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1904 Swarthmore Quakers football team

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]

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 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 edit

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

References edit

  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.
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