1905 Carlisle Indians football team

American college football season

1905 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–4
Head coach
  • George Washington Woodruff (1st season)
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1905 Eastern college football independents records
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     10 0 0
Penn     12 0 1
Temple     2 0 1
Dartmouth     7 1 2
Swarthmore     7 1 0
Western U. of Penn.     10 2 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Harvard     8 2 1
Washington & Jefferson     10 3 0
Lafayette     7 2 1
Wesleyan     7 2 1
Carlisle     10 4 0
Penn State     8 3 0
Syracuse     8 3 0
Fordham     5 2 0
Amherst     3 1 2
Holy Cross     6 3 0
Brown     7 4 0
Tufts     5 3 0
Vermont     6 4 1
Cornell     6 4 0
Colgate     5 4 0
Columbia     4 3 2
Army     4 4 1
Bucknell     5 5 0
NYU     3 3 1
Lehigh     6 7 0
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 0
Geneva     4 6 0
New Hampshire     2 4 2
Springfield Training School     3 5 0
Rutgers     3 6 0
Villanova     3 7 0
Drexel     1 7 0

The 1905 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Led by George Washington Woodruff in his first and only season as head coach, the Indians compiled a record of 10–4 and outscored opponents 354 to 44.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. of ColumbiaCarlisle, PAW 71–0[2]
September 30VillanovaCarlisle, PAW 35–0
October 4SusquehannaCarlisle, PAW 47–0
October 7vs. Penn State
W 11–010,000[3]
October 14vs. Virginia
W 12–08,000[4]
October 21DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 36–0
October 28at PennL 0–620,000[5]
November 4at HarvardL 11–2320,000[6]
November 11at ArmyW 6–5
November 15vs. Massillon Tigers
L 4–8[7]
November 18at Cincinnati
W 34–55,000[8]
November 22at Canton Athletic ClubCanton, OHL 0–8[9]
November 25vs. Washington & Jefferson
W 11–04,500[10]
November 30at Georgetown
W 76–05,000[11]

References

  1. ^ "1905 Carlisle Indians Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Footballers Off for the Season: Carlisle Indians Easily Defeat the Railroaders' Team of Columbia in Opening Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 24, 1905. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Carlisle Indians Down the State College Team in Their Annual Struggle on the Gridiron -- Score 11 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1905. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Virginians Are Overpowered by "Redskins"". The Times Dispatch. October 15, 1905. pp. 1, 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Penn Beats Indians By Score of 6 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1905. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Harvard 23, Indians 11: Both Teams Put U a Strong Offense". The Boston Post. November 5, 1905. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tigers Defeated the Carlisle Indians". Akron Beacon Journal. November 16, 1905. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Crossed The Goal Line of Carlisle: Cincinnati Makes Good Showing Against Indians". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 19, 1905. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Plucky Indians Defeated by Canton: The Redskins Outweighed by Heavy Dueber City Eleven of Stars". Akron Beacon Journal. November 23, 1905. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "W. & J. Team Lost a Fierce Battle". The Pittsburgh Press. November 26, 1905. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Indians Pile Up Score: Georgetown No Match for the Carlisle Redskins". The Washington Post. December 1, 1905. p. 9.
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