1905 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1905 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1905 college football season. The Crimson finished with an 8–2–1 record under head coach Bill Reid, who had coached Harvard in 1901.[1][2] Walter Camp selected two Harvard players (tackle Beaton Squires and guard Francis Burr) as first-team players on his 1905 College Football All-America Team.[3] Caspar Whitney selected three Harvard players as first-team members of his All-America team: Burr, tackle Karl Brill and halfback Daniel Hurley.[4]

1905 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1905 record	8–2–1
Head coach	Bill Reid (2nd season)
Captain	Daniel Hurley
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium (Capacity: 42,000)

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
September 30	Williams	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 12–0
October 3	Bowdoin	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 16–0
October 7	Maine	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 22–0
October 10	Bates	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 34–6
October 14	Springfield YMCA	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 12–0
October 21	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 6–0
October 28	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 10–0
November 4	Carlisle	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 23–11
November 11	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 6–12
November 18	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	T 6–6
November 25	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–6

References

1. "1905 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. "All-American Eleven: Walter Camp Selects the Best Football Team; West Figures Prominently". The Washington Post. 1905-12-20.
4. "Timely Sport Gossip from Ring and Field". Anaconda Standard. 1905-12-27.