1904 college football season
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.
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 and program changes
Membership changes
Conference standings
Major conference standings
Major independents
Minor conferences
Minor conference standings
Awards and honors
All-Americans
The consensus All-America team included:| Position | Name | Height | Weight | 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 |