1905 Maryland Aggies football team

1905 Maryland Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–7
Head coach
Home stadiumMaryland Agricultural College Field
1905 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tusculum     1 0 0
Stetson     4 0 1
VPI     9 1 0
Navy     10 1 1
Grant     6 1 0
Kentucky University     7 0 3
Oklahoma     7 2 0
Washington and Lee     7 2 0
Texas A&M     7 2 0
Marshall     6 2 0
North Carolina A&M     4 1 1
West Virginia     6 3 0
Kentucky State College     6 3 1
South Carolina     4 2 1
Maryland     6 4 0
Central State Normal     4 3 1
North Carolina     4 3 1
Virginia     5 4 0
Catholic University     0 0 1
TCU     4 4 0
Delaware     3 4 1
The Citadel     2 3 1
Richmond     3 5 2
George Washington     3 4 2
Davidson     3 4 0
Howard (AL)     1 2 1
VMI     2 5 1
Oklahoma A&M     1 4 2
Arkansas     2 6 0
Kendall     1 3 0
Georgetown     2 7 0
Goldey College     1 4 0
Baylor     1 6 0
Louisiana Industrial     0 1 0

The 1905 Maryland Aggies football team represented Maryland Agricultural College (later part of the University of Maryland) in the 1905 college football season. In their first season under head coach Fred K. Nielsen, the Aggies compiled a 6–4 record and were outscored by all opponents, 131 to 66.[1][2] Coach Nielsen had a full-time job with the State Department while coaching football.[3] Curley Byrd, who went on to be Maryland's head coach from 1911 to 1934 and its university president from 1936 to 1954, played on the 1905 team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7Baltimore Polytechnic InstituteCollege Park, MDW 20–0[4]
October 14GallaudetCollege Park, MDW 16–0[5]
October 21Western MarylandCollege Park, MDL 0–10[6]
October 25at NavyL 0–17[7]
October 28Mount St. Joseph's (MD)College Park, MDW 28–0[8]
November 4at William & MaryWilliamsburg, VAW 17–0[9]
November 11St. John's (MD)College Park, MDW 27–5[10]
November 18at Washington CollegeChestertown, MDL 0–17[11]
November 25University of Maryland, BaltimoreCollege Park, MDW 23–5[12]
November 30at Delaware
L 0–12[13]

References

  1. ^ "Maryland Yearly Results (1905-1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  2. ^ "Maryland Terrapins Record Book" (PDF). University of Maryland. 2016. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. ^ David Ungrady, Tales from the Maryland Terrapins, 2003, p. 14, Sports Publishing LLC, ISBN 1-58261-688-4.
  4. ^ "Aggies 20, Polys 0". The Baltimore Sun. October 8, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Mutes defeated by M.A.C." The Washington Post. October 15, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Western Md. 10, Aggies 0". The Baltimore Sun. October 22, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Navy eleven wins". The Hartford Courant. October 26, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Reserves gave out, stopped game". The Baltimore Sun. October 29, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Maryland 17, Wm. and Mary 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 5, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Defeat for St. John's". The Washington Post. November 12, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Washington 17, Md. A.C. 0". The Baltimore Sun. November 19, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Aggies 23, U. of M. 5". The Baltimore Sun. November 26, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Old Delaware triumphs". Wilmington Daily Commercial. December 1, 1905. Retrieved January 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.