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1904 Minnesota

13–⁠0 (3–⁠0 Western Conference), coached by Henry Williams.

Minnesota, 1904
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1904, game by game: won vs. Twin Cities Central High 107–0; won vs. South Dakota 77–0; won vs. Carleton 65–0; won vs. North Dakota 35–0; won vs. Iowa State 32–0; won vs. Grinnell 146–0; won vs. Nebraska 16–12; won vs. Lawrence 69–0; won vs. Wisconsin 28–0; won at Northwestern 17–0; won at Iowa 11–0; won at Shattuck 75–0; won at St. Thomas 47–0+146Won 107–0 vs. Twin Cities Central High+107Twin Cities Cen…Won 77–0 vs. South Dakota+77South DakotaWon 65–0 vs. Carleton+65CarletonWon 35–0 vs. North Dakota+35North DakotaWon 32–0 vs. Iowa State+32Iowa StateWon 146–0 vs. Grinnell+146GrinnellWon 16–12 vs. Nebraska+4NebraskaWon 69–0 vs. Lawrence+69LawrenceWon 28–0 vs. Wisconsin+28WisconsinWon 17–0 at Northwestern+17NorthwesternWon 11–0 at Iowa+11IowaWon 75–0 at Shattuck+75ShattuckWon 47–0 at St. Thomas+47St. Thomas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsTwin Cities Central HighW 107–⁠095%
Sep 24vsSouth DakotaW 77–⁠097%
Oct 1vsCarletonW 65–⁠095%
Oct 8vsNorth DakotaW 35–⁠097%
Oct 15vsIowa StateW 32–⁠073%
Oct 22vsGrinnellW 146–⁠087%
Oct 29vsNebraskaW 16–⁠1263%
Nov 5vsLawrenceW 69–⁠095%
Nov 12vsWisconsinW 28–⁠072%
Nov 19atNorthwesternW 17–⁠064%
Nov 24atIowaW 11–⁠069%
Nov 26atShattuckW 75–⁠095%
Dec 3atSt. ThomasW 47–⁠095%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat St. Thomas 47–⁠0; Western Conference champions.

In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1904

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1904.

National championsa title the school claims

Western Conference champions3–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Michigan

Record
13–⁠0
Conference
3–⁠0 shared first in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
725–⁠12
Coach
Henry Williams
Elo
1772 +111 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.2 No. 13 of 81 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Mose Strathern
Defense
7–⁠1–⁠2–⁠1

1904 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota3–⁠013–⁠0
Michigan2–⁠010–⁠0
Chicago5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠1
Illinois3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠1
Northwestern1–⁠28–⁠2
Purdue1–⁠29–⁠3
Indiana0–⁠37–⁠4
Iowa0–⁠37–⁠4
Wisconsin0–⁠35–⁠3

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.