1905 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1905 Yale Bulldogs football Independent 10–0 Jack Owsley 1st Tom Shevlin Yale Field National champion (Davis, Whitney) The 1905 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0 record, shut out nine of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 227 to 4.1905 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1905-schedule.html Jack Owsley was the head coach, and Tom Shevlin was the team captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1905 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the national champion by Caspar Whitney and Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 4, 2016 PDF Four Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1905 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback Guy Hutchinson, halfback Howard Roome, end Tom Shevlin, and guard Roswell Tripp.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other key players included halfback Samuel F. B. Morse and tackles Robert Forbes and Lucius Horatio Biglow. Schedule October 4 w Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 27–0 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 w Syracuse Yale Field New Haven, CT 16–0 Good Tryout for Yale The Sun New York City October 8, 1905 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98235562/good-tryout-for-yale/ Newspapers.com October 11 w Springfield Training School Yale Field New Haven, CT 29–0 Springfield Easy Victim https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98547560/the-morning-journal-courier/ Journal Courier New Haven, Connecticut October 12, 1905 1 March 27, 2022 Newspapers.com Springfield Easy Victim (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98547592/the-morning-journal-courier/ Journal Courier New Haven, Connecticut October 12, 1905 8 March 27, 2022 Newspapers.com Yale, 29; Springfield T. S., 0 The New York Times October 12, 1905 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98235328/yale-29-springfield-t-s-0/ Newspapers.com October 14 w Holy Cross Yale Field New Haven, CT 29–0 2,000 Yale Beats Holy Cross New York Tribune October 15, 1905 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72854781/1905-yale-hc/ Newspapers.com October 21 w Penn State Yale Field New Haven, CT 12–0 2,000 Yale, 12; Penn. State, 0 The New York Times October 22, 1905 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98234987/yale-12-penn-state-0/ Newspapers.com October 28 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 20–0 4,000 Yale Tallies Twenty Against West Point: Blue Plays Good Football and Keeps Cadets from The New York Times October 29, 1905 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98234826/yale-tallies-twenty-against-west-point/ Newspapers.com November 4 w y Columbia Polo Grounds New York, NY 53–0 Yale Humbles Columbia: Scores 'Almost' at Will New York Tribune November 5, 1905 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98234538/yale-humbles-columbia-scores-almost/ Newspapers.com November 11 w Brown Yale Field New Haven, CT 11–0 3,000 Brown Tough For Yale: Elis, Still Weak on Defence, Nearly Scored Twice New York Tribune November 12, 1905 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98234285/brown-tough-for-yale-elis-still-weak/ Newspapers.com November 18 w Princeton Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 23–4 22,000 Yale Beats Princeton in Spectacular Game: Over 22,000 Cheer the Teams at New Haven The New York Times November 19, 1905 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98234067/yale-beats-princeton-in-spectacular-game/ Newspapers.com November 25 w y Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 6–0 43,000 Harvard Beaten 6-0 by Yale The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. November 26, 1905 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98233657/harvard-beaten-6-0-by-yale/ Newspapers.com Roster Leon H. Andrews, G Roderick Beebe, E Lucius Horatio Biglow, T Boggs, G John M. Cates, E Edward C. Congdon, E Dynes, QB Arthur G. Erwin, G Carl S. Flanders, C A. Rex Flinn, FB Robert Forbes, T Gillis, G Hayes, E Clarence Hockenberger, G Lydig Hoyt, HB Guy Hutchinson, QB Howard Jones, QB Tad Jones, QB William F. Knox Lasley, E John Nathan Levine, FB Howard Linn, HB Donald F. MacKay, G Samuel Finley Brown Morse, HB Peyton, T James John Quill, FB Howard Roome, HB Tom Shevlin, FB Philip C. Smith, G John A. Stevenson, HB Charles B. Stuart, E Roswell Tripp, G Spencer Turner, T Paul Veeder, HB Frank E. Werneken, FB Edward A. G. Wylie, HB All-Time Lettermen (DOC) https://yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/7/19//Lettermen_updated_through_2018__003_.doc?id=3591 Yale University Athletics January 29, 2025 References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football