1905 Wabash Little Giants football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1905
| team = Wabash Little Giants
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 6–5
| head_coach = Frank Cayou
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain =
| stadium =
}}
{{1905 Midwestern college football independents records}}
The 1905 Wabash Little Giants football team represented Wabash College as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Frank Cayou, the Little Giants compiled a record of 6–5. The team managed one of its most impressive upsets when it defeated Notre Dame, 5–0, on October 21, at South Bend. It proved to be the Fighting Irish's only home-field loss in 125 games between 1899 and 1928.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/independents/notre_dame/index.php Notre Dame Game-by-Game Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021003114927/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/independents/notre_dame/index.php |date=October 3, 2002 }}, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 30, 2009.[https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll10/id/8503/rec/2 Sideline Chatter] (PDF), College Football Historical Society Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006. Notre Dame had originally considered the game a "practice game" and expected to win easily when the game was scheduled the previous year, but began to take the team more seriously as the 1905 season developed.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12247647/the_indianapolis_news/|publisher=The Indianapolis News|access-date=July 9, 2017|date=October 18, 1905|page=10|title=Notre Dame Respects the Wabash Eleven}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| w/l = w
| opponent = Sheridan High School (IN)
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Crawfordsville, IN
| score = 80–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Avalanche Strikes Sheridan|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=September 24, 1905|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299386/avalanche_strikes_sheridan/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Chicago
| site_stadium = Marshall Field
| site_cityst = Chicago, IL
| score = 0–15
| source = {{cite news|title=Maroons Win by 15 to 0: Stagg's Men Are Held to Small Score by Wabash|newspaper=The Chicago Sunday Tribune|date=October 1, 1905|pages=9, 11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98501992/maroons-win-by-15-to-0-staggs-men-are/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Maroons Win By Score of 15 to 0|newspaper=The Inter Ocean|date=October 1, 1905|pages=13–15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98502199/maroons-win-by-score-of-15-to-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Illinois Field
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| score = 0–6
| source = {{cite news|title=Illinois Beats Wabash|newspaper=The Muncie Morning Star|date=October 5, 1905|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299543/illinois_beats_wabash/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Northwestern Field
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 0–5
| source = {{cite news|title=Five Points for Purple: Northwestern Defeats Wabash by One Touchdown|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 8, 1905|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299630/five_points_for_purple_northwestern/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium = Stuart Field
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 0–12
| source = {{cite news|title=Boiler Makers Win First Big Contest: Purdue Defeats Wabash in Brilliant Game on Stuart Field by Score of 12 to 0|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=October 15, 1905|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299700/boiler_makers_win_first_big_contest/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = Cartier Field
| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN
| score = 5–0
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Wabash Outplays Notre Dame |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115750761/chicago-tribune/ |newspaper=The Chicago Sunday Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=October 22, 1905 |page=10 |access-date=January 3, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Franklin Baptists|title=Franklin (IN)}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Crawfordsville, IN
| score = (forfeit)
| source = {{cite news |author= |title="Little Giants" Are Angry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115751961/the-indianapolis-news/ |newspaper=Indianapolis News |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |date=October 27, 1905 |page=12 |access-date=January 3, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Lake Forest Foresters|title=Lake Forest}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Crawfordsville, IN
| score = 53–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Wabash Takes Easy Game|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=November 5, 1905|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299863/wabash_takes_easy_game/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Knox Old Siwash|title=Knox (IL)}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Crawfordsville, IN
| score = 57–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Wabash Knocks Knox Silly|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=November 12, 1905|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299921/wabash_knocks_knox_silly/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 0–40
| source = {{cite news|title=Wabash Completely Routed By Indiana|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=November 19, 1905|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12299985/wabash_completely_routed_by_indiana/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| w/l = w
| opponent = DePauw
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Crawfordsville, IN
| score = 52–0
| source = {{cite news|title=De Pauw Snowed Under: Wabash Wins Game 52 to 0|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=November 26, 1905|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12300080/de_pauw_snowed_under_wabash_wins_game/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 30
| w/l = Cancelled
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1905|team=Earlham Quakers|title=Earlham}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Crawfordsville, IN
| score =
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Called Off The Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115751876/the-richmond-item/ |newspaper=The Evening Item |location=Richmond, Indiana |date=November 30, 1905 |page=5 |access-date=January 3, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wabash/1905-schedule.html|title=1905 Wabash Little Giants Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=July 8, 2017}}{{cite web |author= |title=1905 Wabash College Football Schedule |url=https://sports.wabash.edu/sports/football/schedule/1905 |publisher=Wabash College Athletics |access-date=January 3, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Wabash College Football History |url=https://sports.wabash.edu/sports/football/schedule/1905 |publisher=Wabash College Athletics |access-date=January 3, 2023 }}
Roster
- Shank, Right end
- Knudsen, Right tackle
- Hess, Right guard
- Brown, Center
- Sprow, Center
- Sutherland, Left guard
- Williams, Left tackle
- Frurip, Left end
- Miller, Quarterback
- Myers, Right halfback
- Harp, Left back
- Spaulding, Left halfback and team captain{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=12246754 | title="Little Giants," Wabash College, An Eleven Expected to Prove Sensation of Small Colleges of West | work=The Indianapolis News | date=September 23, 1905 | access-date=July 9, 2017 | pages=10}}{{cite news | url=https://sports.wabash.edu/sports/2017/4/26/football-history.aspx | title=Star Players of Wabash Football Team | work=The Star Press | date=October 22, 1905 | access-date=July 9, 2017 | pages=8}}
References
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