1904 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1904 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

1904 Auburn Tigers football
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
  • Mike Donahue (1st season)
CaptainR. S. Reynolds
1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt + 5 0 09 0 0
Auburn + 5 0 05 0 0
Sewanee 4 1 07 1 0
Georgia Tech 3 1 18 1 1
Alabama 5 3 07 3 0
Clemson 3 2 13 3 1
Tulane 3 2 05 2 0
Cumberland (TN) 1 1 03 1 0
Kentucky State 0 0 09 1 0
Ole Miss 2 3 04 3 0
LSU 1 2 03 4 0
Tennessee 1 4 13 5 1
Nashville 0 4 12 5 1
Georgia 0 4 01 5 0
Mississippi A&M 0 5 02 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The team went undefeated, winning all five of its regular season games. It also won two "practice" games against Montgomery and the University of Florida. The Tigers defense was nearly perfect, outscoring opponents 73–11 in regular season play and completing three shut outs (five counting the practice games). 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.

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