1904 college football season

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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.
Contents
1 Conference and program changes
1.1 Membership changes
2 Conference standings
2.1 Minor conferences
3 Awards and honors
3.1 All-Americans
3.2 Statistical leaders
4 References
Conference and program changes
Membership changes
School | 1903 Conference | 1904 Conference |
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Southwest Texas State Normal football |
Program Established | Independent |
Conference standings
The following is a potentially incomplete list of conference standings:
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Minor conferences
Conference |
Champion(s) |
Record |
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Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Albion |
5–0–0 |
Ohio Athletic Conference |
Case School of Applied Science |
4–0–0 |
Awards and honors
All-Americans
The consensus All-America team included:
Position |
Name |
Height |
Weight (lbs.) |
Class |
Hometown |
Team |
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QB |
Vince Stevenson |
5'10" |
148 |
Jr. |
Penn |
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QB |
Foster Rockwell |
Sr. |
Vermont |
Yale |
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HB |
Daniel Hurley |
Jr. |
Charlestown, Massachusetts |
Harvard |
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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 |
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FB |
Henry Torney |
Jr. |
Army |
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E |
Tom Shevlin |
5'10" |
195 |
Jr. |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Yale |
T |
James Hogan |
5'10" |
210 |
Sr. |
Yale |
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G |
Frank Piekarski |
Sr. |
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania |
Penn |
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G |
Joseph Gilman |
Exeter, New Hampshire |
Dartmouth |
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C |
Arthur Tipton |
Sr. |
Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory |
Army |
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G |
Ralph Kinney |
Sr. |
Yale |
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T |
James Cooney |
So. |
Princeton |
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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
^ Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (PDF). Indianapolis, IN: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2009. p. 70. Retrieved 2009-10-16..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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