1905 Northwestern Purple football team
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| Conference | Western Conference |
| Record | 8–2–1 (0–2 Western) |
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| Captain | Arthur Rueber |
| Home stadium | Northwestern Field |
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| Chicago $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1905 Northwestern Purple football team represented Northwestern University during the 1905 Western Conference football season. Walter McCornack, in his third season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Purple's home games were played at the new Northwestern Field in Evanston, Illinois. They were members of the Western Conference. They finished the season 8–2–1, and 0–2 in Western Conference play.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 20 | Evanston High School* | W 32–0 | ||
| September 23 | at North Division High School* | W 11–0 | ||
| September 30 | St. Viateur's Academy* |
| W 41–0 | |
| October 7 | Wabash* |
| W 5–0 | |
| October 14 | Beloit* |
| W 18–2 | |
| October 21 | Kentucky University* |
| T 0–0 | [1] |
| October 28 | Chicago |
| L 0–32 | [2][3] |
| November 4 | Marquette* |
| W 34–6 | |
| November 11 | Ohio Northern* |
| W 34–0 | |
| November 18 | Michigan Agricultural* |
| W 39–11 | |
| November 25 | at Minnesota | L 6–72 | ||
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Regular season[edit]
Evanston High School[edit]
North Division High School[edit]
Arthur Rueber before the game
Johnson practicing before the game.
St. Viateur's Academy[edit]
Wabash[edit]
Beloit[edit]
Kentucky[edit]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Pioneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purple | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago[edit]
Rueber running with the ball in the Chicago game.
Johnson (center) running with the ball.
Marquette[edit]
Ohio Northern[edit]
Michigan Agricultural[edit]
Minnesota[edit]
Roster[edit]
| 1905 Northwestern Purple roster | ||||||||
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Quarterback
Right Half
Left Half
Full Back
Right ends
Right tackle
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Right guard
Center
Left guard
Left tackles
Left ends
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References[edit]
- ^ "Purple fails to score, football game with Kentucky results in tie". The Chicago Tribune. October 22, 1905. Retrieved March 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Maroons Roll Up Score of 32 to 0: Despite Game Fight by Northwestern, Chicago Duplicates Victory of '04". The Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 29, 1905. pp. 9–10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chicago Runs Up 32 Points on M'Cornack's Men: Evanston Proves to be No Match for the Irresistible Work of the Maroon Back Field -- Bezdek, De Tray, and Walker Gain". The Inter Ocean. October 29, 1905. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football Team" (PDF). The Northwestern Syllabus. XXII. Evanston, Illinois: Thaddeus S. Snell: 163. 1906. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
External links[edit]
Media related to 1905 Northwestern Purple football team at Wikimedia Commons