1904 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1904 Vanderbilt Commodores football
SIAA Co-Champions
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1904 record 9–0 (4–0 SIAA)
Head coach Dan McGugin (1st year)
Captain Irish Graham
Home stadium Dudley Field
1904 SIAA 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
Texas 1 – 0 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 0 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
Sewanee 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 1 – 0
Alabama 5 – 3 – 0     7 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 1 – 1     8 – 1 – 1
Tulane 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 0
Clemson 3 – 3 – 1     3 – 3 – 1
Mississippi 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 0
LSU 1 – 2 – 0     3 – 4 – 0
Tennessee 1 – 4 – 1     3 – 5 – 1
Central 0 – 1 – 0     0 – 1 – 0
Texas A & M 0 – 2 – 0     4 – 2 – 0
Nashville 0 – 4 – 1     0 – 4 – 1
Mississippi A & M 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 5 – 0
Georgia 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 5 – 0
Davidson 0 – 0 – 0     6 – 1 – 1
Southern   –         –  
Furman   –         –  
§ – Conference co-champions

The 1904 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1904 college football season. The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his first season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Commodores played six home games in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record 9–0. The 1904 Vanderbilt team scored an average of 52.7 points per game, the most in college football that season, and allowed just four points, all surrendered in their game against Missouri-Rolla.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 1, vs. Mississippi A&M Columbus Fairgrounds • Columbus, MS W 61–0  
October 8, Georgetown (KY)* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 66–0  
October 15, Ole Miss Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) W 69–0  
October 22, Missouri Mines* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 29–4  
October 29, at Centre* Danville, KY W 97–0  
November 5, Tennessee Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) W 22–0  
November 12, Nashville* Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 81–0  
November 19, at Centre* Danville, KY W 22–0  
November 24, Sewanee Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (Rivalry) W 27–0  
*Non-conference game.

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The team in action.

Players

References

  1. ↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Dan McGugin 1904". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-09-14.