1905 Auburn Tigers football team

American college football season

1905 Auburn Tigers football

Conference| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record| 2–4 (2–3 SIAA)
Head coach|

* Mike Donahue (2nd season)

Captain| Pete Lacey
Home stadium| Drill Field
West End Park

Seasons

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1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

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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 Auburn Tigers football team represented Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now known Auburn University) in the 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his second year, and played their home games at both the Drill Field in Auburn and West End Park in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of two wins and four losses (2–4 overall, 2–3 in the SIAA).

## Schedule

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October 20| Davidson|

* West End Park
* Birmingham, AL

| L 0–6| [1]
October 27| at Mississippi A&M|

* Columbus Fairgrounds
* Columbus, MS

| W 18–0| [2]
November 4| at Vanderbilt|

* Dudley Field
* Nashville, TN

| L 0–54| [3]
November 11| Clemson|

* Drill Field
* Auburn, AL

| L 0–26| [4]
November 18| vs. Alabama|

* Birmingham Fairgrounds
* Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)

| L 0–30| [5]
November 30| vs. Georgia|

* Central City Park
* Macon, GA (rivalry)

| W 20–0| [6][7]

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## References

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1. ^ "Orange and Blue down in defeat". The Birmingham News. October 21, 1905. Retrieved September 2, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Auburn, Alabama, plays A. & M. boys". The Commercial Dispatch. October 29, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Vanderbilt 54, Auburn 0". The Courier-Journal. November 5, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Clemson lowers Auburn's colors". The Atlanta Constitution. November 12, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Alabama wins from Auburn". The Tuscaloosa News. November 19, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Auburn–Georgia clash at Central City Park". The Macon Telegraph. November 30, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Easy for Auburn, University of Georgia goes down before the Alabamians". The Montgomery Advertiser. December 1, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Mike Donahue, 1905". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
9. ^ "1905 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

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Auburn Tigers football

Venues|

* Drill Field (1892–1910)
* Drake Field (1911–1939)
* Legion Field (alternate, 1926–1991)
* Jordan-Hare Stadium (1939–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Alabama: Iron Bowl (Foy–ODK Sportsmanship Trophy)
* Clemson
* Florida
* Georgia: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
* Georgia Tech
* LSU
* Ole Miss
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