1905 Lafayette football team

1905 Lafayette football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Alfred E. Bull (3rd season)
Captain	Frank Newberry
Home stadium	March Field
Seasons ←  1904 1906  →

1905 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					6	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Vermont			–					6	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	7	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	7	–	0

The 1905 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its third season under head coach Alfred E. Bull, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, shut out seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 313 to 55. ^{[1] [2]} Frank Newberry was the team captain. ^[3] The team played its home games at March Field in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 30	Wyoming Seminary	March Field Easton, PA	W 23–0
October 7	Ursinus	March Field Easton, PA	W 18–0
October 11	Medico-Chirurgical	March Field Easton, PA	W 35–0
October 14	Jefferson Medical	March Field Easton, PA	W 48–0
October 21	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 4–22
October 28	Lebanon Valley	March Field Easton, PA	W 79–0
November 4	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 6–6
November 15	at Swarthmore	Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA	L 0–27	[4]
November 25	at Lehigh	Lehigh Field Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 53–0	[5]
November 30	Bucknell	March Field Easton, PA	W 47–0

References

1. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 124. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
2. "1905 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
3. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
4. "Swarthmore Beats Lafayette 27 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 16, 1905. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lafayette Beats Lehigh, Score 53-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 26, 1905 – via Newspapers.com.