American college football season
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.
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] [ 3]
Schedule
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
Michigan Agricultural
MAC at Notre Dame
1
2 Total
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
2 Total
Notre Dame
0
0
0
• Wisconsin
16
12
28
Date: October 14, 1905Location: 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
American Medical
American Medical at Notre Dame
1
2 Total
AMC
0
0
0
• Notre Dame
111
31
142
DePauw
DePauw at Notre Dame
1
2 Total
Depauw
0
0
0
• Notre Dame
32
39
71
Indiana
Notre Dame at Indiana
1
2 Total
Notre Dame
5
0
5
• Indiana
6
16
22
Bennett Medical
Bennett Medical at Notre Dame
1
2 Total
Benett Medical
0
0
0
• Notre Dame
22
0
22
Purdue
Notre Dame at Purdue
1
2 Total
Notre Dame
5
0
5
• Purdue
21
11
32
References
^ Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results Archived October 3, 2002, at the Wayback Machine , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.^ Sideline Chatter (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter , vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006.^ "This Day In History: Most Points Ever (1905 vs. American Medical)" . University of Notre Dame . Retrieved July 9, 2017 .^ "Notre Dame Is Forced—Michigan Agricultural College Nearly Scores On Varsity" . South Bend Tribune South Bend, Indiana . October 9, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved March 22, 2025 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Wabash Outplays Notre Dame" . The Chicago Sunday Tribune Chicago, Illinois . October 22, 1905. p. 10. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com ^ "Notre Dame Outclassed by the Boilermakers" . The Indianapolis News . November 25, 1905. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com .
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