1904 Geneva Covenanters football team

he 1904 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1904 college football season. Led by Smith Alford in his first and only year as head coach, the team compiled a record of 1–4–2.[1]

1904 Geneva Covenanters football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–4–2
Head coach
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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Salem A.C.Beaver Falls, PAT 0–0400[2]
October 1Westminster (PA)Beaver Falls, PAT 0–0[3]
October 8Pittsburg Deaf MutesBeaver Falls, PAW 45–0[4]
October 22Western University of PennsylvaniaBeaver Falls, PAL 0–301,200[5]
October 29at Washington & JeffersonWashington, PAL 0–35[6]
November 5at AlleghenyMeadville, PAL 0–11[7]
November 19at Penn StateL 0–44[8]

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References

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  1. ^ "Smith Alford To Be Coach". Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. August 28, 1904. p. 8. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  2. ^ "Neither Team Scored". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 25, 1904. p. 22. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  3. ^ "A No-Score Game". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 2, 1904. p. 19. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Pittsburg Deaf Mutes Overwhelmed Through Superior Play". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 9, 1904. p. 13. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "WUP Defeats Geneva Boys". The Pittsburg Press. October 23, 1904. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Geneva Met a Hard Fate". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 30, 1904. p. 22. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Allegheny Downs Geneva". The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 6, 1904. p. 12. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "State Runs Up A Swell Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1904. p. 14. Retrieved September 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Geneva Football Record Book" (PDF). Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Geneva College. 2021. p. 4. Retrieved September 19, 2021.