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1904 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
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The 1904 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1904 Western Conference football season. Coached by Arthur R. Hall, Justa Lindgren, Fred Lowenthal, and Clyde Mathews, the Illini compiled a 9–2–1 record and finished in fourth place in the Western Conference.1904 Illinois Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 16, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1904-schedule.html Guard Charles A. Fairweather was the team captain.Fighting Illini Football Record Book University of Illinois 2015 December 28, 2016 156 http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf November 29, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201129040612/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf dead
Schedule
Central y y September 24 1904 Northwestern College Northwestern College<ncg> Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 10-0 September 28 Wabash<ncg> Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 23-2 October 1 1904 Knox Old Siwash Knox<ncg> Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 11-0 October 5 1904 Chicago Physicians and Surgeons Chicago Physicians and Surgeons<ncg> Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 26-0 October 8 2:30 p.m. at Washington University<ncg> World's Fair Stadium St. Louis, MO W 31-0 Chicago Day Programme https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115728978/st-louis-globe-democrat/ St. Louis Globe-Democrat St. Louis, Missouri October 8, 1904 1 January 3, 2023 Newspapers.com Washington Beaten By Illinois; St. L. U. Defeats Jacksonville https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115724736/the-st-louis-republic/ The St. Louis Republic St. Louis, Missouri October 9, 1904 7, part III January 3, 2023 Newspapers.com October 15 Indiana Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry) W 10-0 October 22 at Purdue Stuart Field Lafayette, IN W 24-6 Purdue Fails To Defeat Illinois The Indianapolis Star October 23, 1904 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9318029/the_indianapolis_star/ Newspapers.com October 29 at Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL T 6-6 Chicago Eleven Ties With Illini: Visitors Play Stagg's Men to a Standstill and the Final Score Is 6 to 6 Chicago Tribune October 30, 1904 1S, 2S https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-chicago-eleven-ties-with/158819105/ Newspapers.com November 5 at Ohio State Ohio Field Columbus, OH (rivalry) W 46-0 November 12 at Northwestern Evanston, IL (rivalry) L 6-12 November 19 Iowa Illinois Field Champaign, IL W 29-0 November 24 at Nebraska<ncg> Antelope Field Lincoln, NE L 10-16
Awards and honors
Claude Rothgeb, end
Third-team selection by Walter Camp for the Collier's Weekly 1904 College Football All-America TeamCamp's 1904 All America Football Team Capital Times November 24, 1904
Selected as an All-American by Fred Lowenthal, coach of the University of IllinoisSome All-American Football Elevens The Pittsburgh Press November 29, 1904 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YRIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3668,3993908&dq=shevlin+piekarski&hl=en
John M. Haselwood, guard
Selected as an All-American by Fred Lowenthal
References
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