The 1904 season
480 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Michigan and Minnesota claim the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Auburn and Vanderbilt (shared)
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- ETom Shevlin, Yale
- EFrederick A. Speik, Chicago
- OTJames Hogan, Yale
- OTJames Cooney, Princeton
- OGFrank Piekarski, Penn
- OGJoseph Gilman, Dartmouth
- OGRalph Kinney, Yale
- CArthur Tipton, Army
- QBVince Stevenson, Penn
- QBFoster Rockwell, Yale
- RBDaniel Hurley, Harvard
- RBWillie Heston, Michigan
- QBWalter Eckersall, Chicago
- FBAndy Smith, Penn
- FBHenry Torney, Army
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1904 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1904 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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YAlE’S THE VICTORY. TIGERS BEATEN I9 TO o. Princeton Unable to Withstand HeaUy Blue Attack. ~-1N otoic NdS l. 10 -, Yale making two touchdowns in the first half. In the second half neither side scored and the struggle RACED ., and down the arena with varying fortunes though play in Yale territory most Of the time Yale took ample revenge for the beating De- Wits brood OF Tigers inflicted on the Ellis last year at New-Hsven. and after she had obtained her commanding lead in the irst half adopted defensive tactics. designed not SO much advance the ball her. own account as 20 prevent the Orang, and Black from advancing. II was case of Yale strength ana weight. The Tigers. game ami strong though they were. could forge their way through the mass of beet and muscle opposed 70 them only by fits and starts. while in the pernd when the Blue was really driving home It’s attack the Tigers could not stand consistently against Il. II was Yale’s game from the very start. When the match had been IN progress dfteen minutes IT was plain that if the Tigers had nothing more UP their sleeves than had Ieen exhibited victory for the Blue was inevitable Only once in the entire game ed Princeton seriously threaten the Eli goal That was IN the second half after about ten Minutes OF play. The Tigers got the pigskin at the middle OF the field, after series Of punts, in whch Rulon- Miller had surprised every one bv outlyiclzi1e Hoyt. Then Princeton’s attack really swung together into something like conpacuess and Cooney. Stanard and Rulor- Miller tore through for gain after gain. all Of them short but following each other with effective consistency. TIGERS ADVANCE HELD by YALE. Before the spurt was over Princeton had land ed the ball Tale’s 25-yard line But here Yale held. and. on close decision. Coorsy Just failed to make the precious five yards and Ya,e was saved II was not very thing but IT was the best Princeton could do throughout the course of the two thirty-hve minute halves Yale’s famous “cripples.” whose sad and hope less condition has been the daily theme OF the last weeks football dispatches from New Haven, turned out 10 be the huskiest lot OF hospital attaches that the Blue has ever sent TO game BloOmer may some time have broken his shoulder, but il might well be doubted If we didn’t have il on the authority OF the coaches. The big tackle played through the entire game and 70 his ground gaining Yale owed her first touchdown more than TO any other man. Shevlin. too. though limping badly. was entirely effective Yale played the same team from start 70 finish. with the exception Of OwsIey who was taken out near the end. more 10 save him for the Harvard match than for any other reason. In short. the Yale players stood the shock ec | battle much better than did the Princeton warriors. four OF whom vere retired for injuries And this despite the fact that Princeton was supposed to be right on edge and Yale stale / Beyond a shadow Of a doubt the better team | won. And vet the score should have been only | 6 to o. and that would have been the result but | for two bad blunders by Princeton players. ! After Yale had made her first score by simply ripping up the lighter Princeton line with her human catapult plunges. the Tigers got the oval in midfeId. but had punt Miller fell back for : the kick. when. amid groan of horror from the / Princeton thousands. butcher passed the bail so far over the fullba ck’s head that he couldn { / have stopped it if he had been human sky ! scraper. BAD PASS GIVES YALE BALL. He turned and ran for the rolling leather bu, Yale forward was quick for him, and the Blue took the pigskin only thrty-hve yards from a touchdown. From this point Yale bucked her way inside Of the 1O-yard line. only 10 lose the ball on a tumble. Princeton drew a deep sigh OF relief. for that was all that could have STAYED of disaster. 0r course. Rulon-9 Miller still had 10 punt out oc danger But he didn’t .all back far enough. standing scarcely seven yards from his quarter back In a flash Kinney and Hogan were him The kick was blocked back Of Prince tons goal line. and What seemed like the King Of Frances forty thousand men fell 70 seTanihing for the much coveted leather. When ths referee had disentanged the human puzzle Ieavenworth was found nearest the ball. and Vale had scored for the second and last time princeton’s game was a vast Disappointment – her supnorters. 7. was not expected that she would be able do much az penetrating YaIe’s rush line on offensive PLAYS But much was hoped for in the way of a fast, open game. IN which the light and speedy backs should gain well behind veil organized Aying inter hut he 0rA1 did anv effective extent II was tried. 20 be sure. bu, was so uoorly executed that even Yales curnbrous giants lad no difficulty In breaking II up The soggy condition Of the ground also worked against the lighter team Time and time again Princeton back would dash r1adly at one of the ends. entirely unprotected and unattended only 70 be thrown for losses by Yale’s rushsrs- Ritter and Foulke &C. casionaIly skinned he tackle” for short gains. but on the whole the Tigers attempts at open n1av were executed so poorly that they deserved the failure that nret them. AZ no time did the Princeton attack so OF with either the speed or concentration IL showed aeoinsf West Point. Stanard and Cooney did the principal ground gaining for the Orange ard BIact. the latter once breaking through Hogan for twenty fighting yards before he was brought 70 earth PJOONER AND LEAVENWORTH STARS FOR Yale BIoomer and Leayenworth were easily the stars. The formers achievements have already been described In LeavenwOrth 1ra coaches have genuine ind All told. he r,irsd more yards than any other weaser OF the Rlus He is not. in appearance. an effective bacE for he lacks both weight and looks. Out he has an eeI-nke quality that worried the r,rers all day long. Captain Hogan himself did not play his usual ground gaining game and