1905 Maryland Aggies football team

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.

1905 Maryland Aggies football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–4
Head coach	Fred K. Nielsen (1st season)
Home stadium	Maryland Agricultural College Field
Seasons ← 1904 1906 →

1905 Southern college football independents records

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	Baltimore Poly Institute	College Park, MD	W 20–0
October 14	Gallaudet	College Park, MD	W 16–0
October 21	Western Maryland	College Park, MD	L 0–10
October 25	at Navy	Annapolis, MD	L 0–17
October 28	Mount Saint Joseph's College	College Park, MD	W 28–0
November 4	at William & Mary	Williambsburg, VA	W 17–0
November 11	Saint John's (MD)	College Park, MD	W 27–5
November 18	at Washington (MD)	Chestertown, MD	L 0–17
November 25	Maryland University	College Park, MD	W 23–5
November 30	at Delaware	Newark, DE	L 0–12

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.