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1904 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1904
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	football
image	University of Minnesota Football Team, 1904.jpg
image_size	280px
conference	Western Conference
short_conf	Western
record	13–0
conf_record	3–0
head_coach	Henry L. Williams
hc_year	5th
def_scheme	7–1–2–1
captain	Mose Strathern
stadium	Northrop Field
champion	National champion (Billingsley)
Western Conference co-champion

Western Conference co-champion

Football Game, Wisconsin versus Minnesota at Northrop Field, November 12, 1904

The 1904 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1904 Western Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 13–0 record (3–0 against Western Conference opponents). The 1904 Minnesota team has been recognized as a college football national champion by the Billingsley Report.

The 146 point victory over Grinnell represents both the largest point total and the largest margin of victory in Gopher football history.

Ten Minnesota players were recognized on the 1904 All-Western college football team: quarterback Sigmund Harris (COL-2, CT-2, MJ-1); halfbacks Otto Nelson Davies (COL-1, CT-2, MJ-1) and James Edward Kremer (COL-2); fullback Earl Current (CT-2, MJ-1); end Bobby Marshall (COL-2, MJ-1); tackles Percy Porter Brush (CRH, CT-2, MJ-2) and George Leland Case (MJ-2); guards Walton W. Thorpe (COL-1, CRH, CT-1, DFP, DT, MJ-1, SLR, WC) and Daniel D. Smith, Minnesota (CT-2); and center Moses Strathern (MJ-1).

Two players also received recognition on the 1904 College Football All-America Team. Quarterback Sigmund Harris received third-team honors from Walter Camp, and guard Walton Thorp received first-team honors from Illinois coach Fred Lowenthal and third-team honors from Walter Camp.

Notably, Minnesota did not play undefeated Michigan in 1904, despite the teams being members of the Western Conference. Both teams received acclaim as national champion for the 1904 season.

Schedule

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References

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(December 1904). "News-Athletics". The Michigan Daily.
(November 27, 1904). "All-Western Football Eleven". Chicago Tribune.
O'Loughlin. (November 28, 1904). "The Journal's "All Western"". The Minneapolis Journal.
(November 30, 1904). "All-Western Football Team". The St. Louis Republic.
(1905). "Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1905". American Sports Publishing Company.
(1904-12-28). "Camp's Idea Of Football Stars: Yale Coach Puts Two Western Men in His Selection". The Daily Review (Decatur, IL).
(1904-11-24). "Camp's 1904 All America Football Team". Capital Times.
(1904-11-29). "Some All-American Football Elevens". [[The Pittsburgh Press]].
(November 20, 1904). "Minnesota Wins From the Purple". Chicago Tribune.
. (November 25, 1904). ["Victory Stays By Gophers Thru Year"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30314005/the_minneapolis_journal/). *[[The Minneapolis Journal]]*.

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