1905 Wisconsin
8–2 (1–2 Western Conference), coached by Phil King. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat North Central College 49–0Sep 30
By 49 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | atCompany I | W 16–0 | 84% |
| Sep 30 | vsNorth Central College | W 49–0 | 92% |
| Oct 4 | vsMarquette | W 29–0 | 91% |
| Oct 7 | vsLawrence | W 34–0 | 89% |
| Oct 14 | vs Notre Dame | W 21–0 | 69% |
| Oct 21 | vsChicago | L 0–4 | 45% |
| Oct 28 | vsWisconsin Alumni | W 17–0 | 92% |
| Nov 4 | at Minnesota | W 16–12 | 24% |
| Nov 11 | vsBeloit | W 44–0 | 86% |
| Nov 18 | at Michigan | L 0–12 | 24% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Michigan 12–0; 5th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
Photographs from 1905
Michigan – Wisconsin game, Ferry Field, Nov. 18th, attendance 15,502Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication 
Football team, 1905Photo: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Others from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
- Record
- 8–2
- Conference
- 1–2 5th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 226–28
- Coach
- Phil King
- Elo
- 1606 +57 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 38.3 No. 4 of 82 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- E.J. Vanderboom
1905 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 7–0 | 11–0 | |
| Michigan | 2–1 | 12–1 | |
| Minnesota | 2–1 | 10–1 | |
 Purdue | 1–1–1 | 6–1–1 | |
 Wisconsin | 1–2 | 8–2 | |
 Indiana | 0–1–1 | 8–1–1 | |
 Iowa | 0–2 | 8–2 | |
 Northwestern | 0–2 | 8–2–1 | |
 Illinois | 0–3 | 5–4 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.