Texas at Vanderbilt

Saturday, October 28, 1905

Vanderbilt beat Texas 33–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Vanderbilt led the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayTexas5–⁠4 in 1905
0
HomeVanderbilt7–⁠1 in 1905
33

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The semi-weekly messenger's story: U. i. c LOSES To V.P.I. IS To s Decisive Defeat to Carolina BY Virginia Cadets CARPENTER WAS STAR PLAYER Carolina Developed Great Strength i'm Defense-YaIe Wins From the Army and Princeton Defeats Columbia. Sewanee and Vanderbilt are Victors Over Tennessee and Texas.

    The semi-weekly messenger, Wilmington, N.C., October 31, 1905, page 1

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    U. i. c LOSES To V.P.I. IS To s Decisive Defeat to Carolina BY Virginia Cadets CARPENTER WAS STAR PLAYER Carolina Developed Great Strength i’m Defense-YaIe Wins From the Army and Princeton Defeats Columbia. Sewanee and Vanderbilt are Victors Over Tennessee and Texas. Richmond, Va. October 2S.-Before q crowd Of about forty-fve hundred people, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute football team decisiyely defeated the University of North Cap- Hna here this afternoon The weather was good and desperate style of play On the part of the combatants soon awoke the enthusiasm of the spectators. Carolina was outclassed, but developed surprising strength in defence. Carpenter, the star player and right half for the cadets, made some Won derful runs, that evoked great applause. y number of the players on both sides We’re knocked out and one of the Tar Heels was put out for al legged slugging. The score was So to 6 The referee of the game was Md. Williams, of the University of Virglnia; the umpire, DR.. Whitehurst, OF the University of Maryland; the head hnesman, 4. E. Finnegan Of the Uni yersity Of Georgia.

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story: Vanderbilt 33. Texas 0.

    The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 29, 1905, page 10

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    Vanderbilt 33. Texas 0. Nashville, Tenn. October 2S.-spectacu- lar end runs by Craig, coupled With good line bueking gave the McGugin machine five touchdowns in todays game with Texas. Kyle kicked pretty placement goal. Craig’s runs were 70 yards, Sf yards and 30 yards, each netting a touch down. On each occasion he was accorded splendid interference by Manier. Ihe final score of the game was 3S to o This victory practically settles the s. l.. A. A. championship as Texas is supposed to be the strongest of the others con- testing for the honors The lineup:

  • The Bryan morning eagle's story: VANDERBILT VICTOR. pssfests University Of Texas Eleven In Contest at Nashville.

    Bryan morning eagle, Bryan, Tex., October 31, 1905, page 6

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    VANDERBILT VICTOR. pssfests University Of Texas Eleven In Contest at Nashville. by the score OF 80 TO o Wander % defeated University OF Texas team ~ the football contest at Nashville SATurdny. Despite the one-sided score the game was a hard-fought battle. Ii the first half Vanderbilt crossed Texas goal line three times. In the second the Tennesseeans scored two touch.

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)

Vanderbilt 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Vanderbilt leads 7–⁠4–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Texas 34, Vanderbilt 31
2024Texas 27, Vanderbilt 24
1928Vanderbilt 13, Texas 12
1927Texas 13, Vanderbilt 6
1926Vanderbilt 7, Texas 0
1925Vanderbilt 14, Texas 6

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