| Year: | 1904 |
| Champion: | Michigan Minnesota Pennsylvania |
| Heisman: | Not awarded until 1935 |
The 1904 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Michigan, Minnesota, and Penn as having been selected national champions.[1]
1904 was a big year for the South. It was the first year for: Dan McGugin at Vanderbilt, Mike Donahue at Auburn, and John Heisman at Georgia Tech.
| Conference | Champion(s) | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Albion | 5–0 | |
| Ohio Athletic Conference | Case | 4–0 |
See main article: 1904 College Football All-America Team. The consensus All-America team included:
| Position | Name | Height | Weight (lbs.) | Class | Hometown | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Vince Stevenson | 5'10" | 148 | Jr. | Penn | |
| QB | Foster Rockwell | Sr. | Vermont | Yale | ||
| HB | Daniel Hurley | Jr. | Charlestown, Massachusetts | Harvard | ||
| HB | Willie Heston | 5'8" | 190 | Sr. | Grant's Pass, Oregon | Michigan |
| FB | Walter Eckersall | 5'7" | 141 | So. | Chicago, Illinois | Chicago |
| FB | Andy Smith | Sr. | Du Bois, Pennsylvania | Penn | ||
| FB | Henry Torney | Jr. | Army | |||
| E | Tom Shevlin | 5'10" | 195 | Jr. | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Yale |
| T | James Hogan | 5'10" | 210 | Sr. | Yale | |
| G | Frank Piekarski | Sr. | Nanticoke, Pennsylvania | Penn | ||
| G | Joseph Gilman | Exeter, New Hampshire | Dartmouth | |||
| C | Arthur Tipton | Sr. | Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory | Army | ||
| G | Ralph Kinney | Sr. | Yale | |||
| T | James Cooney | So. | Princeton | |||
| E | Fred Speik | Sr. | Stockton, California | Chicago | ||