1905 Notre Dame football team

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.

1905 Notre Dame football
ConferenceIndependent
1905 record5–4
Head coach
CaptainPat Beacom
Home stadiumCartier Field
1905 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Detroit College   –    1 –0 –0
Kansas   –    10 –1 –0
Central Michigan   –    7 –1 –0
Doane   –    5 –1 –0
Nebraska   –    9 –2 –0
Saint Louis   –    7 –2 –0
Butler   –    7 –2 –1
Kansas State   –    6 –2 –0
Carthage   –    4 –2 –0
Iowa State   –    6 –3 –0
Washington University   –    6 –3 –1
Wittenberg   –    7 –4 –0
Heidelberg   –    6 –4 –0
Iowa State Normal   –    5 –3 –2
Cincinnati   –    4 –3 –0
Missouri   –    5 –4 –0
Notre Dame   –    5 –4 –0
Fairmount   –    5 –4 –1
Lake Forest   –    6 –5 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    4 –4 –0
Wabash   –    6 –6 –0
Marquette   –    3 –4 –0
Ohio   –    2 –5 –2
DePauw   –    3 –6 –0
Mount Union   –    2 –6 –0
North Dakota Agricultural   –    1 –4 –1
Baldwin–Wallace   –    0 –1 –0
St. Mary's (OH)   –    0 –3 –0

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 School
W 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 Purdue
L 0–32

[4]

Game summaries

North Division High School
North Division at Notre Dame
1 2Total
North Division High School 0 0 0
• Notre Dame 21 23 44

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

Wabash
Wabash at Notre Dame
1 2Total
• Wabash 5 0 5
Notre Dame 0 0 0

American Medical College
American Medical at Notre Dame
1 2Total
AMC 0 0 0
• Notre Dame 111 31 142

DePauw
DePauw at Notre Dame
1 2Total
Depauw 0 0 0
• Notre Dame 32 39 71

Indiana
Notre Dame at Indiana
1 2Total
Notre Dame 5 0 5
• Indiana 6 16 22

Bennett Medical
Bennett Medical at Notre Dame
1 2Total
Benett Medical 0 0 0
• Notre Dame 22 0 22

Purdue
Notre Dame at Purdue
1 2Total
Notre Dame 5 0 5
• Purdue 21 11 32

References
  1. Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results Archived 2002-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.
  2. Sideline Chatter (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006.
  3. "This Day In History: Most Points Ever (1905 vs. American Medical)". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  4. http://www.archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/
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