The 1905 Columbia Blue and White football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

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. In its fourth season under head coach Bill Morley, the team compiled a 4–3–2 record and was outscored by a total of . The team's three losses were to undefeated national champion

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, undefeated Penn, and

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. John R. Fisher was the team captain. Columbia's sports teams were commonly called the "Blue and White" in this era, but had no official nickname. The name "Lions" would not be adopted until 1910. The team played its home games at the

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, a baseball park in the Washington Heights neighborhood of

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, and also the home field of the

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