American college football season
1905 Notre Dame football |
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Conference | Independent |
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Record | 5–4 |
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Head coach | - Henry J. McGlew (1st season)
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Captain | Pat Beacom |
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Home stadium | Cartier Field |
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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 next week, Notre Dame scored its most points in game ever, against American Medical, winning 142 to 0.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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September 30 | North Division High School | | W 44–0 | |
October 7 | Michigan Agricultural | - Cartier Field
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| W 28–0 | |
October 14 | vs. Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | L 0–21 | |
October 21 | Wabash | - Cartier Field
- Notre Dame, IN
| L 0–5 | [4] |
October 28 | American Medical | - Cartier Field
- Notre Dame, IN
| W 142–0 | |
November 4 | DePauw | - Cartier Field
- Notre Dame, IN
| W 71–0 | |
November 11 | Indiana | | L 5–22 | |
November 18 | Bennett Medical | - Cartier Field
- Notre Dame, IN
| W 22–0 | |
November 24 | at Purdue | | L 0–32 | [5] |
Game summaries
North Division High School
North Division at Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | Total | North Division High School | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Notre Dame | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
Michigan Agricultural College
MAC at Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | Total | 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 | 2 | Total | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Wisconsin | 16 | 12 | 28 | - Date: October 14, 1905
- Location: Milwaukee, WI
- Elapsed time: 39 minutes (30 and 9)
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Wabash
Wabash at Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | Total | • Wabash | 5 | 0 | 5 | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
American Medical College
American Medical at Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | Total | AMC | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Notre Dame | 111 | 31 | 142 | |
DePauw
DePauw at Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | Total | Depauw | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Notre Dame | 32 | 39 | 71 | |
Indiana
Notre Dame at Indiana | 1 | 2 | Total | Notre Dame | 5 | 0 | 5 | • Indiana | 6 | 16 | 22 | |
Bennett Medical
Bennett Medical at Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | Total | Benett Medical | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Notre Dame | 22 | 0 | 22 | |
Purdue
Notre Dame at Purdue | 1 | 2 | Total | Notre Dame | 5 | 0 | 5 | • Purdue | 21 | 11 | 32 | |
References
- ^ Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results Archived October 3, 2002, at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.
- ^ Sideline Chatter (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006.
- ^ "This Day In History: Most Points Ever (1905 vs. American Medical)". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "Wabash Outplays Notre Dame". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 22, 1905. p. 10. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Notre Dame Outclassed by the Boilermakers". The Indianapolis News. November 25, 1905. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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