1904 Western Conference football season

August 2023 1904 Western Conference football season Football 9 Minnesota, Michigan Co-champions Football 1903 1905 thumb | right | alt=Photo of the roster of the 1904 Purdue football team | Photo of the 1904 Purdue football team The 1904 Western Conference football season was the ninth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1904 college football season. Season overview Results and team statistics Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG1 (tie)MinnesotaHenry L. Williams13-03-055.80.91 (tie)MichiganFielding H. Yost10–02–056.72.23ChicagoAmos A. Stagg10–1–15–1–134.23.74Illinoismultiple9–2–13–1–119.33.55 (tie)NorthwesternWalter McCornack8–21–231.25.55 (tie)PurdueOliver Cutts9–31–214.75.57 (tie)IowaJohn Chalmers7–40–322.89.97 (tie)WisconsinArthur Curtis5–30–333.19.37 (tie)IndianaJames H. Horne6–40–38.411.6 Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game1904 Western Conference Year Summary Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 29, 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/western/1904.html Regular season Bowl games No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1904 season. Awards and honors All-Western players the complete All-Western selections 1904 All-Western college football team Eleven players were chosen as first-team players on at least four of the 1904 All-Western college football teams named by the following eight selectors: Collier's Weekly (COL),Collier's Self Indexing Annual 674 1905 P. F. Collier & Son https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb86AQAAMAAJ Chicago Record-Herald (CRH),News-Athletics The Michigan Daily December 1904 133 https://books.google.com/books?id=EQXiAAAAMAAJ Chicago Tribune (CT),All-Western Football Eleven Chicago Tribune November 27, 1904 http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1904/11/27/page/14/article/pick-of-football-stars Detroit Free Press (DFP), Detroit Tribune (DT), The Minneapolis Journal (MJ),O'Loughlin The Journal's "All Western" The Minneapolis Journal November 28, 1904 15 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045366/1904-11-28/ed-1/seq-15/#date1=1901&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=19&words=all+all-western+football+western&proxdistance=5&date2=1904&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=all-western&andtext=football&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3 The St. Louis Republic (SLR),All-Western Football Team The St. Louis Republic November 30, 1904 9 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1904-11-30/ed-1/seq-9/#date1=1901&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=17&words=all+all-Western+Football+football+Western&proxdistance=5&date2=1904&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=all-western&andtext=football&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3 and Walter Camp (WC) in Collier's Weekly.Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1905 Walter Camp American Sports Publishing Company 1905 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=3gs7AQAAMAAJ&q=remp+wisconsin+football&pg=RA1-PA35 (Players unanimously chosen by all eight selectors are listed in bold.) Claude Rothgeb, end, Illinois (COL, CRH, CT, DFP, DT, SLR, WC) James Irving Bush, end, Wisconsin (COL, CRH, DFP, DT, MJ, WC) Joe Curtis, tackle, Michigan (COL, CRH, CT, DFP, DT, MJ, SLR, WC) Wilson Bertke, tackle, Wisconsin (COL, DFP, MJ, SLR, WC) Walton W. Thorpe, guard, Minnesota (COL, CRH, CT, DFP, DT, MJ, SLR, WC) Charles A. Fairweather, guard, Illinois (COL, CRH, CT, DFP, SLR, WC) John Hazelwood, center, Illinois (COL, CRH, CT, SLR) Walter Eckersall, Chicago (COL, CRH, CT, DFP, DT, SLR, WC) Willie Heston, halfback, Michigan (COL, CRH, CT, DFP, DT, MJ, SLR, WC) E. J. Vanderboom, halfback, Wisconsin (DFP, DT, SLR, WC) Frank Longman, fullback, Michigan (COL, CRH, DFP, DT) All-Americans the complete All-America selections 1904 College Football All-America Team The following three Western Conference players were consensus first-team players on the 1904 College Football All-America Team. Fred Speik, end, Chicago (Caspar Whitney [CW]) Willie Heston, halfback, Michigan (Walter Camp [WC], New York Evening Telegram) Walter Eckersall, fullback, Chicago (CW, WC) References