1904 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1904 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1904 college football season . In the team ' s fourth season under head coach Fielding H . Yost , the Wolverines compiled a perfect 10 – 0 record and outscored opponents 567 – 22 . The 1904 team was the fourth of Yost ' s legendary " Point - a - Minute " teams . Michigan ' s games were of varying length from 22½ minutes to 70 minutes . Over the course of ten games , Michigan played 476 minutes of football and averaged a point scored for every 50 . 3 seconds played . The team included future College Football Hall of Fame inductee Willie Heston , who scored 20 touchdowns for 100 points that season ; touchdowns were worth five points under 1904 rules . Schedule . Game summaries . Michigan 33 , Case 0 . Michigan opened the 1904 college football season on October 1 with a 33 – 0 win over Cleveland ' s Case School of Applied Science . The game was played in 20 - minute halves , and the Wolverines scored 22 points in the first half . Numerous substitutions were made at half - time , and the backup players added 11 points in the second half . Fullback Frank Longman scored three touchdowns in the game , and Willie Heston , Walter Rheinschild , and Joe Curtis scored one touchdown each . Tom Hammond converted three extra point kicks . Heston ' s touchdown came on a 75 - yard run . Case managed only one first down in the game . The Michigan players appearing in the game were : John Garrels ( left end ) , Joe Curtis ( left tackle ) , Henry Schulte ( left guard ) , Ted Hammond ( starting center ) , Germany Schulz ( right guard ) , Roy Beechler ( starting right tackle and substitute at center ) , Smull ( substitute at right tackle ) , Tom Hammond ( starting right end ) , Harry Patrick ( substitute at right end ) , Fred Norcross ( starting quarterback and substitute at right halfback ) , Walter Becker ( substitute at quarterback ) , Willie Heston ( starting left halfback ) , William Dennison Clark ( substitute at left halfback ) , Ted Stuart ( starting right halfback ) , James DePree ( substitute at right halfback ) , Frank Longman ( starting fullback ) , and Walter Rheinschild ( substitute at fullback ) . Michigan 48 , Ohio Northern 0 . In the second game of the 1904 season , Michigan defeated Ohio Northern , 38 – 0 , in a game consisting of halves of 20 and 15 minutes . Willie Heston scored three touchdowns and had runs of 45 , 32 , 35 and 30 yards . Michigan 95 , Kalamazoo 0 . In the third game of the season , Michigan defeated Kalamazoo College , 95 – 0 , in a game consisting of two 20 - minute halves . Heston scored six touchdowns and had long touchdown runs of 65 , 70 , 85 and 65 yards . Michigan 72 , Physicians & Surgeons 0 . In the fourth game of the season , Michigan defeated the Physicians & Surgeons team 72 – 0 in a short mid - week game lasting only 22½ minutes , a 15 - minute first half and a 7½ minute second half . Quarterback Fred Norcross scored four touchdowns , and Heston scored three . Norcross had touchdown runs of 67 , 35 and 90 yards . Michigan 31 , Ohio State 6 . Michigan defeated Ohio State , 31 – 6 , in a game consisting of 30 - minute halves in Columbus , Ohio . Heston scored three touchdowns , bringing his season total to 16 . Michigan 72 , American Medical School 0 . For its sixth game of the season , Michigan played a short mid - week game against the American Medical School . The game consisted of a 20 - minute first half and a 3½ minute second half . Right halfback Clark led the scoring with four touchdowns . Weeks scored three touchdowns . Heston was limited to a single touchdown . Michigan 130 , West Virginia 0 . The most lopsided score in Michigan football history . In a game consisting of 25 and 20 - minute halves , the Wolverines scored 22 touchdowns and 20 extra points ( which would have resulted in a margin of 152 - 0 under modern scoring rules ) . Joe Curtis alone accounted for 49 points with six touchdowns and 19 extra points . The undefeated 1904 team won Michigan ' s fourth national championship and scored 567 points in 476 minutes of football , averaging a point every 50 . 3 seconds . For the first time in the 1904 season , Heston did not score . Michigan 28 , Wisconsin 0 . Michigan played its first full - length game ( two 35 - minute halves ) of the season against Wisconsin . Michigan won the game , 28 – 0 . Heston and Carter each scored two touchdowns , and Norcross added another . Michigan 36 , Drake 4 . In its ninth game , Michigan defeated the team from Drake by a score of 36 – 4 . The game was played in two 25 - minute halves . Curtis led the scoring with 16 points on two touchdowns and six extra point kicks . Willie Heston did not play in the game . Michigan 22 , Chicago 12 . Michigan concluded an undefeated season with a 22 – 12 win over the University of Chicago on November 12 . The game , played in 35 - minute halves , featured several College Football Hall of Fame inductees , including Walter Eckersall and Hugo Bezdek for Chicago and Willie Heston and Germany Schulz for Michigan . Heston , Eckersall and Bezdek each scored single touchdowns , but the lead scorer was Michigan ' s Tom Hammond with 17 points on three touchdowns and two extra points . Heston finished the season with 20 touchdowns for 100 points . Players . Varsity letter winners . The following 13 players received varsity " M " letters for their participation on the 1904 football team :