1904 Auburn Tigers football team

1904 Auburn Tigers football
Black & white image illustrating 14 American football players in their uniforms with a single "A" visible on most jerseys and "1904" visible on one
1904 Auburn football team; head coach Mike Donahue is in the second row with "1904" on his jersey
SIAA co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record9–0 (5–0 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainR. S. Reynolds
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 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
Sewanee 4 1 0 7 1 0
Georgia Tech 3 1 1 8 1 1
Alabama 5 3 0 7 3 0
Clemson 3 2 1 3 3 1
Tulane 3 2 0 5 2 0
Kentucky State 0 0 0 9 1 0
Ole Miss 2 3 0 4 3 0
LSU 1 2 0 3 4 0
Tennessee 1 4 1 3 5 1
Cumberland (TN) 0 1 0 2 1 0
Nashville 0 4 1 2 5 1
Georgia 0 4 0 1 5 0
Mississippi A&M 0 4 0 2 4 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

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.[1] It also won two "practice" games against Montgomery and the University of Florida.[2] The Tigers defense was nearly perfect, outscoring opponents 73–11[1] in regular season play and completing three shut outs (five counting the practice games).[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ a b 2011 Auburn Tigers Football Media Guide Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Auburn University Athletic Department, Auburn, Alabama, pp. 178–189, 191 (2011). Retrieved August 16, 2011
  2. ^ a b "1905 Glomerata" Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine "(Annual),p182, Retrieved August 18, 2011"
  3. ^ David DeLassus (2011). "Auburn Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved March 11, 2011.