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1905 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

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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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1905 college football season.[1] The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his second season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Commodores played six home games in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record 7–1 overall and 6–0 in SIAA. Vanderbilt played seven home games and won them all including six shutout victories. Their only loss came on the road to McGugin's old team, Michigan, 18–0. Vanderbilt outscored there opponents 372–22. From 1903 to 1905 Vandy won 13 consecutive games and was 22–2–1 in those three seasons. They finish the 1905 season with a 17-game home win streak. The streak reached 26 games before Michigan stopped them on November 2, 1907.

Before the season

The team was captained by Innis Brown, later a prominent sportswriter.

Schedule

September 30Maryville*

W 97–0 October 7Alabama

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 34–0 October 14Michigan*

L 0–18 October 21Tennessee

W 45–0 October 28Texas

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 33–0 November 4Auburndagger

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 54–0 November 18Clemson

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN

W 41–0 November 30Sewanee

  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)

W 68–4

Template:CFB Schedule End [2]

Season summary

Alabama

Alabama was no match for Vanderbilt, losing 34–0. Honus Craig was the star of the game.[3] Quarterback Frank Kyle was severely injured, knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital.

Michigan

In the fifth game of the season, Vanderbilt suffered its first loss under coach McGugin, to his mentor and brother in law Fielding H. Yost and his Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor 18–0.[4]

Sewanee

Vanderbilt crushed a strong Sewanee squad 68–4.

References

  1. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=7i_yAAAAMAAJ&q=vanderbilt#v=snippet&q=vanderbilt&f=false
  2. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game: Dan McGugin 1905". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  3. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/alab/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/1905-season.pdf
  4. ^ "Michigan 28 - Vanderbilt 0". The Michigan Alumnus. November 1905. p. 79.