1905 Wabash Little Giants football team

American college football season

1905 Wabash Little Giants football

Conference| Independent
Record| 6–5
Head coach|

* Frank Cayou (2nd season)

Seasons

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1905 Midwestern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Detroit College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 0  | - | 0
Kansas |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Central Michigan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Doane |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0
Nebraska |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Saint Louis |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Butler |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Kansas State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Northern Illinois State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1
Carthage |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Western Illinois |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Iowa State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Washington University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 2
Wittenberg |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Heidelberg |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Iowa State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 2
Cincinnati |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Miami (OH) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Missouri |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Notre Dame |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Fairmount |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Haskell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Lake Forest |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Wabash |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Drake |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Michigan State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Marquette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
South Dakota State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0
Ohio |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
DePauw |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Mount Union |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
North Dakota Agricultural |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1
Baldwin–Wallace |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
Chicago P&S |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0
St. Mary's (OH) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 3  | - | 0

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.[1][2] 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.[3]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 23| Sheridan High School (IN)| Crawfordsville, IN| W 80–0| [4]
September 30| at Chicago|

* Marshall Field
* Chicago, IL

| L 0–15| [5][6]
October 4| at Illinois|

* Illinois Field
* Champaign, IL

| L 0–6| [7]
October 7| at Northwestern|

* Northwestern Field
* Evanston, IL

| L 0–5| [8]
October 14| at Purdue|

* Stuart Field
* West Lafayette, IN

| L 0–12| [9]
October 21| at Notre Dame|

* Cartier Field
* Notre Dame, IN

| W 5–0| [10]
October 27| Franklin (IN)| Crawfordsville, IN| W (forfeit)| [11]
November 4| Lake Forest| Crawfordsville, IN| W 53–0| [12]
November 11| Knox (IL)| Crawfordsville, IN| W 57–0| [13]
November 18| at Indiana| Bloomington, IN| L 0–40| [14]
November 25| DePauw| Crawfordsville, IN| W 52–0| [15]
November 30| Earlham| Crawfordsville, IN| Cancelled | [16]

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## Roster

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* 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 captain[20][21]

## References

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1. ^ Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results Archived October 3, 2002, at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.
2. ^ Sideline Chatter (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006.
3. ^ "Notre Dame Respects the Wabash Eleven". The Indianapolis News. October 18, 1905. p. 10. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
4. ^ "Avalanche Strikes Sheridan". The Indianapolis Star. September 24, 1905. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Maroons Win by 15 to 0: Stagg's Men Are Held to Small Score by Wabash". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 1, 1905. pp. 9, 11 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Maroons Win By Score of 15 to 0". The Inter Ocean. October 1, 1905. pp. 13–15 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Illinois Beats Wabash". The Muncie Morning Star. October 5, 1905. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Five Points for Purple: Northwestern Defeats Wabash by One Touchdown". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 8, 1905. p. 1 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "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. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "Wabash Outplays Notre Dame". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 22, 1905. p. 10. Retrieved January 3, 2023 - via Newspapers.com .
11. ^ ""Little Giants" Are Angry". Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. October 27, 1905. p. 12. Retrieved January 3, 2023 - via Newspapers.com .
12. ^ "Wabash Takes Easy Game". The Indianapolis Star. November 5, 1905. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Wabash Knocks Knox Silly". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 12, 1905. p. 2 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Wabash Completely Routed By Indiana". The Indianapolis Star. November 19, 1905. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
15. ^ "De Pauw Snowed Under: Wabash Wins Game 52 to 0". The Indianapolis Star. November 26, 1905. p. 21 - via Newspapers.com.
16. ^ "Called Off The Contest". The Evening Item. Richmond, Indiana. November 30, 1905. p. 5. Retrieved January 3, 2023 - via Newspapers.com .
17. ^ "1905 Wabash Little Giants Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
18. ^ "1905 Wabash College Football Schedule". Wabash College Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
19. ^ "Wabash College Football History". Wabash College Athletics. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
20. ^ ""Little Giants," Wabash College, An Eleven Expected to Prove Sensation of Small Colleges of West". The Indianapolis News. September 23, 1905. p. 10. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
21. ^ "Star Players of Wabash Football Team". The Star Press. October 22, 1905. p. 8. Retrieved July 9, 2017.

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