1905 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1905 Carlisle Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the team compiled a 10–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 354 to 44.[1]

1905 Carlisle Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
1905 record10–4
Head coachGeorge Washington Woodruff (1st season)
1905 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Lafayette      7 2 1
Wesleyan      7 2 1
Carlisle      10 4 0
Washington & Jefferson      9 3 0
Penn State      8 3 0
Syracuse      8 3 0
Fordham      5 2 0
Amherst      3 1 2
Brown      7 4 0
Tufts      5 3 0
Cornell      6 4 0
Colgate      5 4 0
Columbia      4 3 2
Army      4 4 1
NYU      3 3 1
Lehigh      6 7 0
Frankin & Marshall      4 6 0
Geneva      4 6 0
New Hampshire      2 4 2
Rutgers      3 6 0
Villanova      3 7 0
Drexel      0 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Pennsylavnia 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 14at Virginia
W 12–08,000[4]
October 21DickinsonCarlisle, PAW 36–0
October 28at PennL 0–620,000[5]
November 4at Harvard
L 11–2320,000[6]
November 11at ArmyW 6–5
November 15vs. Massillon TigersCleveland, OhioL 4–8[7]
November 18at Cincinnati
W 34–55,000[8]
November 22at Canton BulldogsCanton, OHL 0–8[9]
November 25vs. Washington & Jefferson
W 11–04,500[10]
November 30at Georgetown
  • National Park
  • Washington, DC
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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