1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1905 Tennessee Volunteers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–5–1 (0–4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainRoscoe Word
Home stadiumBaldwin Park
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Vanderbilt $ 5 0 0 7 1 0
Georgia Tech 5 0 1 6 0 1
LSU 2 0 0 3 0 0
Sewanee 3 1 1 4 2 1
Clemson 3 2 1 3 2 1
Cumberland (TN) 3 2 0 5 4 0
Alabama 4 4 0 6 4 0
Nashville 0 0 0 0 2 0
Auburn 2 3 0 2 4 0
Mississippi A&M 1 4 0 3 4 0
Tulane 0 1 0 0 1 0
Ole Miss 0 2 0 0 2 0
Tennessee 0 4 1 3 5 1
Georgia 0 5 0 1 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. James DePree, a University of Michigan grad, served the first of his two seasons as head coach at Tennessee. This was the Volunteers' first season without a win in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association play since 1897.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30Tennessee School for the Deaf*
W 16–6[1]
October 7American Temperance*
  • Baldwin Park
  • Knoxville, TN
W 104–0[2]
October 14at Clemson
T 5–5[3]
October 21Vanderbilt
  • Baldwin Park
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–45[4]
October 28at SewaneeL 6–11[5]
November 4at Georgia Tech
L 0–45[6]
November 18Central University*
  • Baldwin Park
  • Knoxville, TN
W 31–5[7]
November 30at AlabamaL 0–29[8]
December 2at Grant*
L 0–5[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "Tennessee takes first game by score of sixteen to six". The Tennessean. October 1, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tennessee's fast team piles up an immense score". The Journal and Tribune. October 8, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tennessee and Clemson play to a standstill". The Journal and Tribune. October 15, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "U. of T. overwhelmed, Vanderbilt plays horse with state university boys". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 22, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tennessee lost a bitterly fought game". The Journal and Tribune. October 29, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Yellow Jackets make big score, Tennessee team is badly beaten by Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tennessee finally scores a victory". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 19, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tennessee did not get score". Knoxville Sentinel. November 24, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Grant wins close game, defeats University of Tennessee boys 5 to 0". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. December 3, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.



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