1905 NYU Violets football team

1905 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–3–1
Head coach	Marshall Mills (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field

1905 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					10	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Western U. of Penn.			–					10	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					8	–	2	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	2	–	1
Carlisle			–					10	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					3	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					6	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Vermont			–					6	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					5	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					4	–	3	–	2
Army			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	5	–	0
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	7	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	6	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	4	–	2
Springfield Training School			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					3	–	7	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	7	–	0

The 1905 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In their only year under head coach Marshall Mills, the team compiled a 3–3–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 7	Lehigh	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 2–11	[1]
October 14	at Trinity (CT)	Trinity Field Hartford, CT	T 0–0	[2]
October 21	Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–31	[3]
October 28	Stevens	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–23	[4]
November 7	Rutgers	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 10–7	[5]
November 11	RPI	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 17–2	[6]
November 25	Union (NY)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 11–0	[7]

References

1. "Lehigh, 11; N. Y. University, 2". The New York Times. October 8, 1905. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Trinity plays N.Y. University to a standstill". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 16, 1905. p. 5. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Easy for Wesleyan". New York Tribune. October 22, 1905. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Stevens gives N.Y.U. a painful surprise". The Sun. October 29, 1905. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Rutgers loses hard fought game". New Brunswick Home News. November 8, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "N.Y.U. 17, Rensselaer 2". The New York Times. November 12, 1905. p. 19. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "New York defeats Union". New York Tribune. November 26, 1905. p. 8. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.