1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 24, 1904
through December 4, 1904
Number of teams17
Regular Season
Season championsVanderbilt
Auburn
Football seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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

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Results and team statistics

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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

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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

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

Week Two

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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