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1905 Auburn Tigers football team

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1905 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–4 (2–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainPete Lacey
Home stadiumDrill Field
West End Park
Seasons
← 1904
1906 →
1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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 Auburn Tigers football team represented Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now known Auburn University) in the 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team was led by head coach Mike Donahue, in his second year, and played their home games at both the Drill Field in Auburn and West End Park in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of two wins and four losses (2–4 overall, 2–3 in the SIAA).

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 20Davidson
L 0–6[1]
October 27at Mississippi A&M
W 18–0[2]
November 4at VanderbiltL 0–54[3]
November 11Clemson
L 0–26[4]
November 18vs. AlabamaL 0–30[5]
November 30vs. Georgia
W 20–0[6][7]

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References

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  1. ^ "Orange and Blue down in defeat". The Birmingham News. October 21, 1905. Retrieved September 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Auburn, Alabama, plays A. & M. boys". The Commercial Dispatch. October 29, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt 54, Auburn 0". The Courier-Journal. November 5, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Clemson lowers Auburn's colors". The Atlanta Constitution. November 12, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Alabama wins from Auburn". The Tuscaloosa News. November 19, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Auburn–Georgia clash at Central City Park". The Macon Telegraph. November 30, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Easy for Auburn, University of Georgia goes down before the Alabamians". The Montgomery Advertiser. December 1, 1905. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Mike Donahue, 1905". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  9. ^ "1905 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.