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1904 Northern Illinois State Normal football team

1904 Northern Illinois State Normal football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–0
Head coach
CaptainAlvin Farr
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Louis     10 0 0
Bethany (KS)     7 0 0
Northern Illinois State     5 0 0
Missouri State Normal     2 0 0
Haskell     8 1 0
Michigan Agricultural     8 1 0
Cincinnati     7 1 0
Butler     6 1 0
Doane     5 1 0
Kansas     8 1 1
DePauw     8 2 0
Iowa State     7 2 0
Ohio Northern     7 2 1
Michigan State Normal     6 2 0
Wittenberg     6 2 0
Marquette     5 2 0
Nebraska     7 3 0
Detroit College     4 2 0
South Dakota State     4 2 1
Notre Dame     5 3 0
Iowa State Normal     5 3 1
Western Illinois     6 4 0
Heidelberg     6 4 1
Drake     5 4 0
Carthage     0 0 2
North Dakota Agricultural     3 3 0
Wabash     4 4 0
Fairmount     4 5 0
Lake Forest     3 5 1
Ohio Medical     2 4 2
Washington University     4 7 0
Ohio     2 4 1
Missouri     3 6 0
Mount Union     2 6 0
Miami (OH)     1 5 0
Kansas State     1 6 0
American Medical     0 3 0

The 1904 Northern Illinois State Normal football team represented Northern Illinois State Normal College as an independent in the 1904 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Dixie Fleager and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The team finished the season with a 5–0 record. Alvin Farr was the team's captain.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8Sterling Business CollegeW 28–0[2]
October 22Platteville Normal
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 11–6[3]
November 5Alumni
  • Glidden Field
  • DeKalb, IL
W 21–0[4]
November 12at Western IllinoisMacomb, ILW 15–0[5]
November 24at Whitewater StateWhitewater, WIW 12–11[6]

References

  1. ^ "NIU Football 2020 Record Book" (PDF). Northern Illinois University Athletics. p. 184. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Foot Ballers". The Daily Chronicle. October 10, 1904. p. 8. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Platteville Normal Outplayed". The Daily Chronicle. October 24, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Normal 21 Alumni 0". The Daily Chronicle. November 7, 1904. p. 4. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Foot Ball Games". The Daily Chronicle. November 14, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "DeKalb 12 Whitewater 11". The Daily Chronicle. November 25, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.