1905 Washington University football team

1905 Washington University football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3–2
Head coach
CaptainFritz Lehman
Home stadiumWashington University Stadium
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
1905 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
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 Washington University football team was an American football team that represented Washington University in St. Louis as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Charles A. Fairweather, the team compiled a 7–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 175 to 88.[1] The team played its home games at Washington University Stadium, which opened in 1904 as World's Fair Stadium and is now known as Francis Olympic Field.

  1. ^ Codding, F. S. (December 3, 1905). "Local Rugby Season Concluded Thursday Was Most Successful". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 10. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.