The 1905 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 in the 1905 college football season

1905 college football season

The 1905 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Chicago and Yale Bulldogs football as national champions.-Rule experiment:...

. The team's head football coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Regents Field

Regents Field

Regents Field was the home field for the University of Michigan football team from 1893 to 1905. It was located along South State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Schembechler Hall stands today....

. After winning the first 12 games of the season by a combined score of 495–0, the team lost the final game of the season by a score of 2–0 against the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

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Schedule

Michigan 65, Ohio Wesleyan 0

The game was played in halves of 18.5 minutes and 15 minutes. In the first game, Michigan scored 65 points in 33.5 minutes.Michigan's starting lineup was Garrels (left end), Curtis (left tackle), Love (left guard), Clement (center), Graham (right guard), Patrick (right tackle), Stuart (right end), Norcross (quarterback), Dunlap (left halfback), Workman (right halfback), Hammond (fullback).

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Hammond	Fullback	Yes	4	5	0	25
Workman	Right halfback	Yes	3	0	0	15
Curtis	Left tackle	Yes	0	5	0	5
Norcross	Quarterback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Garrels	Left end	Yes	1	0	0	5
Rumney	Right halfback	No	1	0	0	5
Love	Left guard	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
11	10	0	65

Michigan 44, Kalamazoo 0

The game was played in halves of 20 minutes and 15 minutes. Through two games, Michigan had scored 109 points in 68.5 minutes. Michigan's starting lineup was Garrels (left end), Curtis (left tackle), Love (left guard), Clement (center), Graham (right guard), Patrick (right tackle), Stuart (right end), Norcross (quarterback), Dunlap (left halfback), Workman (right halfback), Rumney (fullback).

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Safeties	Points
T. Hammond	Fullback	Yes	2	7	0	0	17
Curtis	Left tackle	Yes	3	0	0	0	15
Rumney	Right halfback	Yes	1	0	0	0	5
Dunlap	Left halfback	Yes	1	0	0	0	5
No player credited
0	0	0	1	2
Total	--
7	7	0	1	44

Michigan 36, Case 0

The game was played in halves of 20 minutes each. Through three games,Michigan had scored 145 points in 108.5 minutes.

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
T. Hammond	Fullback	Yes	2	5	0	15
Curtis	Left tackle	Yes	2	1	0	11
Magoffin	Left halfback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Garrels	Left end	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
6	6	0	36

Michigan 23, Ohio Northern 0

The game was played in halves of 19 minutes and 10 minutes. Through four games, Michigan had scored 168 points in 137.5 minutes. Michigan's starting lineup was Garrels (left end), Curtis (left tackle), Love (left guard), Clement (center), Graham (right guard), Patrick (right tackle), Stuart (right end), Norcross (quarterback), Magoffin (left halfback), Workman (right halfback), Weeks (fullback).

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Curtis	Left tackle	Yes	2	3	0	13
Garrels	Left end	Yes	2	0	0	10
Total	--
4	3	0	23

Michigan 18, Vanderbilt 0

The game was played in halves of 25 minutes each. Through five games, Michigan had scored 186 points in 187.5 minutes. Michigan's starting lineup was Garrels (left end), Curtis (left tackle), Schulte (left guard), Schultz (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild (right tackle), Stuart (right end), Norcross (quarterback), Magoffin (left halfback), T. Hammond (right halfback), Weeks (fullback).

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Hammond	Right halfback	Yes	1	3	0	8
Curtis	Left tackle	Yes	1	0	0	5
Magoffin	Left halfback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
3	3	0	18

Michigan 31, Nebraska 0

The game was played in halves of 35 minutes each. Through six games, Michigan had scored 217 points in 257.5 minutes.

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Hammond	Right halfback	Yes	1	3	2	16
Longman	Fullback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Clark	Left halfback	No	1	0	0	5
Weeks	Left halfback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
4	3	2	31

Michigan 70, Albion 0

The game was played in halves of 25 minutes and 14.5 minutes. Through seven games, Michigan had scored 287 points in 297 minutes. Michigan's starting lineup was Garrels (left end), Curtis (left tackle), Love (left guard), Shultz (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild (right tackle), Newton (right end), Barlow (quarterback), Weeks (left halfback), Kanaja (right halfback), and Embs (fullback).

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Curtis	Left tackle	Yes	1	10	0	15
Embs	Fullback	Yes	3	0	0	15
Graham	Right guard	Yes	3	0	0	15
Hammond	Right halfback	Yes	2	0	0	10
Weeks	Left halfback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Magoffin	Left halfback	No	1	0	0	5
Love	Left halfback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
12	10	0	70

Michigan 48, Drake 0

The game was played in halves of 25 minutes and 20 minutes. Through eight games, Michigan had scored 335 points in 342 minutes.

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Weeks	Fullback	Yes	3	0	0	15
Hammond	Right halfback	No	2	1	0	11
Curtis	Left tackle	Yes	0	7	0	7
Garrels	Left end	Yes	1	0	0	5
Barlow	Quarterback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Sculte	Left guard	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
8	8	0	48

Michigan 33, Illinois 0

The game was played in halves of 35 minutes each. Through nine games, Michigan had scored 368 points in 412 minutes. Michigan's starting lineup was Garrels (left end), Curtis (left tackle), Schulte (left guard),Schultz (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild (right tackle), H. Hammond (right end), Workman (quarterback), T. Hammond (right halfback), Magoffin (left halfback), Clark (fullback).

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Clark	Fullback	Yes	2	0	0	10
T. Hammond	Right halfback	Yes	0	4	1	8
Schulte	Left guard	Yes	1	0	0	5
Weeks	Fullback	No	1	0	0	5
Barlow	Quarterback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
5	4	1	33

Michigan 40, Ohio State 0

The game was played in halves of 35 minutes each. Through ten games, Michigan had scored 408 points in 482 minutes.

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
T. Hammond	Right halfback	Yes	1	4	1	13
Curtis	Left tackle	Yes	2	2	0	12
Garrels	Left end	Yes	1	0	0	5
Patrick	Left halfback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Barlow	Quarterback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
6	6	1	40

Michigan 12, Wisconsin 0

The game was played in halves of 35 minutes each. Through 11 games, Michigan had scored 420 points in 552 minutes. Michigan's starting lineup was Garrels (left end), Curtis (left tackle), Schulte (left guard), Schultz (center), Graham (right guard), Rheinschild (right tackle), H. Hammond (right end), Norcross (quarterback), Weeks (left halfback), T. Hammond (right halfback), Longman (fullback).

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Longman	Fullback	Yes	2	0	0	10
T. Hammond	Right halfback	Yes	0	2	0	2
Total	--
2	0	12

Michigan 75, Oberlin 0

The game was played in halves of 25 minutes and 19 minutes. Through 12 games, Michigan had scored 495 points in 596 minutes. Michigan's starting lineup was Garrels (left end), Curtis (left tackle), Clement (left guard), Schultz (center), Graham (right guard), Love (right tackle), H. Hammond (right end), Barlow (quarterback), Patrick (left halfback), Clark (right halfback), Embs (fullback).

Player	Position	Starter	Touchdowns	Extra points	Field goals	Points
Curtis	Fullback	Yes	4	2	0	22
Magoffin	Left halfback	No	3	0	0	15
Garrels	Left end	Yes	1	8	0	13
Stuart	Right halfback	Yes	2	0	0	10
Clark	Right halfback	Yes	1	0	0	5
Schultz	Center	Yes	1	0	0	5
Love	Right tackle	Yes	1	0	0	5
Total	--
13	10	0	75

Chicago 2, Michigan 0

The game was played in halves of 35 minutes each. Through 13 games, Michigan scored 495 points in 666 minutes.

Scoring summary

The following chart accounts for the 495 points scored by the 1905 football team and is based on the box scores published in 1905 by the Detroit Free Press" and The Michigan Alumnus.

Player	Touchdowns (5 points)	Extra points 1 point	Field goals (4 points)	Safeties (2 points)	Total Points
Tom Hammond	15	35	2	0	118
Joe Curtis	15	30	0	0	105
John Garrels	7	8	0	0	43
Paul Magoffin	6	0	0	0	30
Harold Weeks	6	0	0	0	30
William Dennison Clark	4	0	0	0	20
Walter Graham	3	0	0	0	15
Jay Mack Love	3	0	0	0	15
Alfred Barlow	3	0	0	0	15
Frank Longman	3	0	0	0	15
William Embs	3	0	0	0	15
Harry Workman	3	0	0	0	15
Ted Stuart	2	0	0	0	10
Mason Rumney	2	0	0	0	10
Henry Schulte	2	0	0	0	5
Germany Schultz	1	0	0	0	5
Fred Norcross	1	0	0	0	5
Harry Patrick	1	0	0	0	5
Lewis Dunlap	1	0	0	0	5
na	0	0	0	1	2
Total	81	73	2	1	495

Letter winners

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown
Alfred Barlow	Quarterback	5	Corry, Pennsylvania Corry, Pennsylvania Corry is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. With a population of 6,834 at the 2000 United States Census, it is the second largest city in Erie County. Corry is a part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area...
William Dennison Clark William Dennison Clark William Dennison "Denny" Clark was an American football player. He played for the University of Michigan from 1903 to 1905. He was blamed for Michigan's 1905 loss to the University of Chicago, which ended the Wolverines' 56-game unbeaten streak...	Fullback Right halfback	1 1	Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
Joe Curtis Joe Curtis Joseph S. "Big Joe" Curtis was an American football player and coach. While playing for the University of Michigan, he was selected as a first-team All-Western tackle three consecutive years from 1904–1906 and as an All-American in 1904 and 1905...	Left tackle	13	Brooklyn, New York
John Garrels John Garrels John Garrels was an American athlete who excelled in the 110 metres hurdles, discus throw, shot put, and as a fullback and end in American football....	Left end	13	Detroit, Michigan
Walter D. Graham Walter D. Graham Walter DeWitt "Octy" Graham was an American football player. He played for the University of Michigan from 1904 to 1907 and was one of the leading players on the famed "Point-a-Minute" teams of 1904 and 1905....	Right guard Right tackle	12 1	Chicago, Illinois
Harry S. Hammond Harry S. Hammond Harry Stevens Hammond was an American football player and businessman. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1904 to 1907. He later had a career in business with the Pressed Steel Car Company and the National Tube Co.-Early years:Hammond was born in Crown Point, New York...	Right end	5	Chicago, Illinois
Tom Hammond Thomas S. Hammond Thomas Stevens "Tom" or "T.S." Hammond was an American business and political leader, soldier and football player and coach. He played football for Fielding H. Yost's renowned 1903, 1904 and 1905 "Point-a-Minute" football teams at the University of Michigan. In 1906, he served as the head coach...	Right halfback Fullback Left halfback	6 3 1	Chicago, Illinois
Frank Longman Frank Longman -External links:...	Fullback	3	Battle Creek, Michigan Battle Creek, Michigan Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Calhoun county...
Paul Magoffin Paul Magoffin Paul Parker "Maggie" Magoffin was an American football player. He played left halfback for Fielding H. Yost's University of Michigan Wolverines football teams of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907, and was captain of the 1907 team...	Left halfback	4	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Fred Norcross	Quarterback	8	Menominee, Michigan Menominee, Michigan Menominee is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,131. It is the county seat of Menominee County. Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba...
Harry E. Patrick	Right tackle Left halfback	4 2	Detroit, Michigan
Walter Rheinschild Walter Rheinschild Walter Meadowfield Rheinschild , known also by the nicknames "Rheiny" and "Rhino", was an American football player and coach. He played for the University of Michigan in 1904, 1905, and 1907, and was once "rated as the highest salaried amateur athlete in the business." He later coached for...	Right tackle	7	Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
Henry Schulte Henry Schulte Henry Frank Schulte was an American football player and coach and also a college track and field coach...	Left guard	7	Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Germany Schulz Germany Schulz Adolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the...	Center	9	Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
Ted Stuart	Right end Right halfback	7 1	Chariton, Iowa Chariton, Iowa Chariton is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,573 at the 2000 census. It is the primary distribution center for, and former corporate seat of, the Hy-Vee supermarket chain.-History:...

Reserves and non-letter winners

• Carl Howard Clement, Brooklyn, New York - started 4 games at center, 1 game at left guard
• Lewis Dunlap - started 3 games at left halfback, 1 game at right halfback
• William John Embs, Escanaba, Michigan
  Escanaba, Michigan
  Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...
  
   - started 3 games at fullback
• Eber Dunbar Kanaga, Charlevoix, Michigan
  Charlevoix, Michigan
  Charlevoix is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,994. It is the county seat of Charlevoix County....
  
   - started 1 game at right halfback
• Jay Mack Love
  Jay Mack Love
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  , Arkansas City, Kansas
  Arkansas City, Kansas
  Arkansas City is a city situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Walnut rivers in the southwestern part of Cowley County, located in south-central Kansas, in the central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,415....
  
   - started 5 games at left guard, 1 game at right guard, 1 game at right tackle
• Fred B. Newton, Portland, Oregon
  Portland, Oregon
  Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
  
   - started 1 game at right end
• Mason P. Rumney, Detroit, MI - started 1 game at right halfback
• Harold Weeks, Allegan, Michigan
  Allegan, Michigan
  Allegan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,838. It is the county seat of Allegan County. The city lies within Allegan Township, but is administratively autonomous....
  
   - started 3 games at fullback, 2 games at left halfback
• Harry A. Workman, Chicago, IL - started 1 game at left halfback, 1 game at right halfback
• Eugene G. Ackerman, Martinsville, New York
• Alexander M. Barnes, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and east of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city...
  
  
• Harry S. Bartlett, Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
  
  
• Edward Munroe Benson, Detroit, MI
• Carl Bergin, Lowell, Michigan
  Lowell, Michigan
  Lowell is a city in Kent County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,013. The city is in the northern portion of Lowell Township, but is politically independent...
  
  
• Charles Brome, Omaha, Nebraska
  Omaha, Nebraska
  Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
  
  
• William Casey, Cedar Falls, Iowa
  Cedar Falls, Iowa
  Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 39,260 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 36,145 population in the 2000 census...
  
  
• Albert R. Chandler, Salem, Massachusetts
  Salem, Massachusetts
  Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...
  
  
• Samuel W. Cushman, Ann Arbor, MI
• Frank Doty, Pontiac, Michigan
  Pontiac, Michigan
  Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County...
  
  
• David Dunlap, Hopkinton, Iowa
  Hopkinton, Iowa
  Hopkinton is a city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. The population was 681 at the 2000 census.-History:The city is the former home of Lenox College, a small school that closed in 1944. The old campus is still maintained as a museum.-Geography:...
  
  
• Albert de Valois Evans, Cheboygan, Michigan
  Cheboygan, Michigan
  Cheboygan is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 5,295. It is the county seat of Cheboygan County....
  
  
• Walter L. Eyke, Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...
  
  
• Mason Gray, Pontiac, Michigan
• Ben Harris, Salt Lake City, Utah
  Salt Lake City, Utah
  Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
  
  
• Guy T. Helvering
  Guy T. Helvering
  Guy Tresillian Helvering was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Kansas, and later served as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and as a federal district court judge.-Early life:...
  
  , Beattie, Kansas
  Beattie, Kansas
  Beattie is a city in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 200. The city has been called "The Milo Capital of the World" and hosts the annual "Beattie Milo Festival".-Geography:...
  
   (later served in U.S. Congress)
• Joseph E. Kearns, Dayton, Ohio
  Dayton, Ohio
  Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
  
  
• Joseph E. Kelly, Lowell, Michigan
  Lowell, Michigan
  Lowell is a city in Kent County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,013. The city is in the northern portion of Lowell Township, but is politically independent...
  
  
• Gerald E. Krupp, Saginaw, Michigan
  Saginaw, Michigan
  Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw was once a thriving lumber town and manufacturing center. Saginaw and Saginaw County lie in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan...
  
  
• William R. Lane, Detroit, MI
• Jesse R. Langley, Alva, Oklahoma
  Alva, Oklahoma
  Alva is a city in Woods County, Oklahoma, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 4,945 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Woods County....
  
  
• Frank Woodin Lathrop, Birmingham, Michigan
  Birmingham, Michigan
  Birmingham is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan and an affluent suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,103...
  
  
• John L. Loell, Escanaba, Michigan
  Escanaba, Michigan
  Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...
  
  
• Carl E. Loyster, Hudson, Michigan
  Hudson, Michigan
  Hudson is a city in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,307 at the 2010 census. The city is located within Hudson Township, but is politically independent.-Geography:...
  
  
• John M. Manthei, Marquette, Michigan
  Marquette, Michigan
  Marquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...
  
  
• William Joseph Miller, Escanaba, Michigan
  Escanaba, Michigan
  Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...
  
  
• George H. Morgan, Youngstown, Ohio
  Youngstown, Ohio
  Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
  
  
• Victor Romaine Pattengill, Lansing, Michigan
  Lansing, Michigan
  Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
  
  
• Duncan H. Pierce, Buffalo, New York
  Buffalo, New York
  Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
  
  
• Emmons B. Randall, West Bay City, Michigan
  West Bay City, Michigan
  West Bay City was a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.In 1905, West Bay City merged with Bay City, Michigan....
  
  
• Charles A. Ruby, Gladstone, Colorado
• Keith S. Simpson, Carrollton, Illinois
  Carrollton, Illinois
  Carrollton is a city in Greene County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,605 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County.-Geography:Carrollton is located at ....
  
  
• Carl H. Spaanum, Nor Springs, Iowa
• Claude St. Morris, Mexico City
  Mexico City
  Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
  
  
• Newton Gard Van Ness, Cassopolis, Michigan
  Cassopolis, Michigan
  Cassopolis is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 14,275. It is the county seat of Cass County. The village and county are named after statesman Lewis Cass, a New Hampshire native and a prominent U.S...
  
  
• James K. Watkins
  James K. Watkins
  James Keir Watkins was an American attorney and police commissioner. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1905 to 1909. He later became a leading attorney in Detroit and served as commissioner of the Detroit Police Department in the early 1930s...
  
  , Ann Arbor, MI
• John L. Wierengo, Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...
  
  
• Howard Withey, Reed City, Michigan
  Reed City, Michigan
  Reed City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,430. It is the county seat of Osceola County.It is the home town of author Timothy James Bazzett.-Geography:...
  
  
• Frederick T. Witmire, Ypsilanti, Michigan
  Ypsilanti, Michigan
  Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,362. The city is bounded to the north by the Charter Township of Superior and on the west, south, and east by the Charter Township of Ypsilanti...
  
  
• Paul Work, Elkhart, Indiana
  Elkhart, Indiana
  Elkhart is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The city is located east of South Bend, northwest of Fort Wayne, east of Chicago, and north of Indianapolis...
  
  

Awards and honors

• Captain: Fred Norcross
• All-Americans
  1905 College Football All-America Team
  The 1905 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams for the 1905 college football season...
  
  : Thomas S. Hammond
  Thomas S. Hammond
  Thomas Stevens "Tom" or "T.S." Hammond was an American business and political leader, soldier and football player and coach. He played football for Fielding H. Yost's renowned 1903, 1904 and 1905 "Point-a-Minute" football teams at the University of Michigan. In 1906, he served as the head coach...
  
   (WC-3), Henry Schulte
  Henry Schulte
  Henry Frank Schulte was an American football player and coach and also a college track and field coach...
  
   (WC-2)
• All-Conference: Thomas S. Hammond
  Thomas S. Hammond
  Thomas Stevens "Tom" or "T.S." Hammond was an American business and political leader, soldier and football player and coach. He played football for Fielding H. Yost's renowned 1903, 1904 and 1905 "Point-a-Minute" football teams at the University of Michigan. In 1906, he served as the head coach...
  
   (Chicago Tribune), Frank Longman
  Frank Longman
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  , Joe Curtis
  Joe Curtis
  Joseph S. "Big Joe" Curtis was an American football player and coach. While playing for the University of Michigan, he was selected as a first-team All-Western tackle three consecutive years from 1904–1906 and as an All-American in 1904 and 1905...
  
   (Chicago Tribune), Germany Schulz
  Germany Schulz
  Adolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the...
  
   (Chicago Tribune), Henry Schulte
  Henry Schulte
  Henry Frank Schulte was an American football player and coach and also a college track and field coach...
  
  

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
• Assistant coach: Leigh C. Turner
  Leigh C. Turner
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• Trainer: Keene Fitzpatrick
  Keene Fitzpatrick
  Keene Fitzpatrick was a track coach, athletic trainer, professor of physical training and gymnasium director for 42 years at Yale University , the University of Michigan , and Princeton University...
  
  
• Manager: Walter Cooley Becker

External links

• 1905 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
• Michigan Alumnus, 1905-1906 - includes accounts of each game
• 1906 Michiganensian - University of Michigan yearbook for the 1905-1906 academic year
• Michigan-Chicago 1905: The First Greatest Game of the Century from Journal of Sport History, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Summer, 1991)