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1904 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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1904 South Carolina Gamecocks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
CaptainGene Oliver
Seasons
← 1903
1905 →
1904 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown     7 1 0
Southwest Texas State     5 1 0
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial     2 0 1
Davidson     6 1 1
Navy     7 2 1
North Carolina     5 2 2
Virginia     6 3 0
North Carolina A&M     3 1 2
West Virginia     6 3 0
VPI     5 3 0
George Washington     4 2 2
Arkansas     4 3 0
Oklahoma     4 3 1
South Carolina     4 3 1
Stetson     2 2 0
Central Oklahoma     2 3 0
VMI     3 5 0
Kentucky University     3 4 0
Grant     2 3 0
Florida State College     2 3 0
Maryland     2 4 2
East Florida Seminary     1 2 0
Goldey College     1 2 0
Baylor     2 5 1
Louisiana Industrial     1 4 0
TCU     1 4 1
Delaware     1 5 1
Kendall     0 2 1
Rollins     0 1 0
Tusculum     0 2 0
Florida at Lake City     0 5 0
Oklahoma A&M     0 6 0
Tennessee Docs     0 7 0

The 1904 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented South Carolina College—now known as the University of South Carolina–as an independent during the 1904 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Christie Benet, South Carolina compiled a record of 4–3–1. Captain Gene Oliver played against Georgia with a broken jaw.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7Welsh Neck High SchoolColumbia, SCW 40–0[1]
October 15at North CarolinaChapel Hill, NCL 0–27[2]
October 20GuilfordColumbia, SCW 21–4[3]
October 26GeorgiaColumbia, SCW 2–0[4]
November 5at North Carolina A&MRaleigh, NCT 0–0[5]
November 12DavidsonColumbia, SCL 0–6[6]
November 19at Charleston A.C.Charleston, SCL 0–6[7]
November 24Washington and LeeSumter, SCW 25–0[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Welsh Neck boys put up game fight, but were outclassed by speed and skill of Carolina". The State. October 8, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tarheels win from Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. October 16, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Spectacular play saves a shutout". The State. October 21, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia beaten; offensive weak". The Atlanta Constitution. October 27, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "A dead lock, A&M meets its match in S.C. University". The News and Observer. November 8, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Davidson wins, 6 to 0". Charlotte Daily Observer. November 13, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Charleston beat Carolina". The Greenville News. November 20, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "A great triumph for old Carolina, defeated Washington and Lee without trouble". The State. November 25, 1904. Retrieved January 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.