1905 Rhode Island football team

1905 Rhode Island football
Conference	Athletic League of New England State Colleges
Record	3–3–1 (0–1 New England)
Head coach	Marshall Tyler (7th season)
Captain	W. N. Berry
Seasons ←  1904 1906  →

The 1905 Rhode Island football team represented Rhode Island College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, now known as the University of Rhode Island, as a member of the Athletic League of New England State Colleges (commonly referred to as New England League) during the 1905 college football season. In the team's seventh season under Marshall Tyler, the team compiled an overall record of 3–3–1, a 0–1 record in conference play, and outscored opponents by a total of 101 to 51. It was the team's tenth season of intercollegiate football. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	at New Hampshire	Central Park Dover, NH	L 0–6		[2]
October 4	East Greenwich Academy	Kingston, RI	W 10–0
October 7	at Massachusetts	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 0–11
October 21	Brown seconds	Kingston, RI	T 5–5
October 28	Brown freshmen	Kingston, RI	W 40–0
November 4	Brown sophomores	Kingston, RI	W 34–0
November 11	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	L 12–29	500	[3]

Roster

Rhode Island 1905 roster
	Guards Fred Crandall Jason Grinnell Tackles L. G. Schermerhorn Lee Harding		Center M. Ingalls Ends Lewis Slack J. D. Drew C. W. Mitchell Smith		Backs W. N. Berry (C) J. R. Ferry Stephen Quinn J. M. Craig

The assistant coach was Maurice A. Blake. ^[4]

References

1. "Rhode Island Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2020. p. 11.
2. "New Hampshire, 6; Rhode Island, 0". The New Hampshire College Monthly. Vol. 13, no. 1. October 15, 1905. pp. 13–15. Retrieved May 9, 2020– via Wayback Machine.
3. "Trinity's Last Home Game: Defeats Rhode Island State College, 29 to 12". The Hartford Courant. November 13, 1905. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Arnold, B. H., ed. (June 1906). "The Grist 1906". The Grist. X. Kingston, Rhode Island: Junior Class of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts: 70. Retrieved May 7, 2025.