	8,771	[7]
October 23	2:00 p.m.	Chattanooga		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 24–27	8,743	[8]
October 30	2:00 p.m.	at Elon		Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 28–7	7,328	[9]
November 13	4:00 p.m.	Appalachian State		Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC (rivalry)	CSET	W 30–27	14,741	[10]
November 20	12:00 p.m.	at The Citadel		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		L 0–17	3,874	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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