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1905 Notre Dame football
ConferenceIndependent
1905 record5–4
Head coachHenry J. McGlew (1st season)
Home stadiumCartier Field
Seasons
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1905 college football independents records
v · d · e 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 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 SchoolW 44–0
October 7Michigan Agricultural
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 28–0
October 14at 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
L 5–22
November 18Bennett Medical
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
W 22–0
November 24at PurdueL 0–32

Source:[4] [5]

Game Summaries[]

North Division High School[]

North Division at Notre Dame
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
North Division High School 0 0 0 0 0
Notre Dame 21 23 0 0 44

Michigan Agricultural College[]

MAC at Notre Dame
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan Agricultural college 0 0 0 0 0
Notre Dame 10 15 0 0 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
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 16 12 0 0 28
  • Date: October 14, 1905
  • Location: Milwaukee, WI
  • Elapsed time: 39 minutes (30 and 9)

Wabash[]

Wabash at Notre Dame
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Wabash 5 0 0 0 5
Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 0

American Medical College[]

American Medical at Notre Dame
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
AMC 0 0 0 0 0
Notre Dame 111 31 0 0 142

DePauw[]

DePauw at Notre Dame
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Depauw 0 0 0 0 0
Notre Dame 32 39 0 0 71

Indiana[]

Notre Dame at Indiana
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 5 0 0 0 5
• Indiana 6 16 0 0 22
  • Date: November 11, 1905
  • Location: Jordan Field
    Bloomington, IN
  • Elapsed time: 60 minutes (30 and 30)

Bennett Medical[]

Bennett Medical at Notre Dame
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Benett Medical 0 0 0 0 0
Notre Dame 22 0 0 0 22

Purdue[]

Notre Dame at Purdue
by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 5 0 0 0 5
Purdue 21 11 0 0 32

References[]


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