The 1905 Notre Dame football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Henry J. McGlew, the team compiled a record and outscored its opponents by a combined total
The Wabash Little Giants traveled to South Bend on October 21 and defeated Notre Dame, The upset was Notre Dame's only home-field loss in 125 games between 1899 and 1928.Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.Sideline Chatter (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006. The next week, Notre Dame scored its highest points ever, defeating American Medical, 142 to 0.
The team played its home games at Cartier Field in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Schedule
Game summaries North Division High School
Michigan Agricultural
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
Wabash
American Medical
DePauw
Indiana
Bennett Medical
Purdue
Personnel Players Patrick A. Beacom, captain and guard, 6'2", 230 pounds Dom Callicrate, end, 5'10-1/2", 160 pounds Richard W. "Smush" Donovan, guard, 6', 190 pounds Maurice M. Downs, tackle, 5'10", 190 pounds William E. Downs, fullback, 5'11", 195 pounds William A. Draper, halfback and end, 6'2", 172 pounds Arthur Funk, tackle, 5'9", 165 pounds Frank T. "Pertoot" Healy, 5'11", 210 pounds Thomas Joyce, line, 6'2", 175 pounds Barlow McAvoy, end, 5'11", 174 pounds Lawrence McNerny, quarterback, 6'2", 172 pounds Frank Munson, tackle, 5'10", 185 pounds Clarence J. Sheehan, center, 5'11", 190 pounds Nathaniel Silver, quarterback, 5'7", 156 pounds Rufus "Bumper" Waldorf, fullback, 6', 160 pounds
Coaching staff Head coach: Henry J. McGlew
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