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1904 Auburn Tigers football team

1904 Auburn Tigers football
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Varsity (Auburn University) Football Team 1904 cropped.jpg
The 1904 football team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). Coach Mike Donahue is in the second row with "1904" on his jersey.
SIAA co-champion
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1904 record 5–0 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach Mike Donahue
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
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
Kentucky State 2 0 0     9 1 0
Texas 1 0 0     6 2 0
Sewanee 4 1 0     7 1 0
Georgia Tech 2 1 1     8 1 1
Alabama 5 3 0     7 3 0
Tulane 3 2 0     5 2 0
Clemson 3 2 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
Nashville 1 5 1     1 7 1
Cumberland 0 1 0     2 1 0
Texas A&M 0 2 0     4 2 0
Mississippi A&M 0 4 0     2 5 0
Georgia 0 4 0     1 5 0
Central 0 4 0     1 7 0
SW Presbyterian 0 0 0     0 0 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Auburn at Clemson
1 2 Total
Auburn 5 0 5
Clemson 0 0 0

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Georgia Tech at Auburn
1 2 Total
Ga Tech 0 0 0
Auburn 12 0 12

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Auburn at Georgia
1 2 Total
Auburn 12 5 17
Georgia 5 0 5
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Macon, GA
  • Referee: Butler (North Carolina)

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The 1904 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

The team went undefeated, winning all five of its regular season games. It also won two "practice" games against Montgomery and the University of Florida. The Tigers defense was nearly perfect, outscoring opponents 73–11 in regular season play and completing three shut outs (five counting the practice games). This was the first undefeated Auburn team since 1900 and was the fourth time the Tigers went undefeated.

The squad was coached by Mike Donahue in his first year as a head football coach. Donahue coached two separate times at Auburn (1904–1906 and 1908–1922) before moving to LSU. He also served as athletic director, basketball coach, baseball coach, and track coach during his tenure. Donahue still ranks second on Auburn football coaches' all-time career win list and third in winning percentage.

Auburn hired former Yale substitute quarterback Mike Donahue. Humphrey Foy recovered from a broken collarbone.

‡The October 4, 1904, game against the University of Florida was considered a practice game by Auburn and is not included in the official record of 5–0 for the season. Furthermore, the institution known as the University of Florida in 1904 was located in Lake City, Florida, and was previously known as Florida Agricultural College. It was one of four colleges combined to form the modern-day University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, under the Buckman Act passed by the Florida Legislature in May 1905. Since the present-day institution known as the University of Florida did not exist prior to 1905, it does not recognize this game.

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"The game was slow. Neither team was at its best." Humphrey Foy went around end on a double pass for an 18-yard touchdown, the game's only score. "Referee Beaver says it was one of the fiercest of games and that Clemson's defense was superb but the team lacked snap and ginger."


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