1905 Notre Dame football team

1905 Notre Dame football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Henry J. McGlew (1st season)
Captain	Pat Beacom
Home stadium	Cartier Field

1905 Midwestern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lincoln (MO)			–					3	–	0	–	0
Detroit College			–					1	–	0	–	0
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
Northern Illinois State			–					3	–	1	–	1
Carthage			–					4	–	2	–	0
Western Illinois			–					4	–	2	–	0
Iowa State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington University			–					7	–	3	–	2
Wittenberg			–					7	–	4	–	0
Heidelberg			–					6	–	4	–	0
Iowa State Normal			–					5	–	3	–	2
Cincinnati			–					5	–	3	–	0
Miami (OH)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Missouri			–					5	–	4	–	0
Notre Dame			–					5	–	4	–	0
Fairmount			–					5	–	4	–	1
Haskell			–					5	–	4	–	1
Lake Forest			–					6	–	5	–	0
Wabash			–					6	–	5	–	0
Drake			–					4	–	4	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					4	–	4	–	0
Marquette			–					3	–	4	–	0
South Dakota State			–					2	–	3	–	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
Chicago P&S			–					0	–	1	–	0
St. Mary's (OH)			–					0	–	3	–	0

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. The next week, Notre Dame scored its most points in game ever, against American Medical, winning 142 to 0.

Schedule

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

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 Notre Dame, 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 Notre Dame, 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 Notre Dame, 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 Notre Dame, 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 Notre Dame 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 Notre Dame, 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