1905 Yale
10–0, coached by Jack Owsley. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Columbia 53–0Nov 4
By 53 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 | vsWesleyan (CT) | W 27–0 | 87% |
| Oct 7 | vs Syracuse | W 16–0 | 82% |
| Oct 11 | vsSpringfield | W 29–0 | 97% |
| Oct 14 | vs Holy Cross | W 30–0 | 84% |
| Oct 21 | vs Penn State | W 12–0 | 82% |
| Oct 28 | vs Army | W 20–0 | 78% |
| Nov 4 | at Columbia | W 53–0 | 70% |
| Nov 11 | vs Brown | W 11–0 | 83% |
| Nov 18 | vs Princeton | W 23–4 | 66% |
| Nov 25 | at Harvard | W 6–0 | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Harvard 6–0.
In program history: The best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).
Photographs from 1905
Yale – Harvard football gamePhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication 
Yale Field, New Haven, Conn., Princeton vs. Yale, November 18, 1905, attendance 30,644Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Panoramic photographs, no known restrictions on publication
Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.
Players on this team
Thomas ShevlinEnd
Tad JonesQuarterback
Guy HutchinsonQuarterback- Lucius Horatio BiglowOffensive tackle
- Robert ForbesEnd
- William F. KnoxRunning back
- Roswell TrippGuard
- Howard RoomeRunning back
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1905.
4 consensus All-AmericansThomas Shevlin, E; Roswell Tripp, OG; Guy Hutchinson, QB; Howard Roome, RB
- Record
- 10–0
- Conference
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- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 227–4
- Coach
- Jack Owsley
- Elo
- 1801 +113 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 13.8 No. 16 of 82 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Tom Shevlin