1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 24, 1904 through December 4, 1904
Teams	17
Regular Season
Season champions	Vanderbilt Auburn
Football seasons
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1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt +	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	0
Auburn +	5	–	0	–	0			5	–	0	–	0
Sewanee	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech	3	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Alabama	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Clemson	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Tulane	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Kentucky State	0	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
LSU	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Cumberland (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			2	–	1	–	0
Nashville	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Georgia	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Mississippi A&M	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1904 college football season. The season began on September 24 with conference member Sewanee hosting the Mooney School.

1904 saw new coaches Mike Donahue at Auburn and Dan McGugin at Vanderbilt, ^{[1] [2]} both of which posted undefeated conference records. McGugin remains the only coach in NCAA history to win his first three games by 60 points. Both McGugin and Donahue were inaugural inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame. The SIAA forbade a postseason contest between Auburn and Vanderbilt. ^[3]

Also significantly, John Heisman was hired at Georgia Tech.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1 (tie)	Vanderbilt	Dan McGugin	9–0	5–0	52.7	0.4
1 (tie)	Auburn	Mike Donahue	5–0	5–0	19.5	1.8
3	Sewanee	George S. Whitney	7–1	4–1	22.5	4.6
4	Georgia Tech	John Heisman	8–1–1	3–1–1	28.7	3.4
5	Alabama	W. A. Blount	7–3	5–3	10.0	6.2
6 (tie)	Clemson	Shack Shealy	3–3–1	3–2–1	7.1	6.4
6 (tie)	Tulane	Thomas A. Barry	5–2	3–2	8.3	3.4
8	Cumberland	A. L. Phillips	3–1	1–1	43.7
9	Kentucky State	Fred Schacht	9–1	0–0	27.7	1.5
10	Mississippi	M. S. Harvey	4–3	2–3	26.4	15.1
11	LSU	Dan A. Killian	3–4	1–2	5.4	5.4
12	Tennessee	Sax Crawford	3–5–1	1–4–1	5.0	8.6
13	Nashville	H. F. Fisher	1–7–1	0–5–1	4.3	21.0
14 (tie)	Mississippi A&M	Daniel S. Martin	2–5	0–4	14.4	18.0
14 (tie)	Georgia	Charles A. Barnard	1–5	0–4	11.5	11.3

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game ^[4]

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member won
Non-conference matchup; SIAA member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SIAA teams in bold.

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 24	Mooney	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 47–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 1	Tennessee Docs	Sewanee	Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 58–0		[5]
October 1	Camp McPherson	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 11–5		[6]
October 1	Vanderbilt	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	VAN 61–0		[7]
October 1	Maryville (TN)	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	W 17–0		[8]
October 3	Florida Agricultural College	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 29–0		[9]

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 4	Florida Agricultural College	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	W 44–0		[10]
October 8	Florida State College	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 35–0		[11]
October 8	Clemson	Alabama	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	CLEM 18–0		[12]
October 8	Florida Agricultural College	Georgia	Central City Park • Macon, GA	W 52–0		[13]
October 8	Tennessee Docs	Nashville	Peabody Field • Nashville, TN	L 21–0		[14]
October 8	Georgetown (KY)	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 66–0		[15]

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 12	Nashville	VPI	Gibboney Field • Blacksburg, VA	L 32–0		[16]
October 15	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	ALA 6–0		[17]
October 15	Auburn	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	AUB 5–0		[18] [19]
October 15	Mooney	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 51–0		[20]
October 15	Nashville	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	T 0–0		[21]
October 15	Sewanee	Washington University	World's Fair Stadium • St. Louis, MO	W 17–0		[22]
October 15	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 69–0		[23] [24]
October 17	Florida Agricultural College	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 77–0		[25]

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 21	Louisiana Industrial	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 17–0		[26] [27]
October 22	Nashville	Auburn	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	AUB 10–0		[28] [29]
October 22	Georgia	Clemson	Bowman Field • Calhoun, SC	CLEM 10–0		[30] [31]
October 22	Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	GT 2–0		[32] [33]
October 22	Ole Miss	Mississippi A&M	Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS	MISS 17–5		[34]
October 22	Missouri Mines	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 29–4		[35]
October 23	Louisiana Industrial	Tulane	Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA	W 11–0		[36]
October 24	Nashville	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 17–0		[37]

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 26	Georgia	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 0–2		[38]
October 27	Sewanee	Clemson	Columbia, SC	SEW 11–5	5,000	[39]
October 28	LSU	Shreveport Athletic Association	Shreveport Ball Park • Shreveport, LA	L 0–16		[40]
October 29	Georgia Tech	Auburn	Drill Field • Auburn, AL	AUB 12–0		[41] [42]
October 29	Sewanee	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	SEW 12–0		[41] [43]
October 29	LSU	Louisiana Industrial	Ruston, LA	L 0–6		[44]
October 29	Southwestern Baptist	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 114–0		[45]
October 29	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA	TUL 10–0	1,100	[46]
October 29	Vanderbilt	Central University	Danville, KY	W 97–0		[47]

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 5	Clemson	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	T 11–11		[48]
November 5	Georgia	Alabama	The Quad • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 16–5		[49]
November 5	Maryville	Cumberland	Lebanon, TN	W 45–0		[50]
November 5	Ole Miss	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 5–0		[51]
November 5	Sewanee	Texas A&M	Dallas, TX	SEW 17–5		[52]
November 5	Tulane	Marion	Marion, AL	W 10–0		[53]
November 5	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 22–0		[54]

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 10	Tennessee Docs	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	W 16–0		[55]
November 11	Tennessee Docs	Mississippi A&M	Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS	W 59–0		[56]
November 12	Tennessee Docs	Ole Miss	League Park • Jackson, MS	W 42–0		[57]
November 12	Auburn	Alabama	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	AUB 29–5		[58] [59]
November 12	Clemson	Tennessee	Baldwin Park • Knoxville, TN	CLEM 6–0		[60]
November 12	Georgia	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	GT 23–6		[58] [61]
November 12	Sewanee	Tulane	Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA	SEW 18–0		[58] [62]
November 12	Nashville	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 81–0	2,500	[63]

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 15	Bethel (KY)	Cumberland	Lebanon, TN	W 103–0		[64]
November 16	Tennessee Docs	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	W 59–0		[65]
November 19	Ole Miss	Nashville	Citizens Park • Memphis, TN	MISS 12–5		[66]
November 19	Tennessee	Grant	Olympic Park Field • Chattanooga, TN	W 23–0		[67]
November 19	Vanderbilt	Central (KY)	Richmond, KY	W 22–0
November 19	LSU	Tulane	Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA	TUL 5–0	5,000	[68]
November 19	Louisiana Industrial	Mississippi A&M	Starkville Fairgrounds • Starkville, MS	W 32–5		[69]

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 24	Auburn	Georgia	Central City Park • Macon, GA	UGA 17–6		[70] [71]
November 24	Cumberland	Georgia Tech	Piedmont Park • Atlanta, GA	GT 18–0	5,000	[70] [72]
November 24	Clemson	North Carolina A&M	State Fairgrounds • Raleigh, NC	L 0–18		[73]
November 24	Tennessee	Alabama	West End Park • Birmingham, AL	TENN 5–0		[70] [74]
November 24	Ole Miss	Tulane	Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA	TUL 22–0		[75] [76]
November 24	Sewanee	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 27–0	6,500	[3] [77]

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 2	Alabama	LSU	State Field • Baton Rouge, LA	ALA 11–0		[78]
December 3	Alabama	Tulane	Athletic Park • New Orleans, LA	ALA 6–0	1,000	[79]
December 4	Alabama	Pensacola Athletic Club	Pensacola, FL	W 10–5		[80]

All-Southern team

Main article: 1904 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team compiled by John de Saulles included: ^[81]

Position	Name	Team
QB	John Scarbrough	Sewanee
HB	Honus Craig	Vanderbilt
HB	Willard Steele	Cumberland
FB	Humphrey Foy	Auburn
E	Jones Beene	Tennessee
T	Lob Brown	Georgia Tech
G	Henry D. Phillips	Sewanee
C	Stein Stone	Vanderbilt
G	Innis Brown	Vanderbilt
T	Puss Derrick	Clemson
E	Ed Hamilton	Vanderbilt

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