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1904 college football season
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American college football season
August 2023
1904 File:Pennsylvania football 1904.jpg Penn–Harvard game. 250 80 September 17 to December 4 MichiganMinnesotaPennsylvania Not awarded until 1935
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.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book 70 The National Collegiate Athletic Association August 2009 Indianapolis, IN 2009-10-16
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
School 1903 Conference 1904 ConferenceSouthwest Texas State Normal footballProgram Established Independent
Conference standings
Major conference standings
Independents
Minor conferences
ConferenceChampion(s)Record Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationAlbion 5–0 Ohio Athletic Conference Case 4–0
Minor conference standings
Awards and honors
All-Americans
1904 College Football All-America Team
The consensus All-America team included:
PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeamQBVince Stevenson5'10"148Jr.PennQBFoster RockwellSr.VermontYaleHBDaniel HurleyJr.Charlestown, MassachusettsHarvardHBWillie Heston5'8"190Sr.Grant's Pass, OregonMichiganFBWalter Eckersall5'7"141So.Chicago, IllinoisChicagoFBAndy SmithSr.Du Bois, PennsylvaniaPennFBHenry TorneyJr.ArmyETom Shevlin5'10"195Jr.Minneapolis, MinnesotaYaleTJames Hogan5'10"210Sr.YaleGFrank PiekarskiSr.Nanticoke, PennsylvaniaPennGJoseph GilmanExeter, New HampshireDartmouthCArthur TiptonSr.Las Vegas, New Mexico TerritoryArmyGRalph KinneySr.YaleTJames CooneySo.PrincetonEFred SpeikSr.Stockton, CaliforniaChicago
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
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