1905 Drake Bulldogs football team

1905 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumHaskins Field
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lincoln (MO)   –   3 – 0 – 0
Detroit College   –   1 – 0 – 0
Kansas   –   10 – 1 – 0
Central Michigan   –   7 – 1 – 0
Doane   –   5 – 1 – 0
Nebraska   –   9 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis   –   7 – 2 – 0
Butler   –   7 – 2 – 1
Kansas State   –   6 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   3 – 1 – 1
Carthage   –   4 – 2 – 0
Western Illinois   –   4 – 2 – 0
Iowa State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington University   –   7 – 3 – 2
Wittenberg   –   7 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg   –   6 – 4 – 0
Iowa State Normal   –   5 – 3 – 2
Cincinnati   –   5 – 3 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Missouri   –   5 – 4 – 0
Notre Dame   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fairmount   –   5 – 4 – 1
Haskell   –   5 – 4 – 1
Lake Forest   –   6 – 5 – 0
Wabash   –   6 – 5 – 0
Drake   –   4 – 4 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   4 – 4 – 0
Marquette   –   3 – 4 – 0
South Dakota State   –   2 – 3 – 0
Ohio   –   2 – 5 – 2
DePauw   –   3 – 6 – 0
Mount Union   –   2 – 6 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   1 – 4 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   0 – 1 – 0
Chicago P&S   –   0 – 1 – 0
St. Mary's (OH)   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1905 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as an independent during the 1905 college football season. In January 1905, Drake hired Willie Heston, star halfback of Michigan, as its head football coach.[1] Heston coached the Bulldogs for the 1905 season. In their only season under Heston, the Bulldogs compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 151 to 141.[2]

The team played its home games at Haskins Field in Des Moines, Iowa.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Penn (IA)
W 18–6[3]
October 7at CoeCedar Rapids, IAW 32–15[4]
October 21Grinnell
L 4–5[5]
October 28at Michigan
L 0–48[6]
November 4Simpson
  • Haskins Field
  • Des Moines, IA
W 75–01,800[7]
November 11Haskell
  • Haskins Field
  • Des Moines, IA
W 10–6[8]
November 18at Iowa
L 0–44[9]
November 30Iowa State
  • Haskins Field
  • Des Moines, IA
L 12–17[10]

References

  1. ^ "Heston To Coach Drake Next Fall". The Register and Leader. January 14, 1905. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1905 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Drake Opens Her Football Season". The Register and Leader. October 1, 1905. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Costly Fumbles Mark Drake´s Game: Heston´s Team Does Not Show Well Against Coe". The Register and Leader. October 8, 1905. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Scarlet and Black Again Triumphs: First of Iowa Championship Games Goes to Grinnell; Drake Bows in Defeat". The Register and Leader. October 22, 1905. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Drake Is Beaten By Michigan About As Heston Had Doped It". Detroit Free Press. October 29, 1905. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Drake Overwhelms the Gold and Red: Heston´s Squad Shows a Wonderful Reversal of Form". The Register and Leader. November 5, 1905. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Drake Wins From Haskell Indians: Red Men and Heston´s Team Play Spectacular Game". The Register and Leader. November 12, 1905. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Tracy Garrett (November 19, 1905). "Hawkeyes Run Big Score on Drake: Drake Meets a 44 to 0 Defeat at Iowa City". The Register and Leader. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Tracy Garrett (December 1, 1905). "Ames Defeats Drake in a Great Battle: Blue and White Again Bows to Cardinal and Gold; Heston´s Men Fight Hard". The Register and Leader. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.