1905 Columbia Blue and White football team

The 1905 Columbia Blue and White football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Bill Morley, the team compiled a 4–3–2 record and was outscored by a total of 109 to 77. The team's three losses were to undefeated national champion Yale, undefeated Penn, and Princeton.[1][2] John R. Fisher was the team captain.[2]

1905 Columbia Blue and White football
Conference	Independent
1905 record	4–3–2
Head coach	Bill Morley (4th season)
Captain	John R. Fisher
Home stadium	American League Park

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

Columbia's sports teams were commonly called the "Blue and White" in this era, but had no official nickname. The name "Lions" would not be adopted until 1910.[3]

The team played its home games at the American League Park, a baseball park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, and also the home field of the New York Yankees.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Union (NY)	American League Park New York, NY	W 23–0		[4]
October 4	Seton Hall	American League Park New York, NY	W 21–0		[5]
October 7	Wesleyan	American League Park New York, NY	T 0–0		[6]
October 14	Williams	American League Park New York, NY	W 11–5		[7]
October 21	Amherst	American League Park New York, NY	T 10–10		[8]
October 28	Princeton	American League Park New York, NY	L 0–12	10,000	[9]
November 4	Yale	American League Park New York, NY	L 0–53	10,000	[10]
November 18	at Cornell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 12–6		[11]
November 25	Penn	American League Park New York, NY	L 0–23	10,000	[12]

References

1. "1905 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
2. "Columbia Football 2018 Record Book" (PDF). Columbia University. 2018. p. 197 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "How Columbia Became the Lions". Columbia Football 2019 Record Book. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 238. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
4. "Columbia Beats Union: Blue and White Eleven Score Easy Victory in First Game". New York Daily Tribune. October 1, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Seton Hall Pretty Tough: Orange Collegians Make Columbia Fight to Win 21 to 0". The Sun. October 5, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Wesleyan Ties Columbia: Neither Team Able to Score in Game at American League Park". New York Daily Tribune. October 8, 1905. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Williams Pushes Columbia: Morningside Eleven Wins Game by Close Score of 11 to 5". The New York Times. October 15, 1905. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Columbia's Great Finish: Ties Score As Game Ends; Goal from Field in Last Minute Prevents Defeat by Amherst". New York Daily Tribune. October 22, 1905. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Princeton Triumphs Over Columbia's Team". The New York Times. October 29, 1905. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Columbia Smothered By Yale's Fast Team". The New York Times. November 5, 1905. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Columbia Batters Cornell To Defeat". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 19, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Penn Beats Columbia Easily In Final Game". The New York Times. November 26, 1905. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.