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1904 Swarthmore Quakers football team

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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

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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
  • 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.
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