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1905 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
Home stadium Ohio Field
Seasons
←  1904
1906 →
1905 Eastern college football independents records
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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7 LehighL 2–11 [1]
October 14at Trinity (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.