1905 Carlisle Indians football team

The 1905 Carlisle Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Washington Woodruff, the team compiled a 10–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 354 to 44.[1]

1905 Carlisle Indians football
Conference	Independent
1905 record	10–4
Head coach	George Washington Woodruff (1st season)

1905 Eastern college football independents records
	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
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	1	–	2
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
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
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. of Columbia	Carlisle, PA	W 71–0		[2]
September 30	Villanova	Carlisle, PA	W 35–0
October 4	Susquehanna	Carlisle, PA	W 47–0
October 7	vs. Penn State	Harrisburg Athletic Grounds Harrisburg, PA	W 11–0	10,000	[3]
October 14	at Virginia	Broad Street Park Richmond, VA	W 12–0	8,000	[4]
October 21	Dickinson	Carlisle, PA	W 36–0
October 28	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6	20,000	[5]
November 4	at Harvard	Soldiers Field Boston, MA	L 11–23	20,000	[6]
November 11	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–5
November 15	vs. Massillon Tigers	Case Field Cleveland, Ohio	L 4–8		[7]
November 18	at Cincinnati	Carson Field Cincinnati, OH	W 34–5	5,000	[8]
November 22	at Canton Bulldogs	Canton, OH	L 0–8		[9]
November 25	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Exposition Park Pittsburgh, PA	W 11–0	4,500	[10]
November 30	at Georgetown	National Park Washington, DC	W 76–0	5,000	[11]

References

1. "1905 Carlisle Indians Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
2. "Footballers Off for the Season: Carlisle Indians Easily Defeat the Railroaders' Team of Columbia in Opening Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 24, 1905. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Carlisle Indians Down the State College Team in Their Annual Struggle on the Gridiron -- Score 11 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1905. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Virginians Are Overpowered by "Redskins"". The Times Dispatch. October 15, 1905. pp. 1, 13 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Penn Beats Indians By Score of 6 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1905. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Harvard 23, Indians 11: Both Teams Put U a Strong Offense". The Boston Post. November 5, 1905. pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Tigers Defeated the Carlisle Indians". Akron Beacon Journal. November 16, 1905. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Crossed The Goal Line of Carlisle: Cincinnati Makes Good Showing Against Indians". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 19, 1905. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Plucky Indians Defeated by Canton: The Redskins Outweighed by Heavy Dueber City Eleven of Stars". Akron Beacon Journal. November 23, 1905. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "W. & J. Team Lost a Fierce Battle". The Pittsburgh Press. November 26, 1905. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Indians Pile Up Score: Georgetown No Match for the Carlisle Redskins". The Washington Post. December 1, 1905. p. 9.