1905 Purdue Boilermakers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1905
| team = Purdue Boilermakers
| sport = football
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| conference = Western Conference
| short_conf = Western
| record = 6–1–1
| conf_record = 1–2
| head_coach = Albert E. Herrnstein
| hc_year = 1st
| captain = Homer L. Thomas
| stadium = Stuart Field
}}
{{1905 Western Conference football standings}}
The 1905 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1905 Western Conference football season. In their first season under head coach Albert E. Herrnstein, the Boilermakers compiled a 6–1–1 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Nine Conference with a 1–1–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 177 to 30. Homer L. Thomas was the team captain.{{cite web|title=1905 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 6, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1905-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide|publisher=Purdue University|year=2016|page=88|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mediaguide.pdf|access-date=2018-06-20|archive-date=2017-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721153507/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/mediaguide.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
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|September 23||Wendell Phillips H.S.
|September 30||{{cfb link|year=1905|team=Beloit|title=Beloit}}
|October 14||Wabash
|October 21|at|Illinois|Illinois Field|Champaign, IL (rivalry)|W 29-0||{{cite news|title=Purdue Beats the Illini|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 22, 1905|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21108959/purdue_beats_the_illini/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 28|vs|Indiana|Washington Park|Indianapolis, IN (rivalry)|T 11-11||{{cite news|title=Purdue and Indiana Play To Tie Score|newspaper=Richmond (IN) Daily Palladium|date=October 29, 1905|pages=1, 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21108383/purdue_and_indiana_play_to_tie_score/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 4||Missouri
|November 11|at|Chicago|Marshall Field|Chicago, IL (rivalry)|L 0-19|10,000|{{cite news|title=Chicago Winner Over Purdue, 19-0|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 12, 1905|pages=9–10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21108814/chicago_winner_over_purdue_190/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Purdue Fights Hard but Loses by 19 to 0 Score|newspaper=The Inter Ocean|date=November 12, 1905|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98499002/purdue-fights-hard-but-loses-by-19-to-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 24||Notre Dame
}}
Roster
- D. M. Allen, T
- J. L. Conville
- Harold Emies, T
- R. W. Fleming, E
- H. J. Frushour, G
- R. F. Haffmark, G
- E. R. Holdson, QB
- Asher Holloway, HB
- Thomas Johnston, QB
- E. P. King, G
- D. H. Long, T
- Irving Long, T-G
- Robert Robertson, T
- Roy Shackleton, QB
- Homer Thomas, FB
- W. Wellinghoff, C
- C. Zimmerman, HB