1904 Western Conference football season | |
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Sport | Football |
Number of teams | 9 |
Co-champions | Minnesota, Michigan |
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Minnesota + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
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1 (tie) | Minnesota | Henry L. Williams | 13-0 | 3-0 | 55.8 | 0.9 |
1 (tie) | Michigan | Fielding H. Yost | 10–0 | 2–0 | 56.7 | 2.2 |
3 | Chicago | Amos A. Stagg | 10–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 34.2 | 3.7 |
4 | Illinois | multiple | 9–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 19.3 | 3.5 |
5 (tie) | Northwestern | Walter McCornack | 8–2 | 1–2 | 31.2 | 5.5 |
5 (tie) | Purdue | Oliver Cutts | 9–3 | 1–2 | 14.7 | 5.5 |
7 (tie) | Iowa | John Chalmers | 7–4 | 0–3 | 22.8 | 9.9 |
7 (tie) | Wisconsin | Arthur Curtis | 5–3 | 0–3 | 33.1 | 9.3 |
7 (tie) | Indiana | James H. Horne | 6–4 | 0–3 | 8.4 | 11.6 |
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1]
No Western Conference schools participated in any bowl games during the 1904 season.
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.)
The following three Western Conference players were consensus first-team players on the 1904 College Football All-America Team.
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