The 1904 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the

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 ...

. In their third season under head coach

Carl S. Williams Carl Sheldon "Cap" Williams (May 16, 1872 – November 8, 1960) was an American football player, coach, and ophthalmologist. He played college football at Oberlin College and the University of Pennsylvania during the 1890s. He returned to Penn ...

, the Quakers compiled a 12–0 record, shut out 11 of 12 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 222 to 4.1904 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results
. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013. There was no contemporaneous system in 1904 for determining a national champion. However, Penn was retroactively named as the national champion by the

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, and

Parke H. Davis Parke Hill Davis (July 15, 1871 – June 5, 1934)"PARKE H. DAVIS BURIED.; Many Prominent Men at Funeral of Football Authority", special to ''The New York Times'', June 9, 1934 was an American football player, coach, and historian. Shortly befo ...

, and as the co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation. Three Penn players, quarterback

Vince Stevenson Vincent Stevenson (March 1, 1884 – August 7, 1962) was an American football player. He played college football for the Penn Quakers in 1904 and 1905. In 1904, he earned All-American honors from Walter Camp, after leading his team to a 12–0 r ...

, fullback Andy Smith, and guard Frank Piekarski, were consensus picks on the 1904 All-America college football team. Other notable players included halfback Marshall Reynolds, end

Garfield Weede Garfield Wilson Weede (November 26, 1880 – November 21, 1971) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach and athletic director. He was one of the first college coaches to "break the color line" and allow racial integration a ...

, center Robert Grant Torrey, and tackle Thomas Alexander Butkiewicz.

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