1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1905 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–5–1 (0–4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Roscoe Word
Home stadiumBaldwin Park
Seasons
  1904
1906  
1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt $ 5 0 07 1 0
Georgia Tech 5 0 16 0 1
LSU 2 0 03 0 0
Sewanee 3 1 14 2 1
Clemson 3 2 13 2 1
Cumberland (TN) 3 2 05 4 0
Alabama 4 4 06 4 0
Nashville 0 0 00 2 0
Auburn 2 3 02 4 0
Mississippi A&M 1 4 03 4 0
Tulane 0 1 00 1 0
Ole Miss 0 2 00 2 0
Tennessee 0 4 13 5 1
Georgia 0 5 01 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. James DePree, a University of Michigan grad, served the first of his two seasons as head coach at Tennessee. This was the Volunteers' first season without a win in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association play since 1897.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30 Tennessee School for the Deaf *
W 16–6 [1]
October 7 American Temperance *
  • Baldwin Park
  • Knoxville, TN
W 104–0 [2]
October 14at Clemson
T 5–5 [3]
October 21 Vanderbilt
  • Baldwin Park
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–45 [4]
October 28at Sewanee L 6–11 [5]
November 4at Georgia Tech
L 0–45 [6]
November 18 Central University *
  • Baldwin Park
  • Knoxville, TN
W 31–5 [7]
November 30at Alabama L 0–29 [8]
December 2at Grant *
L 0–5 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Tennessee takes first game by score of sixteen to six". The Tennessean. October 1, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tennessee's fast team piles up an immense score". The Journal and Tribune. October 8, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tennessee and Clemson play to a standstill". The Journal and Tribune. October 15, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "U. of T. overwhelmed, Vanderbilt plays horse with state university boys". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 22, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Tennessee lost a bitterly fought game". The Journal and Tribune. October 29, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Yellow Jackets make big score, Tennessee team is badly beaten by Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tennessee finally scores a victory". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 19, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tennessee did not get score". Knoxville Sentinel. November 24, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Grant wins close game, defeats University of Tennessee boys 5 to 0". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. December 3, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.