1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1905 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1905 record	3–5–1 (0–4–1 SIAA)
Head coach	James DePree
Captain	Roscoe Word
Home stadium	15th and Cumberland Field

1905 SIAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Vanderbilt $	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
LSU	2	–	0	–	0			3	–	0	–	0
Davidson	1	–	0	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Texas	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Clemson	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	2	–	1
Sewanee	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Alabama	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Cumberland	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Auburn	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Mississippi A&M	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Texas A&M	0	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Tulane	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	1	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Nashville	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	2	–	0
Georgia	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1905 college football season. James DePree, a University of Michigan grad, served the first of his two seasons as head coach at Tennessee. This was the Volunteers' first season without a win in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association play since 1897.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 30, 1905	Tennessee School for the Deaf*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 16–6
October 7, 1905	American Temperance*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 104–0
October 14, 1905	at Clemson	Clemson, SC	T 5–5
October 21, 1905	Vanderbilt	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)	L 0–45
October 28, 1905	at Sewanee	Sewanee, TN	L 6–11
November 4, 1905	at Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	L 0–45
November 18, 1905	Centre*	15th and Cumberland Field • Knoxville, TN	W 31–5
November 30, 1905	vs. Alabama	Birmingham Fairgrounds • Birmingham, AL	L 0–29
December 3, 1905	at Chattanooga*	Chattanooga, TN	L 0–5
*Non-conference game. All times are in Eastern.