Wabash at Northwestern
Saturday, October 7, 1905 Share
Northwestern beat Wabash 5–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 53°F
In the newspapers

Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], October 8, 1905, page 7
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Northwestern Defeats wabash. CHICAGO, Oct. 7.-Northwestern uni verslty defeated Wabash college today by the. score OF TO 0. Northwestern made a touchdown in the first half but failed to kick goal and from that time until the close OF the game Wabash held them safely.

The semi-weekly messenger, Wilmington, N.C., October 10, 1905, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL. At Charlotte: University of North Carolina, g.; Davidson College, 0. At Charlottesville. Va: Virginia, 10; Agricultural and Mechanical College of North Carolina. 0. At Lexington. Va: Washington and Lee University, II; Hampden Sidney College, 0. At Nashville: Vanderbilt Univercity, “a; University of Alabama, 0. At Atlanta: Georgia Technical, 81 North Georgia Agricultural College. At Annapolis: Annapolis, 20; Virginia Military Institute. 0. At Knoxville: Tennessee, 104; American University of Harmon, 0. At Hanover: Dartmouth. 16; Holy Cross. g. At Chicago: Chicago, A.; Iowa, 0. At Evanston. ILL.,: Northwestern, 5; Wabash. 0. At Easton, Pa: Lafayette, 18; Ursinus. O. At Lancaster. Pa: Franklin and Marshall, II; Western Maryland Uni versity. g. At Madison. Wis: Winconsin Uni versity. “a: Lawrence University, 6. At Pittsburg. Pa: Western Uni versity of Pennsylvania. IL; Westminster. g. At Carlisle. Pa: Dickinson College, A: Haverford College, 0. At Harrisburg, Pa: State College, O.; Carlisle Indians. II. At Cincinnati: Cincinnati University 13: Depauw. At Cambridge. Mass: Harvard, %; University of Maine. 0. At Minneapolis. MINI: Minnesota University, As: North Dakota University. 0. At Bloomington. Ind: Indiana Uni versity, 20; Kentucky University, O. At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania, IL; Swarthmore. f. AT, Washington: George Washing ton, 81: Gallaudet. O. At West Point. N. Y: West Point 1S: Colgate University, 6. At New Haven. Conn: Yale, l6; At New York: Lehigh, IL; New York University. 2. At Ithica, N. Y: Cornell. “a; Buck nell. O. At New York: Columbia. o.; Wesleyan. 0. At Princeton. N. j.: Princeton, “a; GEORGETOWN 0. Washington. Pa: Washington and Jegerson College. 81: Ohio University O. At Champagne. ILL.,: Illinois, “a: Northwestern College, 0. At Lincoln. Neb.: Nebraska. AZ; South Dakota 6. At st. Louis: Washington Univers1 ty, 0; Rose Polytechnic. 0.

The Cairo bulletin, Illinois, October 8, 1905, page 1 (results column)
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THE FOOT BALL SCORES Chicago Oct. 7.-vt1hicagc, ~; Iowa. o. Madison. Oct. wisconsin, “a !; Lawrence University. 0. Minneapolis, oct. Minnesota. As; North Dakota. 0. Evanston, Oct Northwestern, 5; Wabash. 0. Ann Arbor. Oct Michigan, &c: Case Scientific School 0. West Point. OCT West Point, Is; Colgate. 6. Annapolis, oct NAVY %; yir ginia Military Institute 0, Princeton, Oct. 7-Princeton. 81; Georgetown. o.. Philadelphia, Oct. 7-Pennsylvania ii swarthmore. A. Cambridge. Oct Harvard. %; University of Maine. o. New Haven. Oct 7,-Yale. 1G; SYRIA cuse, q. New York, Oct 7-Columbuia. O. Wesleyan, o New York. Oct 7.-Leldgh. 6 New York University, p Cincinnati. Oct, Cincinnati Uni yersity. Is; Denauw, Q. Pittsburg, Oct Western uuiyer silly Of Pennsylvania, II; Westminster 6.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Northwestern 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Wabash–Northwestern gameNorthwestern leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1929 | Northwestern 66, Wabash 0 | |
| 1905 | Northwestern 5, Wabash 0 |
Around this game
Wabash
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 14, 1905
- SeasonWabash in 1905
- ProgramWabash history and records
Northwestern
- Next gameat BeloitOct. 14, 1905
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1905
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records
