1904 University of Utah football team

1904 University of Utah football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
CaptainJimmy Wade
Home stadiumCummings Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Far West college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah     7 1 0
Stanford     7 2 1
California     6 1 1
USC     6 1 0
Oregon     5 3 0
Tempe Normal     4 0 0
Wyoming     4 1 1
Washington     4 2 1
Arizona     3 1 2
Oregon Agricultural     4 2 0
Montana     3 2 0
Nevada State     3 3 0
Washington Agricultural     2 2 0
New Mexico A&M     1 2 1
Utah Agricultural     4 8 0

The 1904 University of Utah football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its first season under head coach Joe Maddock, the team compiled a 7–1 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 301 to 38.[1][2] Quarterback Jimmy Wade was the team captain.[3]

The team shut out three opponents in eight days in three cities: on October 29 at Denver (12–0); on October 31 at Wyoming (23–0); and on November 5 at home against the soldiers from Fort Douglas (107–5).[4] The team's 107 points against Fort Douglas was a school record at the time and remains the second-highest point total in school history.[5]

On November 19, 1904, Fred Bennion kicked a 55-yard field goal that was a school record until 1971.[6]

Coach Maddock had been a star tackle on Michigan's 1902 and 1903 Point-a-Minute teams. Maddock was hired in February 1904 by University of Utah president Kingsbury upon the recommendation of Michigan coach Fielding H. Yost. Maddock was promised "complete control" of the Utah football team after graduating from Michigan in June.[7] Maddock arrived in Salt Lake City to begin his coaching responsibilities on September 10, 1904.[8]

  1. ^ "2019 Utah Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah. 2019. p. 182.
  2. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game Joseph H. "Joe" Maddock 1906". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ColCol was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Coaching Record Game by Game Joseph H. "Joe" Maddock 1904". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  5. ^ 2019 Utah Football Media Guide, pp. 143, 146.
  6. ^ 2019 Utah Football Media Guide, p. 129.
  7. ^ "Athletics". U. of U. Chronicle. February 26, 1904. p. 134 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Coach Maddock On The Ground". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 11, 1904. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.