1905_Washington_University_football_team

1905 Washington University football
1905 Washington University football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–3–2
Head coach	Charles A. Fairweather (1st season);
Captain	Fritz Lehman
Home stadium	Washington University Stadium
	Seasons ← 1904 1906 →

1905 Washington University football team

American college football season

The 1905 Washington University football team was an American football team that represented Washington University in St. Louis as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Charles A. Fairweather, the team compiled a 7–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 175 to 88.^[1] The team played its home games at Washington University Stadium, which opened in 1904 as World's Fair Stadium and is now known as Francis Olympic Field.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 30	3:00 p.m.	Battery A	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 16–0	^[2]^[3]
October 4		Westminster (MO)	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 59–0	^[4]
October 7		Rose Polytechnic	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	T 0–0	^[5]^[6]
October 11	3:00 p.m.	St. Charles Military College	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	T 0–0	^[7]
October 14	3:00 p.m.	Arkansas	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 6–0	^[8]^[9]
October 21		at Indiana	Jordan Field Bloomington, IN	L 0–39
October 28	3:30 p.m.	Illinois College	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 35–0	^[10]^[11]
November 4		at Kansas	McCook Field Lawrence, KS	L 0–21
November 11	3:00 p.m.	Drury	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	L 5–6	^[12]^[13]
November 18		Missouri	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 14–10	^[14]
November 25		Missouri Mines	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 23–6	^[15]
November 30	2:30 p.m.	Knox (IL)	Washington University Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 17–6	^[16]^[17]
All times are in Central time

v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
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

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