1905 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1905 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1905 college football season. In their fourth, non-consecutive season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 6–4 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 173 to 59.^[1][2] Two Cornell players received honors on the 1905 College Football All-America Team: guard Elmer Thompson (Walter Camp, 2nd team);^[3] and George Walder (New York Globe).^[4]

1905 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Pop Warner (4th season)
Captain	James Costello
Home stadium	Percy Field
Seasons ← 1904 1906 →

1905 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					6	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Vermont			–					6	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	7	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Hamilton	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 5–0
September 30	Colgate	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 12–11		^[5]
October 4	Hobart	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 28–0
October 7	Bucknell	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 24–0
October 21	Western University of Pennsylvania	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 30–0	2,200+	^[6]
October 28	Haverford	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 57–0
November 4	Swarthmore	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–14	30,000	^[7]
November 11	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ	L 6–16
November 18	Columbia	Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 6–12		^[8]
November 30	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 5–6

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "1905 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. "All-American Eleven: Walter Camp Selects the Best Football Team; West Figures Prominently". The Washington Post. December 20, 1905.
4. 1905 Official NCAA Football Guide
5. "Castleman's Great Run Feature of Ithaca Game". The Binghamton Press. October 2, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "WUP's Goal Is Crossed Five Times". Pittsburgh Press. October 22, 1905. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Wonderful Reversals: It was a sad Sight that 30,000 Cornellians saw on Percy Field Yesterday, Swarthmore defeating Cornell". Buffalo Morning Express. November 5, 1905. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Columbia Batters Cornell To Defeat". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 19, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.