1905 Wabash Little Giants football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1905 Wabash Little Giants football Independent 6–5 Frank Cayou 2nd The 1905 Wabash Little Giants football team represented Wabash College as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Frank Cayou, the Little Giants compiled a record of 6–5. The team managed one of its most impressive upsets when it defeated Notre Dame, 5–0, on October 21, at South Bend. It proved to be the Fighting Irish's only home-field loss in 125 games between 1899 and 1928.Sideline Chatter (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006. Notre Dame had originally considered the game a "practice game" and expected to win easily when the game was scheduled the previous year, but began to take the team more seriously as the 1905 season developed.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12247647/the_indianapolis_news/ The Indianapolis News July 9, 2017 October 18, 1905 10 Notre Dame Respects the Wabash Eleven Schedule September 23 w Sheridan High School (IN) Crawfordsville, IN 80–0 Avalanche Strikes Sheridan The Indianapolis Star September 24, 1905 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299386/avalanche_strikes_sheridan/ Newspapers.com September 30 l y Chicago Marshall Field Chicago, IL 0–15 Maroons Win by 15 to 0: Stagg's Men Are Held to Small Score by Wabash The Chicago Sunday Tribune October 1, 1905 9, 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98501992/maroons-win-by-15-to-0-staggs-men-are/ Newspapers.comMaroons Win By Score of 15 to 0 The Inter Ocean October 1, 1905 13–15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98502199/maroons-win-by-score-of-15-to-0/ Newspapers.com October 4 l y Illinois Illinois Field Champaign, IL 0–6 Illinois Beats Wabash The Muncie Morning Star October 5, 1905 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299543/illinois_beats_wabash/ Newspapers.com October 7 l y Northwestern Northwestern Field Evanston, IL 0–5 Five Points for Purple: Northwestern Defeats Wabash by One Touchdown Chicago Daily Tribune October 8, 1905 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299630/five_points_for_purple_northwestern/ Newspapers.com October 14 l y Purdue Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN 0–12 Boiler Makers Win First Big Contest: Purdue Defeats Wabash in Brilliant Game on Stuart Field by Score of 12 to 0 The Indianapolis Star October 15, 1905 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299700/boiler_makers_win_first_big_contest/ Newspapers.com October 21 w y Notre Dame Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN 5–0 Wabash Outplays Notre Dame https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115750761/chicago-tribune/ The Chicago Sunday Tribune Chicago, Illinois October 22, 1905 10 January 3, 2023 Newspapers.com October 27 w 1905 Franklin Baptists Franklin (IN) Crawfordsville, IN (forfeit) "Little Giants" Are Angry https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115751961/the-indianapolis-news/ Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana October 27, 1905 12 January 3, 2023 Newspapers.com November 4 w 1905 Lake Forest Foresters Lake Forest Crawfordsville, IN 53–0 Wabash Takes Easy Game The Indianapolis Star November 5, 1905 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299863/wabash_takes_easy_game/ Newspapers.com November 11 w 1905 Knox Old Siwash Knox (IL) Crawfordsville, IN 57–0 Wabash Knocks Knox Silly Chicago Daily Tribune November 12, 1905 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299921/wabash_knocks_knox_silly/ Newspapers.com November 18 l y Indiana Bloomington, IN 0–40 Wabash Completely Routed By Indiana The Indianapolis Star November 19, 1905 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299985/wabash_completely_routed_by_indiana/ Newspapers.com November 25 w DePauw Crawfordsville, IN 52–0 De Pauw Snowed Under: Wabash Wins Game 52 to 0 The Indianapolis Star November 26, 1905 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12300080/de_pauw_snowed_under_wabash_wins_game/ Newspapers.com November 30 Cancelled 1905 Earlham Quakers Earlham Crawfordsville, IN Called Off The Contest https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115751876/the-richmond-item/ The Evening Item Richmond, Indiana November 30, 1905 5 January 3, 2023 Newspapers.com 1905 Wabash Little Giants Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wabash/1905-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference January 3, 2026 1905 Wabash College Football Schedule https://sports.wabash.edu/sports/football/schedule/1905 Wabash College Athletics January 3, 2023 Roster Shank, Right end Knudsen, Right tackle Hess, Right guard Brown, Center Sprow, Center Sutherland, Left guard Williams, Left tackle Frurip, Left end Miller, Quarterback Myers, Right halfback Harp, Left back Spaulding, Left halfback and team captainhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=12246754 "Little Giants," Wabash College, An Eleven Expected to Prove Sensation of Small Colleges of West The Indianapolis News September 23, 1905 July 9, 2017 10https://sports.wabash.edu/sports/2017/4/26/football-history.aspx Star Players of Wabash Football Team The Star Press October 22, 1905 July 9, 2017 8 References Wabash Category:Wabash Little Giants football seasons Wabash Little Giants football