2004–05 NCAA football bowl games
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| Season | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of bowls | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All-star games | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl games | December 14, 2004 – January 4, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Championship | 2005 Orange Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location of Championship | Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | Vacated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowl Challenge Cup winner | Mountain West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2004–05 NCAA football bowl games were a series of 32 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2004 and January 2005 for Division I-A football teams and their all-stars. The post-season began with the New Orleans Bowl on December 14, 2004, and concluded on January 29, 2005, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.
A total of 28 team-competitive games, and five all-star games, were played. For the first time in three years, the 56 available bowl slots were filled by teams with winning records, as no teams with non-winning seasons (6–6, or .500) were invited to participate in bowl games.