| Year: | 1905 |
| Team: | Tennessee Volunteers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | SIAA |
| Record: | 3–5–1 |
| Conf Record: | 0–4–1 |
| Head Coach: | James DePree |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Roscoe Word |
| Stadium: | Baldwin Park |
The 1905 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 1905 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. James DePree, a University of Michigan grad, served the first of his two seasons as head coach at Tennessee. This was the Volunteers' first season without a win in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association play since 1897.