# 1904 college football season

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.
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 Conference |
| Southwest Texas State Normal football | Program Established | Independent |

## Conference standings
### Major conference standings

1904 Colorado Football Association standings :
| 1904 Colorado Football Association standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Colorado Mines $ 3 –0 –13 –0 –1 Colorado 3 –1 –06 –2 –1 Denver 2 –2 –02 –5 –0 Colorado College 1 –2 –16 –3 –1 Colorado Agricultural 0 –4 –00 –4 –1 $ – Conference champion | 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Vanderbilt + 5 –0 –09 –0 –0 Auburn + 5 –0 –05 –0 –0 Sewanee 4 –1 –07 –1 –0 Georgia Tech 3 –1 –18 –1 –1 Alabama 5 –3 –07 –3 –0 Clemson 3 –2 –13 –3 –1 Tulane 3 –2 –05 –2 –0 Kentucky State 0 –0 –09 –1 –0 Ole Miss 2 –3 –04 –3 –0 LSU 1 –2 –03 –4 –0 Tennessee 1 –4 –13 –5 –1 Cumberland (TN) 0 –1 –02 –1 –0 Nashville 0 –4 –12 –5 –1 Georgia 0 –4 –01 –5 –0 Mississippi A&M 0 –4 –02 –4 –0 + – Conference co-champions | 1904 Southwestern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Texas 5 –0 –06 –2 –0 Texas A&M 3 –1 –04 –2 –0 Oklahoma 1 –1 –04 –3 –1 Arkansas 0 –1 –04 –3 –0 Baylor 2 –5 –12 –5 –1 TCU 1 –3 –11 –4 –1 Oklahoma A&M 0 –1 –00 –4 –1 Trinity 0 –1 –00 –1 –0 |
| 1904 Western Conference football standings vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Minnesota + 3 –0 –013 –0 –0 Michigan + 2 –0 –010 –0 –0 Chicago 5 –1 –110 –1 –1 Illinois 3 –1 –19 –2 –1 Northwestern 1 –2 –08 –2 –0 Purdue 1 –2 –09 –3 –0 Iowa 0 –3 –07 –4 –0 Wisconsin 0 –3 –05 –3 –0 Indiana 0 –3 –06 –4 –0 + – Conference co-champions |

### Independents

1904 Eastern college football independents records :
| 1904 Eastern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Penn   –  12 –0 –0 Western U. of Penn.   –  10 –0 –0 Dartmouth   –  7 –0 –1 Yale   –  10 –1 –0 Amherst   –  9 –1 –0 Colgate   –  8 –1 –1 Carlisle   –  10 –2 –0 Lafayette   –  8 –2 –0 Princeton   –  8 –2 –0 Army   –  7 –2 –0 Fordham   –  4 –1 –1 Harvard   –  7 –2 –1 Dickinson   –  8 –3 –1 Columbia   –  7 –3 –0 Cornell   –  7 –3 –0 Villanova   –  4 –2 –1 Syracuse   –  6 –3 –0 Swarthmore   –  6 –3 –0 Washington & Jefferson   –  5 –3 –1 Penn State   –  6 –4 –0 Temple   –  3 –2 –0 Brown   –  6 –5 –0 Bucknell   –  3 –3 –0 Springfield Training School   –  4 –4 –1 NYU   –  3 –6 –0 Holy Cross   –  2 –5 –2 Wesleyan   –  3 –7 –0 Geneva   –  1 –4 –2 Vermont   –  1 –5 –2 New Hampshire   –  2 –5 –0 Rutgers   –  1 –6 –2 Tufts   –  2 –9 –1 Lehigh   –  1 –8 –0 Frankin & Marshall   –  0 –10 –0 | 1904 Midwestern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Saint Louis   –  10 –0 –0 Bethany (KS)   –  7 –0 –0 Northern Illinois State   –  5 –0 –0 Missouri State Normal   –  2 –0 –0 Haskell   –  8 –1 –0 Michigan Agricultural   –  8 –1 –0 Cincinnati   –  7 –1 –0 Butler   –  6 –1 –0 Doane   –  5 –1 –0 Kansas   –  8 –1 –1 DePauw   –  8 –2 –0 Iowa State   –  7 –2 –0 Ohio Northern   –  7 –2 –1 Michigan State Normal   –  6 –2 –0 Wittenberg   –  6 –2 –0 Marquette   –  5 –2 –0 Nebraska   –  7 –3 –0 Detroit College   –  4 –2 –0 South Dakota State   –  4 –2 –1 Notre Dame   –  5 –3 –0 Iowa State Normal   –  5 –3 –1 Western Illinois   –  6 –4 –0 Heidelberg   –  6 –4 –1 Drake   –  5 –4 –0 Carthage   –  0 –0 –2 North Dakota Agricultural   –  3 –3 –0 Wabash   –  4 –4 –0 Fairmount   –  4 –5 –0 Lake Forest   –  3 –5 –1 Ohio Medical   –  2 –4 –2 Washington University   –  4 –7 –0 Ohio   –  2 –4 –1 Missouri   –  3 –6 –0 Mount Union   –  2 –6 –0 Miami (OH)   –  1 –5 –0 Kansas State   –  1 –6 –0 American Medical   –  0 –3 –0 | 1904 Southern college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Georgetown   –  7 –1 –0 Southwest Texas State   –  5 –1 –0 Southwestern Louisiana Industrial   –  2 –0 –1 Davidson   –  6 –1 –1 Navy   –  7 –2 –1 North Carolina   –  5 –2 –2 Virginia   –  6 –3 –0 North Carolina A&M   –  3 –1 –2 West Virginia   –  6 –3 –0 VPI   –  5 –3 –0 George Washington   –  4 –2 –2 Arkansas   –  4 –3 –0 Oklahoma   –  4 –3 –1 South Carolina   –  4 –3 –1 Stetson   –  2 –2 –0 Central Oklahoma   –  2 –3 –0 VMI   –  3 –5 –0 Kentucky University   –  3 –4 –0 Grant   –  2 –3 –0 Florida State College   –  2 –3 –0 Maryland   –  2 –4 –2 East Florida Seminary   –  1 –2 –0 Goldey College   –  1 –2 –0 Baylor   –  2 –5 –1 Louisiana Industrial   –  1 –4 –0 TCU   –  1 –4 –1 Delaware   –  1 –5 –1 Kendall   –  0 –2 –1 Rollins   –  0 –1 –0 Tusculum   –  0 –2 –0 Florida at Lake City   –  0 –5 –0 Oklahoma A&M   –  0 –6 –0 Tennessee Docs   –  0 –7 –0 |
| 1904 Far West college football independents records vteConfOverall TeamW L TW L T Utah   –  7 –1 –0 Stanford   –  7 –2 –1 California   –  6 –1 –1 USC   –  6 –1 –0 Oregon   –  5 –3 –0 Tempe Normal   –  4 –0 –0 Wyoming   –  4 –1 –1 Washington   –  4 –2 –1 Arizona   –  3 –1 –2 Oregon Agricultural   –  4 –2 –0 Montana   –  3 –2 –0 Nevada State   –  3 –3 –0 Washington Agricultural   –  2 –2 –0 New Mexico A&M   –  1 –2 –1 Utah Agricultural   –  4 –8 –0 |

### 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 :
* 1904 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
* vteConfOverall
* TeamW L TW L T
* Case $
* 4
* –1
* –07
* –2
* –0
* Ohio State
* 2
* –1
* –06
* –5
* –0
* Oberlin
* 2
* –2
* –14
* –2
* –1
* Western Reserve
* 1
* –1
* –14
* –2
* –3
* Ohio Wesleyan
* 2
* –2
* –05
* –5
* –0
* Kenyon
* 0
* –4
* –03
* –5
* –1
* $ – 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