1905 Princeton Tigers football team

1905 Princeton Tigers football
Conference	Independent
1905 record	8–2
Head coach	Art Hillebrand (3rd year)
Captain	James Cooney
Seasons « 1904 1906 »

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 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1905 college football season. The team finished with an 8–2 record under third-year head coach Art Hillebrand and outscored its opponents by a total of 229 to 45. Princeton fullback Jim McCormick was selected as a consensus first-team honoree on the 1905 College Football All-America Team. Tackle James Cooney was also selected as a first-team All-American by The New York Times.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	Villanova	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 41–0
September 30	Washington & Jefferson	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 23–0
October 7	Georgetown	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 34–0
October 11	Lehigh	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 29–6
October 14	Bucknell	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 48–0
October 21	[[{{{school}}}|Lafayette]]	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 22–4
October 28	at Columbia	New York, NY	W 12–0
November 4	Dartmouth	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 0–6
November 11	Cornell	University Field Princeton, NJ	W 16–6
November 18	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 4–23