1905 Notre Dame football team

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1905 Notre Dame football
1905 Notre Dame football team.jpg
ConferenceIndependent
1905 record5–4
Head coach
CaptainPat Beacom
Home stadiumCartier Field
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
1905 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit College     1 0 0
Kansas     10 1 0
Central Michigan     7 1 0
Doane     5 1 0
Nebraska     9 2 0
Saint Louis     7 2 0
Butler     7 2 1
Kansas State     6 2 0
Northern Illinois State     3 1 1
Carthage     4 2 0
Iowa State     6 3 0
Washington University     6 3 1
Wittenberg     7 4 0
Heidelberg     6 4 0
Iowa State Normal     5 3 2
Cincinnati     4 3 0
Miami (OH)     4 3 0
Missouri     5 4 0
Notre Dame     5 4 0
Fairmount     5 4 1
Haskell     5 4 1
Lake Forest     6 5 0
Michigan State Normal     4 4 0
Wabash     6 6 0
Marquette     3 4 0
Ohio     2 5 2
DePauw     3 6 0
Mount Union     2 6 0
North Dakota Agricultural     1 4 1
Baldwin–Wallace     0 1 0
Chicago P&S     0 1 0
St. Mary's (OH)     0 3 0

The 1905 Notre Dame football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1905 college football season. In its first season with Henry J. McGlew as coach, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 312 to 80.

The Wabash Little Giants traveled to South Bend on October 21 that year, and defeated Notre Dame 5–0. The upset is the Fighting Irish's only home-field loss in 125 games between 1899 and 1928.[1][2] The very next game, Notre Dame scored its most points ever against American Medical, winning 142 to 0.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 30North Division High School
W 44–0
October 7Michigan Agricultural
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 28–0
October 14vs. WisconsinMilwaukee, WIL 0–21
October 21Wabash
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
L 0–5
October 28American Medical
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
W 142–0
November 4DePauw
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
W 71–0
November 11Indiana
  • Jordan Field
  • Bloomington, IN
L 5–22
November 18Bennett Medical
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
W 22–0
November 24at Purdue
L 0–32

[4]

Game summaries[]

North Division High School[]

North Division at Notre Dame
1 2Total
North Division High School 0 0 0
Notre Dame 21 23 44
  • Date: September 30, 1905
  • Location: Cartier Field
    South Bend, IN
  • Elapsed time: 30 minutes

Michigan Agricultural College[]

MAC at Notre Dame
1 2Total
Michigan Agricultural college 0 0 0
Notre Dame 10 15 25

Footnote= 3 touchdown conversions were made, to make the score 28-0 in ND's favor. But the knowledge on which touchdowns these extra points were completed on is a mystery.

Wisconsin[]

Notre Dame at Wisconsin
1 2Total
Notre Dame 0 0 0
Wisconsin 16 12 28
  • Date: October 14, 1905
  • Location: Milwaukee, WI
  • Elapsed time: 39 minutes (30 and 9)

Wabash[]

Wabash at Notre Dame
1 2Total
Wabash 5 0 5
Notre Dame 0 0 0
  • Date: October 21, 1905
  • Location: Cartier Field
    South Bend, IN
  • Elapsed time: 55 minutes (30 and 25)

American Medical College[]

American Medical at Notre Dame
1 2Total
AMC 0 0 0
Notre Dame 111 31 142
  • Date: October 28, 1905
  • Location: Cartier Field
    South Bend, IN
  • Elapsed time: 33 minutes

DePauw[]

DePauw at Notre Dame
1 2Total
Depauw 0 0 0
Notre Dame 32 39 71
  • Date: November 4, 1905
  • Location: Cartier Field
    South Bend, IN
  • Elapsed time: 60 minutes (30 and 30)
  • Referee: Kilpatrick

Indiana[]

Notre Dame at Indiana
1 2Total
Notre Dame 5 0 5
• Indiana 6 16 22
  • Date: November 11, 1905
  • Location: Jordan Field
    Bloomington, IN
  • Elapsed time: 60 minutes (30 and 30)

Bennett Medical[]

Bennett Medical at Notre Dame
1 2Total
Benett Medical 0 0 0
Notre Dame 22 0 22
  • Date: November 18, 1905
  • Location: Cartier Field
    South Bend, IN
  • Elapsed time: 32 minutes (25 and 7)
  • Referee: McDonald

Purdue[]

Notre Dame at Purdue
1 2Total
Notre Dame 5 0 5
Purdue 21 11 32
  • Date: November 24, 1905
  • Location: Stuart Field
    west lafayette, IN
  • Elapsed time: 50 minutes (30 and 20)
  • Game attendance: 3200
  • Referee: Lieutenant Hackett

References[]

  1. ^ Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results Archived 2002-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.
  2. ^ Sideline Chatter (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006.
  3. ^ "This Day In History: Most Points Ever (1905 vs. American Medical)". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "Notre Dame Archives: Scholastic".
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