1904 college football season

The 1904 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan, Minnesota, and Penn as having been selected national champions.[1]

1904 college football season
Penn–Harvard game.
Champion(s)Michigan
Minnesota
Penn
football seasons

1904 was a big year for the South. It was the first year for: Dan McGugin at Vanderbilt, Mike Donahue at Auburn, and John Heisman at Georgia Tech.

Conference and program changes

Membership changes
School1903 Conference1904 Conference
Southwest Texas State Normal footballProgram EstablishedIndependent

Conference standings

Major conference standings
1904 Colorado Football Association standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Colorado Mines $ 3 –0 –1  3 –0 –1
Colorado 3 –1 –0  6 –2 –1
Denver 2 –2 –0  2 –5 –0
Colorado College 1 –2 –1  6 –3 –1
Colorado Agricultural 0 –4 –0  0 –4 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Vanderbilt + 5 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
Auburn + 5 –0 –0  5 –0 –0
Sewanee 4 –1 –0  7 –1 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –1 –1  8 –1 –1
Alabama 5 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Clemson 3 –2 –1  3 –3 –1
Tulane 3 –2 –0  5 –2 –0
Cumberland (TN) 1 –1 –0  3 –1 –0
Kentucky State 0 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Ole Miss 2 –3 –0  4 –3 –0
LSU 1 –2 –0  3 –4 –0
Tennessee 1 –4 –1  3 –5 –1
Nashville 0 –5 –1  1 –7 –1
Georgia 0 –4 –0  1 –5 –0
Mississippi A&M 0 –5 –0  2 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1904 Southwestern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas 5 –0 –0  6 –2 –0
Texas A&M 3 –1 –0  4 –2 –0
Oklahoma 1 –1 –0  4 –3 –1
Arkansas 0 –1 –0  4 –3 –0
Baylor 2 –5 –1  2 –5 –1
TCU 1 –3 –1  1 –4 –1
Oklahoma A&M 0 –1 –0  0 –4 –1
Trinity 0 –1 –0  0 –1 –0
1904 Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Minnesota + 3 –0 –0  13 –0 –0
Michigan + 2 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
Chicago 5 –1 –1  10 –1 –1
Illinois 3 –1 –1  9 –2 –1
Northwestern 1 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Purdue 1 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
Iowa 0 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Wisconsin 0 –3 –0  5 –3 –0
Indiana 0 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Major independents
1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn   –    12 –0 –0
Western U. of Penn.   –    10 –0 –0
Dartmouth   –    7 –0 –1
Yale   –    10 –1 –0
Amherst   –    9 –1 –0
Colgate   –    8 –1 –1
Carlisle   –    10 –2 –0
Lafayette   –    8 –2 –0
Princeton   –    8 –2 –0
Army   –    7 –2 –0
Fordham   –    4 –1 –1
Harvard   –    7 –2 –1
Columbia   –    7 –3 –0
Cornell   –    7 –3 –0
Villanova   –    4 –2 –1
Syracuse   –    6 –3 –0
Penn State   –    6 –4 –0
Temple   –    3 –2 –0
Brown   –    6 –5 –0
NYU   –    3 –6 –0
Wesleyan   –    3 –7 –0
Geneva   –    1 –4 –2
New Hampshire   –    2 –5 –0
Rutgers   –    1 –6 –2
Tufts   –    2 –9 –1
Lehigh   –    1 –8 –0
Frankin & Marshall   –    0 –10 –0
1904 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Saint Louis   –    11 –0 –0
Haskell   –    8 –1 –0
Michigan Agricultural   –    8 –1 –0
Cincinnati   –    7 –1 –0
Butler   –    6 –1 –0
Doane   –    5 –1 –0
Kansas   –    8 –1 –1
DePauw   –    8 –2 –0
Iowa State   –    7 –2 –0
Nebraska   –    9 –3 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    6 –2 –0
Wittenberg   –    6 –2 –0
Marquette   –    5 –2 –0
Detroit College   –    4 –2 –0
Notre Dame   –    5 –3 –0
Heidelberg   –    6 –4 –1
Drake   –    5 –4 –0
North Dakota Agricultural   –    3 –3 –0
Wabash   –    4 –4 –0
Fairmount   –    4 –5 –0
Lake Forest   –    3 –5 –1
Ohio Medical   –    2 –4 –2
Washington University   –    4 –7 –0
Ohio   –    2 –4 –1
Missouri   –    3 –6 –0
Mount Union   –    2 –6 –0
Kansas State   –    1 –6 –0
American Medical   –    0 –3 –0
1904 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Georgetown   –    7 –1 –0
Southwest Texas   –    5 –1 –0
Davidson   –    6 –1 –1
Navy   –    7 –2 –1
North Carolina   –    5 –2 –2
Virginia   –    6 –3 –0
North Carolina A&M   –    3 –1 –2
West Virginia   –    6 –3 –0
VPI   –    5 –3 –0
Arkansas   –    4 –3 –0
Oklahoma   –    4 –3 –1
South Carolina   –    4 –3 –1
Stetson   –    2 –2 –0
William & Mary   –    3 –3 –0
Central Oklahoma   –    2 –3 –0
VMI   –    3 –5 –0
Grant   –    2 –3 –0
Florida State College   –    2 –3 –0
Maryland   –    2 –4 –2
Baylor   –    2 –5 –1
TCU   –    1 –4 –1
Delaware   –    1 –5 –1
Oklahoma A&M   –    0 –4 –1
Florida at Lake City   –    0 –5 –0
1904 Far West college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Utah   –    7 –1 –0
Stanford   –    7 –2 –1
California   –    6 –1 –1
USC   –    6 –1 –0
Oregon   –    5 –3 –0
Tempe Normal   –    4 –0 –0
Wyoming   –    4 –1 –1
Washington   –    4 –2 –1
Arizona   –    3 –1 –2
Oregon Agricultural   –    4 –2 –0
Montana   –    3 –2 –0
Nevada State   –    3 –3 –0
Washington Agricultural   –    2 –2 –0
New Mexico A&M   –    1 –2 –1
Utah Agricultural   –    4 –8 –0

Minor conferences
Conference Champion(s) Record
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Albion 5–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Case 4–0

Minor conference standings
1904 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Case $ 4 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Ohio State 2 –1 –0  6 –5 –0
Oberlin 2 –2 –1  4 –2 –1
Western Reserve 1 –1 –1  4 –2 –3
Ohio Wesleyan 2 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Kenyon 0 –4 –0  3 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1904 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Vince Stevenson 5'10" 148 Jr. Penn
QB Foster Rockwell Sr. Vermont Yale
HB Daniel Hurley Jr. Charlestown, Massachusetts Harvard
HB Willie Heston 5'8" 190 Sr. Grant's Pass, Oregon Michigan
FB Walter Eckersall 5'7" 141 So. Chicago, Illinois Chicago
FB Andy Smith Sr. Du Bois, Pennsylvania Penn
FB Henry Torney Jr. Army
E Tom Shevlin 5'10" 195 Jr. Minneapolis, Minnesota Yale
T James Hogan 5'10" 210 Sr. Yale
G Frank Piekarski Sr. Nanticoke, Pennsylvania Penn
G Joseph Gilman Exeter, New Hampshire Dartmouth
C Arthur Tipton Sr. Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory Army
G Ralph Kinney Sr. Yale
T James Cooney So. Princeton
E Fred Speik Sr. Stockton, California Chicago

Statistical leaders
  • Team scoring most points: Minnesota, 725 to 12.
  • Rushing leader: Willie Heston, Michigan, 686
  • Rushing avg. leader: Willie Heston, 12.7
  • Rushing touchdowns leader: Willie Heston, 21

References
  1. Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
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