1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1905 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	3–5–1 (0–4–1 SIAA)
Head coach	James DePree (1st season)
Captain	Roscoe Word
Home stadium	Baldwin Park

1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech	5	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
LSU	2	–	0	–	0			3	–	0	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Clemson	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	2	–	1
Cumberland (TN)	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Alabama	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Nashville	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Auburn	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Tulane	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Georgia	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. James DePree, a University of Michigan grad, served the first of his two seasons as head coach at Tennessee. This was the Volunteers' first season without a win in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association play since 1897.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 30	Tennessee School for the Deaf*	Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN	W 16–6	[1]
October 7	American Temperance*	Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN	W 104–0	[2]
October 14	at Clemson	Bowman Field Clemson, SC	T 5–5	[3]
October 21	Vanderbilt	Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–45	[4]
October 28	at Sewanee	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	L 6–11	[5]
November 4	at Georgia Tech	The Flats Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 0–45	[6]
November 18	Central University*	Baldwin Park Knoxville, TN	W 31–5	[7]
November 30	at Alabama	Birmingham Fairgrounds Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 0–29	[8]
December 2	at Grant*	Olympic Park Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–5	[9]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Tennessee takes first game by score of sixteen to six". The Tennessean. October 1, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Tennessee's fast team piles up an immense score". The Journal and Tribune. October 8, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tennessee and Clemson play to a standstill". The Journal and Tribune. October 15, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "U. of T. overwhelmed, Vanderbilt plays horse with state university boys". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 22, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Tennessee lost a bitterly fought game". The Journal and Tribune. October 29, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Yellow Jackets make big score, Tennessee team is badly beaten by Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Tennessee finally scores a victory". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 19, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Tennessee did not get score". Knoxville Sentinel. November 24, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Grant wins close game, defeats University of Tennessee boys 5 to 0". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. December 3, 1905. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.