The 2004 Big South Conference football season was the third football season for the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Th ...

. The season began on Saturday, September 4, 2004 and concluded on November 20. The

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won the conference's regular season championship, their first title.

Awards and honors

Conference honors

*Offensive Player of the Year: Patrick Hall, Jr., RB,

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*Defensive Player of the Year: Harold Wells, Sr., DL, Gardner–Webb *Freshman of the Year: Jerome Simpson, WR,

*Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Adam DeGraffenreid, Jr., DE,

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*Coach of the Year: David Bennett,

All-Conference Teams

Rankings

Head coaches

: Jay Mills, Charleston Southern : David Bennett, Coastal Carolina :

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, Gardner–Webb :

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, Liberty :

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, VMI

References

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