1904 Western Conference football season

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1904 Western Conference football season
SportFootball
Number of teams9
Co-champions Minnesota, Michigan
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1904 Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

The 1904 Western Conference football season was the ninth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference (later known as the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1904 college football season.

Contents

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1 (tie) Minnesota Henry L. Williams 13-03-055.80.9
1 (tie) Michigan Fielding H. Yost 10–02–056.72.2
3 Chicago Amos A. Stagg 10–1–15–1–134.23.7
4 Illinois multiple9–2–13–1–119.33.5
5 (tie) Northwestern Walter McCornack 8–21–231.25.5
5 (tie) Purdue Oliver Cutts 9–31–214.75.5
7 (tie) Iowa John Chalmers 7–40–322.89.9
7 (tie) Wisconsin Arthur Curtis 5–30–333.19.3
7 (tie) Indiana James H. Horne 6–40–38.411.6

Key

PPG = Average of points scored per game [1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [1]

Regular season

Bowl games

No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1904 season.

Awards and honors

All-Western players

Eleven players were chosen as first-team players on at least four of the 1904 All-Western college football teams named by the following eight selectors: Collier's Weekly (COL), [2] Chicago Record-Herald (CRH), [3] Chicago Tribune (CT), [4] Detroit Free Press (DFP), [3] Detroit Tribune (DT), [3] The Minneapolis Journal (MJ), [5] The St. Louis Republic (SLR), [6] and Walter Camp (WC) in Collier's Weekly . [7] (Players unanimously chosen by all eight selectors are listed in bold.)

All-Americans

The following three Western Conference players were consensus first-team players on the 1904 College Football All-America Team.

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The 1926 Big Ten Conference football season was the 31st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1926 college football season.

The 1901 Western Conference football season was the sixth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference and was a part of the 1901 college football season.

The 1923 Big Ten Conference football season was the 28th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1923 college football season.

The 1902 Western Conference football season was the seventh season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference and was a part of the 1902 college football season.

The 1903 Western Conference football season was the eighth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference and was a part of the 1903 college football season.

The 1905 Western Conference football season was the tenth season of college football played by the member schools of the Western Conference and was a part of the 1905 college football season.

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References

  1. 1 2 "1904 Western Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Collier's Self Indexing Annual. P. F. Collier & Son. 1905. p. 674.
  3. 1 2 3 "News-Athletics". The Michigan Daily. December 1904. p. 133.
  4. ↑ "All-Western Football Eleven". Chicago Tribune. November 27, 1904.
  5. ↑ O'Loughlin (November 28, 1904). "The Journal's "All Western"". The Minneapolis Journal. p. 15.
  6. ↑ "All-Western Football Team". The St. Louis Republic. November 30, 1904. p. 9.
  7. ↑ Walter Camp, ed. (1905). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1905. American Sports Publishing Company. p. 35.
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