1905 Harvard Crimson football team

1905 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1905 record	8–2–1
Head coach	Bill Reid (2nd season)
Captain	Daniel Hurley
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium (Capacity: 42,000)
Seasons

1905 college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Stanford			–					8	–	0	–	0
Kentucky U.			–					7	–	0	–	3
Stetson			–					4	–	0	–	1
Kansas			–					10	–	1	–	0
Navy			–					10	–	1	–	1
VPI			–					9	–	1	–	0
Colorado			–					8	–	1	–	0
Case			–					8	–	1	–	1
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Central Michigan			–					7	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Chattanooga			–					6	–	1	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Nebraska			–					9	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Oklahoma			–					7	–	2	–	0
Washington and Lee			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Kansas State			–					6	–	2	–	0
Utah			–					6	–	2	–	0
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Washburn			–					7	–	3	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					6	–	3	–	0
Iowa State			–					6	–	3	–	0
West Virginia			–					6	–	3	–	0
South Carolina			–					4	–	2	–	1
California			–					4	–	1	–	2
Arizona			–					4	–	2	–	0
Kentucky State			–					6	–	3	–	1
USC			–					6	–	3	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Maryland			–					6	–	4	–	0
Oregon			–					4	–	2	–	2
Washington			–					4	–	2	–	2
Missouri			–					5	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame			–					5	–	4	–	0
Virginia			–					5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina			–					4	–	3	–	1
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Michigan State Normal			–					4	–	4	–	0
TCU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Washington State			–					4	–	4	–	0
Connecticut			–					2	–	2	–	0
Wyoming			–					3	–	4	–	0
Wabash			–					4	–	5	–	0
Richmond			–					3	–	5	–	2
Montana			–					2	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Delaware			–					3	–	4	–	1
William & Mary			–					2	–	4	–	1
The Citadel			–					2	–	3	–	1
VMI			–					2	–	5	–	1
Oklahoma A&M			–					1	–	3	–	2
Arkansas			–					2	–	6	–	0
Kendall			–					1	–	3	–	0
Baylor			–					1	–	6	–	0
Tempe			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1905 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1905 college football season. The Crimson finished with an 8–2–1 record under head coach Bill Reid, who had coached Harvard in 1901. Walter Camp selected two Harvard players (tackle Beaton Squires and guard Francis Burr) as first-team players on his 1905 College Football All-America Team. Caspar Whitney selected three Harvard players as first-team members of his All-America team: Burr, tackle Karl Brill and halfback Daniel Hurley.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	Williams	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA	W 12–0
October 3	Bowdoin	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA	W 16–0
October 7	Maine	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA	W 22–0
October 10	Bates	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA	W 34–6
October 14	Springfield	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA	W 12–0
October 21	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–0
October 28	Brown	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA	W 10–0
November 4	Carlisle	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA	W 23–11
November 11	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia (rivalry)	L 6–12
November 18	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	T 6–6
November 25	Yale	Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	L 0–6