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1904 Swarthmore Quakers football team

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1904 Swarthmore Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
CaptainBower (left end)
Home stadiumWhittier Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     12 0 0
Western U. of Penn.     10 0 0
Dartmouth     7 0 1
Yale     10 1 0
Amherst     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 0
Lafayette     8 2 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Army     7 2 0
Fordham     4 1 1
Harvard     7 2 1
Dickinson     8 3 1
Columbia     7 3 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Villanova     4 2 1
Syracuse     6 3 0
Swarthmore     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 1
Penn State     6 4 0
Temple     3 2 0
Brown     6 5 0
Bucknell     3 3 0
Springfield Training School     4 4 1
NYU     3 6 0
Holy Cross     2 5 2
Wesleyan     3 7 0
Geneva     1 4 2
Vermont     1 5 2
New Hampshire     2 5 0
Rutgers     1 6 2
Tufts     2 9 1
Lehigh     1 8 0
Frankin & Marshall     0 10 0

The 1904 Swarthmore Quakers football team was an American football team that represented Swarthmore College as an independent during the 1904 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 187 to 28. George H. Brooke was the head coach[1][2]

The team featured drop kicker Wilmer G. Crowell.[3] He made a 40-yard field goal against Lehigh, and 55-yard and 48-yard field goals against Franklin & Marshall.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at PennL 4–6
October 5at Lehigh
W 20–0[5]
Jefferson Medical
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 17–0
October 12at ColumbiaL 0–12800[6]
October 15Delaware
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 41–0 or 40–0
October 22at LafayetteEaston, PAL 0–4[7]
October 29at NavyW 9–0
November 12Franklin & Marshall
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA
W 69–0
November 19Haverford
  • Whittier Field
  • Swarthmore, PA (rivalry)
W 27–67,000[8]
November 24BucknellIsland ParkCancelled [9]

References

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  1. ^ "1904 Swarthmore Garnet Tide Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Team Records Game by Game". September 10, 2015. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "W. G. CROWELL DIES;! FOOTBALL REFEREE; Ex-Head of Eastern Officials Was Noted as Drop-Kicker at Swarthmore, and as Coach". The New York Times. August 24, 1943.
  4. ^ "The Official Football Guide". 1923.
  5. ^ "Lehigh Beaten By Swarthmore Score 20 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 6, 1904. p. 10. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  6. ^ "Columbia, 12; Swarthmore, 0". The New York Times. October 13, 1904. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Lafayette Wins From swarthmore By a Field Goal". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1904. p. 14. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "Swarthmore Wins The Annual Gridiron Battle from Haverford". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 20, 1904. p. 14. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "Game Has Not Been cancelled". Harrisburg Daily Independent. November 10, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved September 16, 2020.