1904–05 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team

The 1904–05 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 1904–05 college men's basketball season. The head coach was John A. R. Scott, coaching his second season with the Orangemen.

1904–05 Syracuse Orangemen men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	14–7
Head coach	John A. R. Scott (2nd season)
Captain	Art Powell
Seasons ← 1903–04 1905–06 →

1904–05 collegiate men's basketball independents standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Arizona		–			–			1	–	0		1.000
Augustana (Ill.)		–			–			9	–	0		1.000
Denver		–			–			1	–	0		1.000
Muskingum		–			–			8	–	0		1.000
New Mexico		–			–			1	–	0		1.000
Wabash		–			–			8	–	0		1.000
Washington University		–			–			1	–	0		1.000
Wyoming		–			–			1	–	0		1.000
Williams		–			–			20	–	2		.909
Bucknell		–			–			8	–	1		.889
Dayton		–			–			6	–	1		.857
Ohio State		–			–			12	–	2		.857
Allegheny		–			–			10	–	2		.833
Lewis		–			–			20	–	5		.800
Grove City		–			–			15	–	4		.789
North Dakota		–			–			7	–	2		.778
Wheaton (Ill.)		–			–			10	–	3		.769
Brigham Young		–			–			9	–	3		.750
Butler		–			–			6	–	2		.750
Fordham		–			–			18	–	6		.750
Penn State		–			–			6	–	2		.750
Montana State		–			–			5	–	2		.714
Harvard		–			–			11	–	5		.688
Nebraska		–			–			11	–	5		.688
Brown		–			–			13	–	6		.684
Cincinnati		–			–			6	–	3		.667
Dartmouth		–			–			20	–	10		.667
North Dakota Agricultural		–			–			6	–	3		.667
Syracuse		–			–			14	–	7		.667
Denison		–			–			9	–	5		.643
Canisius		–			–			7	–	4		.636
Oberlin		–			–			7	–	4		.636
Michigan State		–			–			5	–	3		.625
Oregon Agricultural		–			–			5	–	3		.625
Southwestern (Kan.)		–			–			5	–	3		.625
Colorado		–			–			3	–	2		.600
Holy Cross		–			–			6	–	4		.600
Washington State		–			–			3	–	2		.600
Colgate		–			–			10	–	7		.588
Akron		–			–			8	–	6		.571
Bradley		–			–			5	–	4		.556
Westminster (Pa.)		–			–			6	–	5		.545
Bloomsburg		–			–			3	–	3		.500
Colorado Architectural		–			–			2	–	2		.500
Connecticut		–			–			3	–	3		.500
Illinois State		–			–			4	–	4		.500
Indiana State		–			–			5	–	5		.500
Manhattan		–			–			3	–	3		.500
Wisconsin–Stevens Point		–			–			3	–	3		.500
Kansas		–			–			5	–	6		.455
Lehigh		–			–			4	–	5		.444
Maine		–			–			7	–	9		.438
Army		–			–			3	–	4		.429
Mount Union		–			–			6	–	8		.429
West Virginia		–			–			6	–	9		.400
Temple		–			–			3	–	5		.375
Baker		–			–			5	–	10		.333
Gettysburg		–			–			3	–	6		.333
Wooster		–			–			3	–	8		.273
Kentucky		–			–			1	–	4		.200
Lake Forest		–			–			0	–	5		.000
New Mexico A&M		–			–			0	–	1		.000
Washington		–			–			0	–	2		.000
Wesleyan (Conn.)		–			–			0	–	12		.000

Roster

• Clarence Houseknecht
• Edmund Dollard
• George Redlein
• George Kirchgrasser
• Art Powell
• Max Rheil
• John Stark
• Charles Kinne
• Arthur Brady
• E. C. Parry

1904-1905 team featured from left to right are (front row) Clarence Houseknecht and George Redlein; (middle row) George Kirchgrasser and Max Rheil; (back row) Edmund Dollard, manager Earl Rice, and captain Art Powell.^[1]

Source:^[2]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/5/1904*	Jenners Prep	W 74–10	1–0	Syracuse, NY
12/14/1904	at Dartmouth	W 35–9	2–0	Syracuse, NY
12/9/1904	at Schenectady Company E	L 12–13	2–1
12/13/1904	Rochester	W 40–12	3–1	Syracuse, NY
12/17/1904	Cornell	W 56–17	4–1	Syracuse, NY
1/7/1905	Yale	W 20–16	5–1	Syracuse, NY
1/13/1905	at Potsdam Normal	W 40–27	6–1
1/14/1905*	at St. Lawrence	W 28–10	7–1	Canton, NY
2/3/1905	at Cornell	W 22–9	8–1	Ithaca, NY
2/6/1905	at Hamilton	L 16–18	8–2	Clinton, NY
2/7/1905	at Colgate	L 18–34	8–3	Hamilton, NY
2/9/1905	Princeton	L 21–24	8–4	Syracuse, NY
2/11/1905	Colgate	W 36–31	9–4	Syracuse, NY
2/16/1905	at Williams	L 12–14	9–5	Williamstown, MA
2/17/1905	at Amherst	W 38–13	10–5	Amherst, MA
2/18/1905	at Trinity	W 40–26	11–5	San Antonio, TX
2/21/1905	at Brown	L 20–24	11–6	Providence, RI
2/27/1905	Hamilton	W 60–9	12–6	Syracuse, NY
3/4/1905	Allegheny	W 22–14	13–6	Syracuse, NY
3/9/1905	at Allegheny	L 11–14	13–7	Meadville, PA
3/10/1905	at Hiram	W 31–19	14–7	Hiram, OH
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[3]