| Year: | 2004 |
| Team: | Navy Midshipmen |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Coachrank: | 24 |
| Aprank: | 24 |
| Record: | 10–2 |
| Head Coach: | Paul Johnson |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Scheme: | Triple option |
| Def Coach: | Buddy Green |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Scheme: | Multiple |
| Mvp: | Aaron Polanco |
| Captain: | Aaron Polanco |
| Captain2: | Josh Smith |
| Stadium: | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium |
| Champion: | Emerald Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Emerald Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 34–19 vs. New Mexico |
The 2004 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Paul Johnson. The Midshipmen finished the regular season with a 9–2 record, the first time since the 1963 season that Navy had won nine or more games in a season. Wins over Army and the Air Force Falcons secured Navy's second consecutive Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.[1] Navy secured a berth in the 2004 Emerald Bowl when the Pacific-10 Conference did not have enough teams to fill its bowl obligations. The other tie-in was with the Mountain West Conference (MWC), and the Midshipmen ended up playing the New Mexico Lobos. They won the game with a score of 34–19, finishing with a 14-minute, 26-play drive that set the record for the longest drive in a college football game.[2] The win gave the Midshipmen a final record of 10–2, the first time since the 1905 season that the Midshipmen finished with ten or more wins.[3]