The 1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1905 college football season. James DePree, a University of Michigan grad, served the first of his two seasons as head coach at Tennessee. This was the Volunteers' first season without a win in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association play since 1897.
Schedule[]
| Date
|
Opponent
|
Site
|
Result
|
| September 30, 1905*
|
Tennessee School for the Deaf
|
15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN
|
W 16–6
|
| October 7, 1905*
|
American Temperance
|
15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN
|
W 104–0
|
| October 14, 1905
|
at Clemson
|
Clemson, SC
|
T 5–5
|
| October 21, 1905
|
Vanderbilt
|
15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN
|
L 0–45
|
| October 28, 1905
|
at Sewanee
|
Sewanee, TN
|
L 6–11
|
| November 4, 1905
|
at Georgia Tech
|
Atlanta, GA
|
L 0–45
|
| November 18, 1905*
|
Centre
|
15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN
|
W 31–5
|
| November 30, 1905
|
vs. Alabama
|
Birmingham Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL
|
L 0–29
|
| December 3, 1905*
|
at Chattanooga
|
Chattanooga, TN
|
L 0–5
|
| *Non-Conference Game. All times are in Eastern.
|
