1905 Wesleyan Methodists football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1905 Wesleyan Methodists football Independent 7–2–1 Howard R. Reiter 3rd Andrus Field The 1905 Wesleyan Methodists football team represented Wesleyan University during the 1905 college football season.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wesleyan-ct/1905-schedule.html 1905 Wesleyan (CT) Cardinals Schedule and Results The team was led by Howard R. Reiter and posted a 7–2–1 record, losing only to national champion Yale in the first official week of play, before losing to Swarthmore in the final week of play. The game were played at Andrus Field, the oldest continuously used American football field in the world.https://athletics.wesleyan.edu/facilities/andrus_football Corwin Stadium at Andrus Field - Football Wesleyan Athletics 2020-05-20 2019-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20191106010409/https://athletics.wesleyan.edu/facilities/andrus_football deadhttp://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_212836.asp Games Today at the Oldest Football Fields - 11/05/2011 Chattanoogan.com 2012-08-25 2011-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20111106141733/http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_212836.asp dead The team's quarterback was Hall of Famer Harry Van Surdam.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26975715/dutch-van-surdam-90-in-grid-hall-of/ Dutch van Surdam, 90, in Grid Hall of Fame The Times Record 27 March 1972 22 Schedule y y September 30 Connecticut Andrus Field Middletown, CT W 38-0 October 4 at Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT L 0-27 Yale, 27; Wesleyan, 0 The New York Times October 5, 1905 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98235762/yale-27-wesleyan-0/ Newspapers.com October 7 at Columbia American League Park New York, NY T 0-0 Wesleyan Ties Columbia: Neither Team Able to Score in Game at American League Park New York Daily Tribune October 8, 1905 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29330115/wesleyan_ties_columbia_neither_team/ Newspapers.com October 14 Vermont Andrus Field Middletown, CT W 19-11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79891910/wesleyan-19-vermont-11/ The Boston Globe Wesleyan 19, Vermont 11 October 15, 1905 June 19, 2021 Newspapers.com October 21 at NYU Ohio Field Bronx, NY W 31-0 Easy for Wesleyan New York Tribune October 22, 1905 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69313873/easy-for-wesleyan/ June 19, 2021 Newspapers.com October 28 1905 Union Garnet Union (NY) Andrus Field Middletown, CT W 26-5 November 4 1905 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Andrus Field Middletown, CT W 27-5 November 11 1905 Williams Ephs Williams Andrus Field Middletown, CT W 18-0 3,000 Wesleyan Beats Williams https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/179815450/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut November 13, 1905 6 August 27, 2025 Newspapers.com November 18 1905 Susquehanna Crusaders Susquehanna Andrus Field Middletown, CT W 23-0 Wesleyan Wins Again.—Defeats Susquehanna University Eleven, 23 to 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/179815269/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut November 20, 1905 2 August 27, 2025 Newspapers.com November 25 at Swarthmore Whittier Field Swarthmore, PA L 6-50 Wesleyan Easy for Swarthmore The Philadelphia Inquirer November 26, 1905 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85330363/wesleyan-easy-for-swarthmore/ Newspapers.com References Wesleyan Category:Wesleyan Cardinals football seasons Wesleyan Methodists football