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
Conference	Independent
1905 record	5–4
Head coach	Henry J. McGlew (1st season)
Home stadium	Cartier Field

1905 Midwestern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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
Iowa State			–					6	–	3	–	0
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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30	North Division High School	Cartier Field South Bend, IN	W 44–0
October 7	Michigan Agricultural	Cartier Field South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 28–0
October 14	at Wisconsin	Milwaukee, WI	L 0–21
October 21	Wabash	Cartier Field South Bend, IN	L 0–5
October 28	American Medical	Cartier Field South Bend, IN	W 142–0
November 4	DePauw	Cartier Field South Bend, IN	W 71–0
November 11	Indiana	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	L 5–22
November 18	Bennett Medical	Cartier Field South Bend, IN	W 22–0
November 24	at Purdue	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	L 0–32

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Game summaries

North Division High School

North Division at Notre Dame

1 2 Total North Division High School 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 21 23 44 Date: September 30, 1905 Location: Cartier Field South Bend, IN Elapsed time: 30 minutes

Michigan Agricultural College

MAC at Notre Dame

1 2 Total Michigan Agricultural college 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 10 15 25 Date: October 7, 1905 Location: Cartier Field South Bend, IN 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 2 Total 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 2 Total • Wabash 5 0 5 Notre Dame 0 0 0 Date: October 21, 1905 Location: Cartier Field South Bend, IN Elapsed time: 55 minutes (30 and 25)

American Medical College

American Medical at Notre Dame

1 2 Total AMC 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 111 31 142 Date: October 28, 1905 Location: Cartier Field South Bend, IN Elapsed time: 33 minutes

DePauw

DePauw at Notre Dame

1 2 Total Depauw 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 32 39 71 Date: November 4, 1905 Location: Cartier Field South Bend, IN Elapsed time: 60 minutes (30 and 30) Referee: Kilpatrick

Indiana

Notre Dame at Indiana

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

Bennett Medical

Bennett Medical at Notre Dame

1 2 Total Benett Medical 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 22 0 22 Date: November 18, 1905 Location: Cartier Field South Bend, IN Elapsed time: 32 minutes (25 and 7) Referee: McDonald

Purdue

Notre Dame at Purdue

1 2 Total Notre Dame 5 0 5 • Purdue 21 11 32 Date: November 24, 1905 Location: Stuart Field west lafayette, IN Elapsed time: 50 minutes (30 and 20) Game attendance: 3200 Referee: Lieutenant Hackett

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/