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 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 TW L T
Colorado Mines $301301
Colorado310621
Denver220250
Colorado College121631
Colorado Agricultural040041
  • $ Conference champion
1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt +500900
Auburn +500500
Sewanee410710
Georgia Tech311811
Alabama530730
Clemson321331
Tulane320520
Kentucky State000910
Ole Miss230430
LSU120340
Tennessee141351
Cumberland (TN)010210
Nashville041251
Georgia040150
Mississippi A&M040240
  • + Conference co-champions
1904 Southwestern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas500620
Texas A&M310420
Oklahoma110431
Arkansas010430
Baylor251251
TCU131141
Oklahoma A&M010041
Trinity010010
1904 Western Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Minnesota +3001300
Michigan +2001000
Chicago5111011
Illinois311921
Northwestern120820
Purdue120930
Iowa030740
Wisconsin030530
Indiana030640
  • + Conference co-champions

Independents

1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  1200
Western U. of Penn.  1000
Dartmouth  701
Yale  1010
Amherst  910
Colgate  811
Carlisle  1020
Lafayette  820
Princeton  820
Army  720
Fordham  411
Harvard  721
Dickinson  831
Columbia  730
Cornell  730
Villanova  421
Syracuse  630
Swarthmore  630
Washington & Jefferson  531
Penn State  640
Temple  320
Brown  650
Bucknell  330
Springfield Training School  441
NYU  360
Holy Cross  252
Wesleyan  370
Geneva  142
Vermont  152
New Hampshire  250
Rutgers  162
Tufts  291
Lehigh  180
Franklin & Marshall  0100
1904 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Louis  1000
Bethany (KS)  700
Northern Illinois State  500
Cape Girardeau Normal  200
Haskell  810
Cincinnati  710
Butler  610
Doane  510
Kansas  811
DePauw  820
Iowa State  720
Ohio Northern  721
Michigan State Normal  620
Wittenberg  620
Marquette  520
Nebraska  730
Detroit College  420
South Dakota State  421
Notre Dame  530
Iowa State Normal  531
Western Illinois  640
Heidelberg  641
Drake  540
Carthage  002
North Dakota Agricultural  330
Wabash  440
Fairmount  450
Lake Forest  351
Ohio Medical  242
Washington University  470
Ohio  241
Missouri  360
Mount Union  260
Miami (OH)  150
Kansas State  160
American Medical  030
1904 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgetown  710
Southwest Texas State  510
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial  201
Davidson  611
Navy  721
North Carolina  522
Virginia  630
North Carolina A&M  312
West Virginia  630
VPI  530
George Washington  422
Arkansas  430
Oklahoma  431
South Carolina  431
Stetson  220
Central Oklahoma  230
VMI  350
Kentucky University  340
Grant  230
Florida State College  230
Maryland  242
East Florida Seminary  120
Goldey College  120
Baylor  251
Louisiana Industrial  140
TCU  141
Delaware  151
Kendall  021
Rollins  010
Tusculum  020
Birmingham  030
Florida at Lake City  050
Oklahoma A&M  060
Tennessee Docs  070
1904 Far West college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Utah  710
Stanford  721
California  611
USC  610
Idaho  210
Montana Agricultural  210
Oregon  530
Tempe Normal  400
Wyoming  411
Washington  421
Arizona  312
Oregon Agricultural  420
Montana  320
Nevada State  330
Washington Agricultural  220
New Mexico A&M  121
Utah Agricultural  480

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 TW L T
Case $410720
Ohio State210650
Oberlin221421
Western Reserve111423
Ohio Wesleyan220550
Kenyon040351
  • $ Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans

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 October 16, 2009.