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Notre Dame Football Team History

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
Founded: 1842
Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium
Capacity: 80,225
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Henry J. McGlew
Conference: Independent-

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1887 <-- 1904 <- 1905 -> 1906 --> 2024

1905 Season Highlights

Henry J. McGlew enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Notre Dame.

1905 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Sep. 30	vs. North Division High	44	0	W
Sat., Oct. 7	vs. Michigan State	28	0	W
Sat., Oct. 14	@ Wisconsin	0	21	L	@ Milwaukee, WI
Sat., Oct. 21	vs. Wabash	0	5	L
Sat., Oct. 28	vs. American Medical	42	0	W
Sat., Nov. 4	vs. DePauw	71	0	W
Sat., Nov. 11	@ Indiana	5	22	L
Sat., Nov. 18	vs. Bennett Medical	22	0	W
Fri., Nov. 24	@ Purdue	0	32	L

1905 Season Totals
Record	5-4
Points Scored	212
Scoring Average	23.6
Points Allowed	80
Defense Average	8.9
Opponents Record	31-6
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	5-1
Away Record	0-3

1905 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1905 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Kansas	10-1	250	26					A.R. Bert Kennedy
Iowa State	6-3	203	93					A.W. Ristine
New Mexico	5-1-1	90	45					Martin F. Angel
Connecticut	2-2	27	59					E.O. Smith
Navy	10-1-1	243	23					Paul J. Dashiell
Pittsburgh	10-2	405	46					Arthur St. L. Texas Mosse
Virginia Tech	9-1	305	24					C.P. Miles
Nebraska	8-2	196	83					Walter C. Bummy Booth
Penn State	8-3	195	34					Thomas F. Tom Fennell
Stanford	8-0	138	13					James F. Lanagan
Syracuse	8-3	224	69					Dr. Charles P. Hutchins
Central Michigan	7-1	127	14					Charles Tambling
Oklahoma	7-2	229	55					Bennie Owen
Kansas State	6-2	140	51					Mike F. Ahearn
Marshall	6-2	40	98					Alfred McCary
Maryland	6-4	131	66					Fred K. Neilson
Oregon State	6-3	164	28					Dr. Allen C. Steckle
Southern California	6-3-1	211	45					Harvey R. Holmes
West Virginia	6-3	172	44					Carl S. Forkum
Missouri	5-4	94	79					John F. Mclean
Notre Dame	5-4	212	80					Henry J. McGlew
Texas	5-4	98	69					Ralph F. Hutchinson
Virginia	5-4	169	78					William C. King Cole
Arizona	4-2	84	96					William M. Ruthrauff
Army	4-4-1	104	60					Robert E. Boyers
California	4-1-2	75	12					J.W. Knibbs
Cincinnati	4-3	87	91					Amos P. Foster
Miami Ohio	4-3	138	76					No Coach
North Carolina	4-3-1	82	90					William J. Bill Warner
Oregon	4-2-2	65	39					Bruce C. Shorts
South Carolina	4-2-1	91	78					Christie Benet
Texas Christian	4-4	77	65					E.J. Hyde
Washington	4-2-2	79	52					Oliver F. Cutts
Washington State	4-4	175	61					Everett M. Sweeley
Louisiana State	3-0	36	0					Dan A. Killian
New Mexico State	3-0	96	0					John O. Miller
Northern Illinois	3-1-1	25	12					Harry Sauthoff
Rutgers	3-6	44	99					Oliver D. Mann
Arkansas	2-6	32	50					A.D. Brown
Ohio	2-5-2	48	141					Joseph Railsback
Temple	2-0-1	48	12					H. Shindle Wingert
Baylor	1-6	20	159					Archie R. Web
Jacksonville State	1-1	2	32					C.A. Holton
Oklahoma State	1-3-2	21	29					No Coach
Tulsa	1-2	10	24					Unknown
Western Michigan	1-1	6	6					Unknown
Arizona State	0-3	8	28					Frederick M. Irish
Louisiana Tech	0-1	0	16					J.Y. Bragg
Nevada	0-3-1	0	42					No Coach

1905 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1905 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

While playing for the University of Hawaii from 2000 to 2004, quarterback Timmy Chang set an NCAA passing record with 17,072 yards.