The 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the

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games played by the member schools of the

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as part of the

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. The season began on September 30. One publication claims "The first scouting done in the South was in 1905, when Dan McGugin and Captain Innis Brown, of Vanderbilt went to

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to see Sewanee play

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Season overview

Results and team statistics

Key PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

Regular season

SIAA teams in bold.

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

All-Southern team

The composite All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in

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's ''A History of Southern Football 1890-1928'' included:

References

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