1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team

American college football season

1905 Tennessee Volunteers football

Conference| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record| 3–5–1 (0–4–1 SIAA)
Head coach|

* James DePree (1st season)

Captain| Roscoe Word
Home stadium| Baldwin Park

Seasons

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1906 →

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 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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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 30| Tennessee School for the Deaf*|

* Baldwin Park
* Knoxville, TN

| W 16–6| [1]
October 7| American Temperance*|

* Baldwin Park
* Knoxville, TN

| W 104–0| [2]
October 14| at Clemson|

* Bowman Field
* Clemson, SC

| T 5–5| [3]
October 21| Vanderbilt|

* Baldwin Park
* Knoxville, TN (rivalry)

| L 0–45| [4]
October 28| at Sewanee|

* Hardee Field
* Sewanee, TN

| L 6–11| [5]
November 4| at Georgia Tech|

* The Flats
* Atlanta, GA (rivalry)

| L 0–45| [6]
November 18| Central University*|

* Baldwin Park
* Knoxville, TN

| W 31–5| [7]
November 30| at Alabama|

* Birmingham Fairgrounds
* Birmingham, AL (rivalry)

| L 0–29| [8]
December 2| at Grant*|

* Olympic Park Field
* Chattanooga, TN

| 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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Tennessee Volunteers football

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* Baseball Park (1892–1893)
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