WThe 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.
WThe 1904 Bethany Terrible Swedes football team represented Bethany College during the 1904 college football season. The team notably beat Oklahoma 36–9.
WThe 1904 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1904 college football season. In their third, non-consecutive season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 226 to 92.
WThe 1904 Florida State College football team represented Florida State College (FSC) in the sport of American football during the 1904 college football season. The team, led by head coach Jack Forsythe, posted a 2–3 record and won the State Championship with victories over Stetson and the University of Florida at Lake City With no formal nickname or mascot, the Florida State College football team was known simply as the "Florida State College Eleven".
WThe 1904 Montana football team represented the University of Montana in the 1904 college football season. They were led by second-year head coach Hiram Conibear, and finished the season with a record of three wins and two losses (3–2).
WThe 1904 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1904 college football season. In their first season under head coach Paul Dashiell, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 149 to 38.
WThe 1904 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1904 college football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Walter C. Booth and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. They competed as an independent.
WThe 1904 Nevada State Sagebrushers football team was an American football team that represented Nevada State University as an independent during the 1904 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Bruce Shorts, the team compiled a 3–3 record.
WThe 1904 New Hampshire football team was an American football team that represented New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts during the 1904 college football season—the school became the University of New Hampshire in 1923. Under the direction of first-year head coach G. B. Ward, the team finished with a record of 2–5.
WThe 1904 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1904 college football season. The team finished with a 12–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and Parke H. Davis, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation. They outscored their opponents 222 to 4.
WThe 1904 Penn State football team was an American football that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1904 college football season. The team was coached by Tom Fennell and played its home games on Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.
WThe 1904 Rollins Tars football team represented Rollins College in the sport of American football during the 1904 college football season.
WThe 1904 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1904 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Alfred Ellet Hitchner, the Queensmen compiled a 1–6–2 record and were outscored by their opponents, 202 to 16. The team captain was Robert W. Cobb.
WThe 1904 Stetson Hatters football team represented the private Stetson College in the sport of American football during the 1904 college football season.
WThe 1904 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1904 college football season.
WThe 1904 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their 14th season of organized football. The Keydets compiled a 3–5 record in Bill Roper's second and last season as head coach.
WThe 1904 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1904 college football season. In its third season under coach James Knight, the team compiled a 4–2–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 113 to 66. Fred McElmon was the team captain for the second time, having also been captain in 1902.
WThe 1904 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented Western University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1904 college football season.