The 1905 Wabash Little Giants football team represented

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as an independent during the 1905 college football season. Led by second-year head coach

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, the Little Giants compiled a record of 6–5. The team managed one of its most impressive upsets when it defeated Notre Dame, 5–0, on October 21, at

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. It proved to be the Fighting Irish's only home-field loss in 125 games between 1899 and 1928.Sideline Chatter
(PDF), ''College Football Historical Society Newsletter'', vol. 20, no. 1, p. 1, November 2006. Notre Dame had originally considered the game a "practice game" and expected to win easily when the game was scheduled the previous year, but began to take the team more seriously as the 1905 season developed.

Schedule

Roster

*Shank, Right end *Knudsen, Right tackle *Hess, Right guard *Brown, Center *Sprow, Center *Sutherland, Left guard *Williams, Left tackle *Frurip, Left end *Miller, Quarterback *Myers, Right halfback *Harp, Left back *Spaulding, Left halfback and team captain

References

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