1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason
The 1924 Michigan Wolverines football team under first-year head coach George Little had compiled a 6–2 record but had suffered an embarrassing 39–14 loss to Illinois and Red Grange. On January 22, 1925, Little announced that he had accepted an offer from the University of Wisconsin to become that school's athletic director and head football coach. At the time, Little expressed his appreciation to Michigan's athletic director Fielding H. Yost, and Yost issued a statement noting, "Michigan's loss is Wisconsin's gain. It will take long thought and careful planning to fill the gap he leaves."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason
Following Little's resignation, Yost again took over as head coach, as he had for the prior 23 seasons, and Harry Kipke, an All-American for Michigan in the early 1920s, was hired to join Michigan's coaching staff as an assistant. The Chicago Daily Tribune wrote that it was anticipated that Tad Wieman and Kipke may be given principal responsibility for developing the team under Yost's supervision.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason
Benny Friedman held a grudge against Little for refusing to start him at quarterback during the 1924 season. He later recalled: "I could not play quarterback for Coach Little, because I did not personify what he wanted. Now, under Yost, I was the quarterback, and this game meant much to me."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Preseason
The 1925 team returned a number of starters from the 1924 team, including 1925 team captain Robert J. Brown, quarterback Benny Friedman, tackle Tom Edwards, guard Harry Hawkins, and right end William Flora.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
Michigan opened the 1925 season on October 3, with a 39–0 victory over Michigan State College in Ann Arbor. A crowd of 30,000 persons set a Ferry Field record for the first game of a season. The game was the 20th meeting in the Michigan – Michigan State football rivalry. Michigan had won nine straight games, eight by shutouts, dating back to 1916.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
Michigan scored twice in the first quarter. The first touchdown came on a 65-yard run by Benny Friedman. Later in the quarter, Friedman completed a pass to Charles Grube for a 20-yard gain and then completed another pass to Bruce Gregory for a 30-yard gain and a touchdown. After a scoreless second quarter, Michigan led 13–0 at halftime.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
In the third quarter, Michigan scored three touchdowns. The first came on a pass from sophomore halfback Louis Gilbert to fellow sophomore Bennie Oosterbaan for a 40-yard gain and a touchdown. The game marked the first in a Michigan uniform for both Gilbert and Oosterbaan. On the next drive, George Babcock ran 68 yards for a touchdown after "scooping up a fumble on the dead run." Gilbert kicked the extra point, and Michigan led, 27–0. Later in the quarter, Friedman intercepted a pass and then completed a pass to Oosterbaan for a 24-yard gain and a touchdown. The New York Times noted that Oosterbaan "sparkled in his play" and that both of his touchdowns came on "clever catches and smart running." Gilbert kicked two extra points, and Frederic Fuller kicked one.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
Michigan's starting lineup was Grube (left end), Hawkins (left tackle), Lovette (left guard), Thisted (center), Edwards (right guard), George Babcock (right tackle), Flora (right end), Friedman (quarterback), Fuller (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), and Molenda (fullback). Players appearing in the game as substitutes for Michigan included Bennie Oosterbaan (left end), and Louis Gilbert (left halfback). Michigan's team captain and center Robert J. Brown did not appear in the game due to a foot injury.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Indiana
In the second week of the season, the Wolverines defeated the Indiana Hoosiers, 63–0, at Ferry Field. The game was only the fifth meeting between the two programs and the first since 1903. Michigan had won the four prior games by a combined score of 156 to 0.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Indiana
Benny Friedman threw five touchdown passes in the game, kicked eight extra points, and had a 55-yard touchdown run. In the Chicago Daily Tribune, Walter Eckersall, who served as the referee in the game, wrote that Friedman was "one of the best all around players in the conference." The Associated Press (AP) wrote that Friedman "sparkled in the smooth-working Michigan offense."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Indiana
Bruce Gregory scored three touchdowns, and Bennie Oosterbaan scored two. Friedman, Louis Gilbert, William Flora, and Sam Babcock each scored one. Friedman kicked eight extra points, and Carl Stamman kicked one. In its account of the game, AP described Michigan's performance as being "a reincarnation of her famous point-a-minute team of old."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Indiana
Michigan's starting lineup was Oosterbaan (left end), Tom Edwards (left tackle), John Lovette (left guard), Robert J. Brown (center), Harry Hawkins (right guard), James Oade (right tackle), William Flora (right end), Friedman (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), and Bo Molenda (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Michigan included Sam Babcock (left halfback) and Carl Stamman (fullback).


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
In the third week of the season, Michigan defeated Wisconsin, 21–0, at Madison, Wisconsin. In eight prior games between Wisconsin and Michigan teams coached by Yost, Michigan was undefeated. George Little was in his first year as Wisconsin's head coach after having been an assistant to Yost in 1922 and 1923 and Michigan's head coach in 1924. The game attracted a capacity crowd of 44,000 to Camp Randall Stadium.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
On the first play from scrimmage, Friedman faked a pass to Bennie Oosterbaan who was sprinting downfield and threw a pass to Bruce Gregory for a 62-yard gain and a touchdown. Following the touchdown, Wisconsin kicked off, and Friedman returned the kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown. Friedman converted both extra points, and Michigan led, 14–0, after the first three plays. The AP noted: "It took just thirty-one seconds for Michigan to win the game at Madison and show the football world that Benny Friedman is destined for top rank among the great players developed by Yost."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
In the second quarter, Tom Edwards intercepted a pass deep in Michigan territory. After the interception, Friedman completed a pass to Bennie Oosterbaan for the final score of the game. In its account of the game, the AP wrote that Michigan's line outplayed Wisconsin with "Edwards especially wrecking Wisconsin's attempts at a running game."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
Michigan's starting lineup was Oosterbaan (left end), Hawkins (left tackle), Lovette (left guard), Brown (center), Edwards (right guard), George Babcock (right tackle), Flora (right end), Friedman (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), and Molenda (fullback).


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
On October 24, Michigan won its fourth consecutive shutout with a 3–0 victory over Illinois at Champaign, Illinois. The victory came as Illinois celebrated homecoming in front of a record crowd of 67,000 at Memorial Stadium. In 1924, Illinois had defeated Michigan, 39–14, as Red Grange scored four touchdowns in the span of ten minutes. Stopping Grange was considered to be the key to beating Illinois in 1925.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
During the pre-season practice sessions, Michigan's line coach Tad Wieman dressed a player in a sweater with Grange's number (77) and sent his guards and tackles "after the mythical Grange with instructions to 'hit him hard.'" Before the game, Michigan coach Yost told reporters: "One of the greatest throngs in all football history is here. For weeks the game has been on every tongue. . . . Our players have been compared as to weight, speed, and ability. The stage is set."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
The only points of the game were scored in the second quarter on a Benny Friedman field goal from the 25-yard line. The field goal was set up by a Bennie Oosterbaan interception and a long gain on a triple pass from Friedman to George Babcock who then handed the ball to Bruce Gregory. Earl Britton of Illinois attempted two field goals, but both missed the mark. The game was played on a rainsoaked field which was credited with handicapping Grange.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
Michigan fullback Bo Molenda was also credited with stopping Grange. Grange played at quarterback for the first time in his career and was held to 56 net rushing yards on 25 carries. The AP wrote of Molenda's efforts: "Molenda was the principal reason why the Illini's aerial attack was unsuccessful. Time after time he got in the way to make the pass incomplete or to gather it in his arms."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
Molenda intercepted a pass thrown by Grange on the opening drive of the game and made a second interception of a pass thrown by Earl Britton later in the first quarter. He had two more interceptions in the fourth quarter, both on passes thrown by Daugherty. Multiple sources indicate that Molenda intercepted a total of five passes in the game.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
In an increasingly rare display of ironman football, the same 22 players who started the game for Michigan and Illinois also finished the game. The AP noted: "The fact that the same men finished the game is causing wide comment, for such a happening has not occurred in Big Ten contests for a great many years. This seems to be the age of wholesale substitutions, and to have two elevens go through an important and hard contest without rushing in new men every few minutes is to upset modern football precedent."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
Michigan's starting lineup was Oosterbaan (left end), George Babcock (left tackle), Lovette (left guard), Brown (center), Dewey (right guard), Hawkins (right tackle), Flora (right end), Friedman (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), and Molenda (fullback).


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
Michigan secured its fifth consecutive shutout with a 54–0 victory over Navy at Ferry Field on October 31. The game was the first meeting between the two traditional football powers. The 1925 Navy team came into the game undefeated, averaging almost 23 points a game, and featuring two players (Tom Hamilton and Frank Wickhorst) who were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The defeat was the worst suffered by a Navy football team up to that time.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
On Michigan's second play from scrimmage, quarterback Benny Friedman completed a pass to Bruce Gregory for a 20-yard gain, and Bo Molenda then ran 18 yards for a touchdown. Michigan scored its second touchdown when William Flora blocked a punt and recovered the ball in the end zone. According to one account, Flora broke through the line so quickly that he was able to snatch the ball as it dropped from the punter's hand to his foot. On the next scoring drive, Friedman passed to Sammy Babcock and then threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Molenda. Michigan led 21–0 at the end of the first quarter.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
In the third quarter, Friedman passed 22 yards to Oosterbaan for the fourth touchdown. On the next drive, Friedman completed two passes to Oosterbaan, with Oosterbaan running out of bounds at the Navy one-foot line after the second pass. Molenda ran for the touchdown from there. In the fourth quarter, Michigan played its second-string backfield. William Herrnstein returned a punt 50 yard and then scored on a run from the 11-yard line. James Miller intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown. And Leo Hoffman ran for a final touchdown just before the game ended. Friedman kicked five extra points in the game, and Miller added one.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
Writing in The New York Times, Richards Vidmer opened his account of the game as follows: "The greatest naval disaster of them all took place on Ferry Field today when a hungry pack of Wolverines set upon the Navy eleven from Annapolis, snarled and snapped, chewed and clawed, and finally buried the Easterners under a defeat of 54 to 0. It probably was the worst defeat the Navy ever has suffered on land or sea."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
Vidmer added that the Michigan squad played "like one big monster" and opined that the team would probably go down in history as Fielding Yost's masterpiece. Writing in the Chicago Daily Tribune, James Crusinberry also employed a naval metaphor: "Under a maze of forward pass plays, double passes, delayed passes, and criss-cross, Uncle Sam's proud gridiron dreadnaught, rocked by a great Michigan tidal wave, limped into port tonight on the leeward side of a 54 to 0 score." Crusinberry opined that Michigan had "played more new football . . . than any team ever did in one game" and declared quarterback Benny Friedman the star of the game:


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
"If any one man stood out, it was Benny Friedman, who hurled forward passes with accuracy and abandon time after time. . . . Besides that, Benny was a regular whirligig in carrying the ball. And it was Benny who was the field general. His selections of plays was something that would make any general envious."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
Two day after the game, Crusinberry wrote a column in the Chicago Daily Tribune opining that Michigan's offense was the culmination of the new, less brutish game of football:


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
"The old time player, who did his stuff by brute strength, has given way to the modern man with a head full of tricks. . . . And now we have Mr. Yost's new Michigan team, with not a Grange on it, but with one of the brainiest players of the age in Benny Friedman and a lot of smart fellows to work with him. Before Benny Friedman ends his career all the teams of the country, even the Navy, will have abandoned the old style football and will be using, or at least trying to use, smart and unexpected stuff. It gains ground, it is spectacular, and it wins."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Navy
Michigan's starting lineup was Oosterbaan (left end), George Babcock (left tackle), Lovette (left guard), Brown (center), Dewey (right guard), Hawkins (right tackle), Flora (right end), Friedman (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), and Molenda (fullback). Players appearing in the game as substitutes for Michigan were Norman Gabel (left tackle), Carl Thisted (center), Ray Baer (right guard), James Oade (right tackle), Charles Grube (right end), Bill Puckelwartz (quarterback), Frederic Fuller and Leo Hoffman (left halfback), Sam Babcock, James Miller, and William Herrnstein (right halfback), Carl Stamman and Wally Weber (fullback).


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
Michigan suffered its lone setback of the 1925 season with a 3–2 loss to Northwestern at Municipal Grant Park Stadium in Chicago. Michigan played the game without its All-American tackle Tom Edwards, who was recovering from an arm injury.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
Although the official paid attendance was recorded as 40,000, newspaper accounts reported that only 20,000 actually attended, as the game was played in a heavy rainstorm on a cold afternoon. The rain turned the field into a "sea of mud" with an inch of standing water on top of the mud. In the Chicago Daily Tribune, Walter Eckersall (who also served as the game's referee) compared the field to a "bog" and added:


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
"In my twenty-five years of football I have never seen worse conditions. Pools of water stood on parts of the field and in some places the players' feet sunk into the field five or six inches. It rained throughout the game and a strong wind from the north gave the team defending that goal a decided advantage."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
The conditions on the field were so poor that the schools' marching bands declined the usual halftime parade across the field and instead played from the cinder path around the field.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
The poor playing conditions resulted in frequent fumbles by both teams and prevented either team from converting a single first down. Only one pass was attempted in the game, an incomplete pass by Friedman. Northwestern's three points were the only ones allowed by Michigan during the 1925 season. Michigan kicked off to Northwestern to open the game. Seeking to take advantage of the weather conditions, Leland "Tiny" Lewis of Northwestern punted on the first play from scrimmage. Benny Friedman tried to scoop up the ball, but he fumbled it and Northwestern recovered on Michigan's three-yard line. Michigan's defense held on three straight runs by Northwestern. On fourth down, Lewis kicked a field goal from the 18-yard line with the ball having "barely enough power" to go over the crossbar.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
Michigan's defense played a strong game, and its line was described as "a veritable stone wall." Throughout the game, both teams played a kicking game, punting on second or third down and hoping for a break. Walter Eckersall described the pattern of the game as follows:


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
Each team would make two attempts to gain. The referee would then charge time out to himself so the centers could wipe off the ball before punting. The ball would be kicked, permitted to hit the ground, and be declared dead by the referee. This was the procedure throughout practically the entire game."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
In the third quarter, Michigan had the wind at its back and had field position in its favor. On one drive, the Wolverines pushed the Wildcats' offense back to their own one-yard line. On fourth down, Northwestern faced the prospect of punting into the wind from its own end zone and giving Michigan its best scoring opportunity. Rather than punting, Northwestern captain Tim Lowry directed Lewis to down the ball behind the goal line, giving Michigan two points on the safety.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
Under the rules in effect at the time, Northwestern received possession of the ball at their 30-yard line after taking the safety. Walter Eckersall called Lowry's decision to take the safety "a smart piece of strategy" and "the deciding factor in an otherwise featureless game." Others described Lowry's call "a brilliant bit of generalship" and "a great exhibition of football brains." (The rule allowing the team giving up a safety to retake possession was changed the following year.)


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
Coach Yost expressed his thorough disgust with the condition of the field and said he may start a movement to postpone games under similar conditions. The Chicago Daily Tribune quipped that, after losing "in one of the best swimming matches Michigan has ever entered," it was a safe bet that Yost would "never again permit a Michigan football team to play a game on Soldiers' Field."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Northwestern
Michigan's starting lineup was Oosterbaan (left end), Gabel (left tackle), Lovette (left guard), Brown (center), George Babcock (right guard), Hawkins (right tackle), Flora (right end), Friedman (quarterback), Herrnstein (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), and Molenda (fullback).


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
In the seventh game of the season, Michigan defeated Ohio State, 10–0, in front of a capacity crowd at Ferry Field. Michigan opened the game focused on the passing game with Benny Friedman throwing 10 passes in the first eight minutes of the game. In the entire game, Friedman completed seven of 26 passes for 71 passing yards. In the Chicago Daily Tribune, Irving Vaughan wrote that, with a dry field, "the Wolverines turned loose a veritable broadside of passes during the sixty minutes of combat, but it was grueling, old fashioned football that won the game."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
The only touchdown of the game followed a blocked punt in the first quarter. William Flora of Michigan blocked a punt by "Windy" Wendler. Ohio State fell on the ball at their own one-yard line, but the ball went to Michigan on downs. From the one-yard line, Friedman twice handed off to left tackle Tom Edwards for no gain or a gain of a foot. Bo Molenda was stopped on third down, but carried the ball across the goal line on fourth down. Friedman kicked the extra point to give Michigan a 7-0 lead.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
In the second quarter, Bennie Oosterbaan intercepted a pass at Ohio State's 18-yard line, but a fumble resulted in a loss of 15 yards. Friedman kicked a field goal "at a hazardous angle" from the 40-yard line.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Michigan's starting lineup was Oosterbaan (left end), Edwards (left tackle), Lovette (left guard), Brown (center), Baer (right guard), Hawkins (right tackle), Flora (right end), Friedman (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), Gregory (right halfback), and Molenda (fullback). Players appearing in the game as substitutes for Michigan were Charles Grube, George Babcock, Sam Babcock, William Herrnstein, and Carl Stamman.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Michigan concluded its 1925 season with a 35–0 victory over Minnesota for the Wolverines' seventh shutout in eight games. The game was played at Ferry Field before a sellout, homecoming crowd of 47,000 on a warm Indian summer afternoon. Minnesota came into the game with a 5–1–1 record and a highly touted offense featuring Herb Joesting that was averaging 25 points per game. More than 3,000 Minnesotans and the 100-piece Minnesota band traveled to Ann Arbor on five special trains.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
The AP wrote that Michigan won the game with "a driving line attack and a bewildering aerial game." Michigan's first touchdown drive was led by Benny Friedman's passing. He completed a pass to sophomore Bennie Oosterbaan for a 23-yard gain and followed with a pass to William Flora for an 11-yard gain. Fullback Bo Molenda then ran 24 yards for the touchdown, and Friedman kicked the extra point.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Michigan's second touchdown drive started with a 25-yard gain on a pass from Friedman to Oosterbaan. Sophomore halfback Louis Gilbert then ran 20 yards, and Molenda ran for the touchdown from the one-yard line. Friedman kicked the extra point, and Michigan led, 14–0, at halftime.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
In the third quarter, Friedman threw a touchdown pass to Oosterbaan, and Friedman kicked his third extra point. In the fourth quarter, Minnesota opened up its passing game in an attempt to overcome Michigan's 21–0 lead. Halfway through the quarter, Louis Gilbert intercepted a pass and returned it 60 yards down the right side for a touchdown. In addition to the interception return, Gilbert also returned a punt 35 yards in the second quarter, handled the punting for Michigan, and was credited by the Chicago Daily Tribune with "sensational open field running."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Michigan's final touchdown was set up by another turnover, as Carl Stamman intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards to the Minnesota nine-yard line. Friedman threw a pass to Oosterbaan for the touchdown. Benny Friedman completed seven of 16 pass attempts for 130 yards and converted all five extra point kicks to give Michigan a 35–0 victory.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
On defense, Michigan did not allow Minnesota to complete a pass and held the Gophers to four first downs, two in each half, and 45 net rushing yards. Minnesota ran an offense featuring the "Spear shift," named for the team's head coach Clarence Spears. The shift failed to gain against Michigan's line, leading the Chicago Daily Tribune to write:


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
"The famous Minnesota shift was a bloomer. The Gophers shifted and shifted and kept on shifting like a lot of hop toads and every time they shifted, the Michigan line shifted with them and knocked them flat as soon as the ball was snapped. To the Michigan team that shift was about as puzzling as a dog's bark."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Michigan's starting lineup was Oosterbaan (left end), Tom Edwards (left tackle), Ray Baer (left guard), Robert J. Brown (center), John Lovette (right guard), Harry Hawkins (right tackle), Flora (right end), Friedman (quarterback), Gilbert (left halfback), Wally Weber (right halfback), and Molenda (fullback). Players appearing in the game as substitutes for Michigan were George Babcock (left tackle), Norman Gabel (left guard), Syd Dewey (right guard), Charles Grube (right end), James Miller and Frederic Fuller (left halfback), Bruce Gregory (right halfback), and Carl Stamman (fullback).


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Controversy over Big Ten Championship
At the end of the season, Michigan and Northwestern each had one loss to conference opponents. However, Northwestern also lost two non-conference games. When it was reported that Coach Yost had given gold footballs emblematic of championship to members of his team, a riot broke out involving 1,200 Northwestern students in Evanston, Illinois. An abandoned fraternity house was set on fire, and firemen who tried to extinguish the fire were thrown aside and their fire hoses were cut. A large bonfire was also built in the middle of Fountain Square.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Controversy over Big Ten Championship
When the mayor of Evanston tried to calm the crowd, he was slugged, and the automobile of the police chief was overturned and damaged. One police officer was disarmed and "so badly mauled that two ribs were broken." Evanston police fired "tear bombs" into the crowd, and the mayor threatened to order police to "shoot and shoot to kill" if such a disorder was repeated.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Controversy over Big Ten Championship
On the day after the riot, Northwestern's head coach and team captain sent a telegram to University of Michigan president C. C. Little disavowing any claim by Northwestern to the Big Ten football championship.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Controversy over Big Ten Championship
They wrote: "In view of the remarkable showing that has been made by the 1925 football team of the University of Michigan, we believe that the University of Michigan is entitled to sole and undivided honors in the conference, and we wish you to know that Northwestern makes no claim for any share in them, but regards it as a privilege to be even for a few minutes placed in a class with the University of Michigan's team." Following the announcement, Evanston police continued to guard Northwestern's football field to prevent the burning of the wooden stands. The forces dispatched to the stands included a car mounted with a machine gun.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Individual honors
At the close of the 1925 season, football writers were divided over whether Benny Friedman or Northwestern's Tim Lowry should receive the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference. Lowry won the award with 23 points to 18 for Friedman. The "Meyer Morton Award" went to Ray Baer.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Individual honors
Friedman and Bennie Oosterbaan were both selected as consensus first-team All-Americans. Oosterbaan received the most first-team honors, including first-team selections by the United Press, Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, Athlete & Sportsman magazine, the All-America Board, and Knute Rockne. The passing combination of Friedman and Oosterbaan, which became known as "The Benny-To-Bennie Show," is considered "one of the greatest passing combinations in college football history." Both players were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for their contributions as players at Michigan.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Individual honors
Michigan team captain and center Robert J. Brown was selected as a first-team All-American by Athlete & Sportsman magazine (selections made based on the votes of 228 leading football coaches), Billy Evans, Norman E. Brown, and Sam Willaman.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Individual honors
Walter Eckersall called the 1925 Michigan team "by far the best team in the conference" and selected three Wolverines as first-team selections on his All-Big Ten team. They were Friedman, Bennie Oosterbaan, and Tom Edwards. Eckersall also selected Robert J. Brown, Harry Hawkins, and William Flora for second-team All-Big Ten honors and included Bo Molenda and John Lovette as third-team honorees. On December 20, 1925, Eckersall announced his All-American selections. He picked Oosterbaan and Edwards as first-team All-Americans.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Team honors and legacy
In national rankings for the 1925 season, Michigan was tied with Alabama for second place behind Dartmouth under the Dickinson System, a rating model developed by Frank G. Dickinson, an economics professor at the University of Illinois.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Team honors and legacy
Despite coaching six national championship teams at Michigan, Fielding H. Yost regarded the 1925 Michigan squad as the greatest team he ever coached. At the annual awards dinner in 1925, Yost told the players, "You are members of the greatest football team I ever coached; in fact you are the greatest football team I ever saw in action. I am making this statement cognizant of the wonderful record of the 1901 team and the Point-A-Minute teams that followed." Yost noted that Michigan had allowed only four first downs in the last three games of the season and added, "This is the most remarkable defensive record ever made in football."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Team honors and legacy
In 1931, Yost told Grantland Rice that he still considered the 1925 team to be better than his "Point-a-Minute" from the early 1900s:


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Team honors and legacy
"I still think the best team I ever coached was the 1925 bunch. They had everything. Those early teams had speed and power. But the game was simpler then. That 1925 bunch, which included Friedman and Oosterbaan, could run an end, buck a line, throw passes, kick, block, tackle, think, and do about everything needed on a football field to gain ground and keep other people from gaining ground. Don't forget about that 1925 team that our opponents had a hard time making first downs, much less winning the game."


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Post-season, Team honors and legacy
Even years later, at the time of his 66th birthday in 1937, Yost continued to wear a watch charm identifying the 1925 team as a championship eleven and continued to maintain that the 1925 team was his greatest eleven.


1925 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Michigan's lineup during the 1925 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics Yost's short punt formation while on offense, with the quarterback under center.


1925 Middle Tennessee State Teachers football team
The 1925 Middle Tennessee Teachers football team represented Middle Tennessee State Teachers College—now known as Middle Tennessee State University—during the 1925 college football season. Led by first-year head coach  Guy Stephenson, Middle Tennessee Teachers compiled a record of 3–4–2. The team's captain was Keathly Presgrove.


1925 Milan–San Remo
The 1925 Milan–San Remo was the 18th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 29 March 1925. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Costante Girardengo.


1925 Milwaukee Badgers season
The 1925 Milwaukee Badgers season was their fourth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous league record of 5–8, losing all their games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.


1925 Milwaukee Badgers season
The end of the Badgers’ season was centered on a team scandal with the Chicago Cardinals. The scandal involved a Chicago player, Art Folz, hiring a group of high school football players to play for the Milwaukee Badgers, against the Cardinals. This would ensure an inferior opponent for Chicago. The game was used to help prop up their win-loss percentage and as a chance of wrestling away the 1925 Championship away from the first place Pottsville Maroons.


1925 Milwaukee Badgers season
When NFL President Joseph Carr learned high school players had been used in a league game, he told reporters the 59–0 Cardinals win would be stricken from the record. However, the league had never got around to removing it and the game is still a part of the NFL records. Cardinals' owner Chris O'Brien was also fined $1,000 by Carr for allowing his team play a game against high schoolers, even though O'Brien claimed that he was unaware of the players' status. Finally Badgers' owner, Ambrose McGuirk, was ordered to sell his Milwaukee franchise within 90 days. Folz, for his role, was barred from football for life.


1925 Milwaukee Badgers season
However, by the summer of 1926, the $1,000 fine against O'Brien was rescinded, probably since the amount would have put the Cardinals out of business. McGuirk though had already sold his Badgers franchise to Johnny Bryan, a fullback with the Chicago Bears. Two of the high school football players used in scandal even earned high school all-star recognition at the end of their season. Art Folz reportedly told the high schoolers that the game was a "practice game" and would in no part affect their amateur status.


1925 Milwaukee Badgers season
The scandal did have implications for the 1925 NFL Championship, when the Pottsville Maroons had their title removed by the NFL for playing in an unsanctioned game against the Notre Dame All-Stars. To this day, Pottsville residents and supporters still demand to know why Chicago was awarded the title even though they too were found by Carr to have violated the NFL's rules.


1925 Milwaukee Badgers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972. * The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Minnesota in the 1925 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Clarence Spears, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 176 to 91.


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 193,707, which averaged out to 27,672 per game. The season high for attendance was against Notre Dame.


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
Minnesota concluded its 1925 season with a 35–0 loss to Michigan. The game was played at Ferry Field before a sellout, homecoming crowd of 47,000 on a warm Indian summer afternoon. Minnesota came into the game with a 5–1–1 record and a highly touted offense featuring Herb Joesting that was averaging 25 points per game. More than 3,000 Minnesotans and the 100-piece Minnesota band traveled to Ann Arbor on five special trains.


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
The Associated Press wrote that Michigan won the game with "a driving line attack and a bewildering aerial game." Michigan's first touchdown drive was led by Benny Friedman's passing. He completed a pass to sophomore Bennie Oosterbaan for a 23-yard gain and followed with a pass to William Flora for an 11-yard gain. Fullback Bo Molenda then ran 24 yards for the touchdown, and Friedman kicked the extra point.


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
Michigan's second touchdown drive started with a 25-yard gain on a pass from Friedman to Oosterbaan. Sophomore halfback Louis Gilbert then ran 20 yards, and Molenda ran for the touchdown from the one-yard line. Friedman kicked the extra point, and Michigan led, 14–0, at halftime.


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
In the third quarter, Friedman threw a touchdown pass to Oosterbaan, and Friedman kicked his third extra point. In the fourth quarter, Minnesota opened up its passing game in an attempt to overcome Michigan's 21–0 lead. Halfway through the quarter, Louis Gilbert intercepted a pass and returned it 60 yards down the right side for a touchdown. In addition to the interception return, Gilbert also returned a punt 35 yards in the second quarter, handled the punting for Michigan, and was credited by the Chicago Daily Tribune with "sensational open field running."


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
Michigan's final touchdown was set up by another turnover, as Carl Stamman intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards to the Minnesota nine-yard line. Friedman threw a pass to Oosterbaan for the touchdown. Benny Friedman completed seven of 16 pass attempts for 130 yards and converted all five extra point kicks to give Michigan a 35–0 victory.


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On defense, Michigan did not allow Minnesota to complete a pass and held the Gophers to four first downs, two in each half, and 45 net rushing yards. Minnesota ran an offense featuring the "Spear shift," named for the team's head coach Clarence Spears. The shift failed to gain against Michigan's line, leading the Chicago Daily Tribune to write:


1925 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
"The famous Minnesota shift was a bloomer. The Gophers shifted and shifted and kept on shifting like a lot of hop toads and every time they shifted, the Michigan line shifted with them and knocked them flat as soon as the ball was snapped. To the Michigan team that shift was about as puzzling as a dog's bark."


1925 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team
The 1925 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (later renamed Mississippi State University) as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 season. In its first season under head coach Bernie Bierman, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record (1–4 against conference opponents), tied for 16th place in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 101 to 60. The team played its home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi. With victories over Millsaps, Ole Miss, and Mississippi College, Mississippi A&M was recognized as the 1925 Mississippi state champion.


1925 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team
Four Mississippi A&M players were selected by the Daily Clarion-Ledger as first-team players on its 1925 All-Mississippi football team: Meeks at quarterback; Clark at right halfback; Stone at left end; and Jones at center.


1925 Mississippi State Teachers Yellow Jackets football team
The 1925 Mississippi State Teachers Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented the Mississippi State Teachers College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In their second year under head coach William Herschel Bobo, the team compiled an 0–6 record.


1925 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1925 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1925 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record (5–1 against Missouri Valley opponents), won the Missouri Valley championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 110 to 44. Gwinn Henry was the head coach for the third of nine seasons. The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.


1925 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1925 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana  as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1925 PCC football season. In its second year under head coach Earl Clark, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record (1–4 against PCC opponents. The team played its home games at Dornblaser Field in Missoula, Montana.


1925 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1925 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State College (later renamed Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1925 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Ott Romney, the team compiled a 6–5 record (1–4 against RMC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 291 to 84.


1925 Muhlenberg Mules football team
The 1925 Muhlenberg Mules football team was an American football team that represented Muhlenberg College as an independent during the 1925 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Haps Benfer, Muhlenberg  finished the season with a record of 6–3–1.


1925 Muncie Normal Hoosieroons football team
The 1925 Muncie Normal Hoosieroons football team was an American football team that represented Muncie State Normal School (later renamed Ball State University) during the 1925 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Billy Williams, the team compiled a 2–5 record and was outscored by a total of 132 to 58. The team played its home games at Normal Field in Muncie, Indiana.


1925 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1925 NC State Wolfpack football team was an American football team that represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 season. In its first season under head coach Gus Tebell, NC State compiled a 3–5–1 record (0–4–1 against conference opponent), finished in 19th place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 72 to 51. The team played its home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina.


1925 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The 1925 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen retroactively by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The player highlighted in gold was chosen as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year retroactively in 1944.


1925 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1925 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at Patten Gymnasium at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois as part of the second annual NCAA swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1925 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Only individual championships were officially contested during the first thirteen-NCAA sponsored swimming and diving championships. Unofficial team standings were kept but a team title was not officially awarded until 1937.


1925 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
Navy is acknowledged as this year's unofficial team champion, the first such title for the Midshipmen.


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships
The 1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships was the fourth NCAA track and field championship. The event was held at Stagg Field in Chicago, Illinois in June 1925. Stanford University won the team title, and six NCAA records were set at the two-day meet.


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Overview
The 1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships were held at Stagg Field in Chicago on June 13 and 14, 1925. In a field of more than 400 athletes from 62 colleges and universities, Stanford University won the team title with 391⁄2 points, and the University of Michigan finished second with 33-1/5 points.


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Overview
The track team from the University of Southern California won the Eastern Inter-collegiate meet, but the school did not send its team to the NCAA meet. Stanford had previously beaten the USC team in that year's Pacific Coast championship.


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Overview
One of the highlights of the 1925 NCAA meet was the performance of DeHart Hubbard, an African-American athlete from the University of Michigan. In his final collegiate meet,  Hubbard set a new world record in the broad jump with a jump of 25 feet, 107⁄8 inches. Hubbard had set the world record in the event in 1923, but Robert LeGendre had surpassed Hubbard's record at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. At the 1925 NCAA meet, Hubbard broke LeGendre's record by more than four inches. The Associated Press wrote that the crowd was thrilled by DeHart's leap, which experts predicted would "Stand for All Time":


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Overview
"Competing under the colors of the University of Michigan for the last time, Dehart Hubbard ... today achieved the ambition of his athletic career when he smashed the world's record for the running broad jump ... Hubbard achieved his record breaking leap on his very last jump as he had reached the end of his trials. ... Pulling off his sweater, the 21 year old negro flash swiftly got away to a perfect start, cleared the take-off with perfect form, and sent his body hurdling thru space kicking his legs in scissor fashion just before his feet hit the earth.


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Overview
Hubbard also won the 100-yard dash at the 1925 NCAA meet with a time of 9.8 seconds to set a new NCAA record in that event.


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Overview
In the shot put event, Hartranft of Stanford broke the NCAA and international collegiate record with a toss of 50 feet—one foot short of the world record. Hoffman of Stanford also set a new record in the discus with a throw of 148 feet, 4 inches.


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Overview
In the half-mile race, J. Charteris of Washington State set a new NCAA record with a time of 1:55.8.


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
100-yard dash  1. DeHart Hubbard - 9.8 seconds (new NCAA record)


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
2. Sweet, Montana3. Wittman, Michigan4. Foster, Virginia Military5. Roberta, Iowa


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
220-yard dash 1. Glen Gray, Butler - 21.9 seconds2. Sweet, Montana3. Alderman, Michigan Aggies4. Barber, California5. Foster, Virginia Military


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
220-yard low hurdles 1. Morgan Taylor, Grinnell - 24 seconds2. Leistner, Stanford3. Guthrie, Ohio State4. Kinsey, Illinois5. Maxwell, Pomona


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
440-yard dash 1. Hermon Phillips, Butler - 49.4 seconds2. Johnson, California3. Miller, Stanford4. Schoch, Illinois5. Coulter, Iowa


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
880-yard run 1. James Charteris, Washington - 1:55.4 (new NCAA record)2. Richardson, Stanford3. Martin Northwestern4. Frank, Oklahoma5. Boyden, California


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Track events
One-mile run 1. Jim Reese, Texas - 4:18.8 (new NCAA record)2. Carter, Occidental3. Gillette, Montana4. Conger, Ames5. Kimport, Kansas Aggies


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Broad jump 1. DeHart Hubbard, Michigan - 25 feet, 107⁄8 inches (new world record)2. Morgan Taylor, Grinnell - 24 feet, 23⁄8 inches3. Wallace, Illinois - 23 feet 83⁄4 inches4. Jones, Iowa - 23 feet, 11⁄2 inches5. Fell, Illinois - 22 feet, 41⁄2 inches


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
High jump 1. Thomas Bransford, Pittsburgh - 6 feet, 2 inches1. Justin Russell, Chicago - 6 feet, 2 inches1. Oather Hampton, California - 6 feet, 2 inches4. Tom Poor, Kansas - 6 feet4. Tom Work, Stanford - 6 feet


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Pole vault 1. Phil Northrup, Michigan - 12 feet, 4 inches1. Frank Potts, Oklahoma - 12 feet, 4 inches1. Earl McKown, Kansas State - 12 feet, 4 inches1. Royal Bouschor, Northwestern - 12 feet, 4 inches1. Kenneth Lancaster, Missouri - 12 feet, 4 inches


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Discus throw 1. Clifford Hoffman, Stanford - 148 feet, 4 inches (new NCAA record)2. Hartranft, Stanford - 143 feet, 2 inches3. Doyle, Michigan - 139 feet, 9 inches4. Richerson, Missouri - 130 feet, 7 inches5. Reinefort, Grinnell - 130 feet, 2 inches


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Javelin 1. Phil Northrup, Michigan - 201 feet, 11 inches2. Cox, Oklahoma - 197 feet3. Good, McKendree - 187 feet, 3 inches4. Eaton, Pomona - 186 feet, 10 inches5. Kreuze Washington - 182 feet, 7 inches


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Shot put 1. Glenn Hartranft, Stanford - 50 feet (new intercollegiate record)2. Gerkin, California - 47 feet, 3 inches3. Scharze, Wisconsin - 46 feet, 113⁄4 inches4. Richerson, Missouri - 45 feet, 03⁄4 inches5. Rinefort, Grinnell - 45 feet, 11⁄4 inches


1925 NCAA Track and Field Championships, Field events
Hammer throw 1. Ray Bunker, Ohio State - 150 feet, 1 1-2 inches2. Cox, Minnesota - 138 feet, 2 inches3. Herritt, Pomona - 135 feet 21⁄2 inches4. Lyons, Amherst - 131 feet, 61⁄2 inches5. Handy, Iowa - 130 feet, 4 inches


1925 NFL Championship controversy
The 1925 National Football League (NFL) Championship, claimed by the Chicago Cardinals, has long been the subject of controversy. The controversy centers on the suspension of the Pottsville Maroons by NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, which prevented them from taking the title.


1925 NFL Championship controversy
The Maroons were one of the dominant teams of the 1925 season, and after defeating the Chicago Cardinals 21–7 on December 6, came away with the best record in the league. However, Carr suspended and removed the team from the NFL after they played an unauthorized exhibition game in Philadelphia, on the grounds that they had violated the territorial rights of the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Chicago played and won two more games against weak NFL opponents, but were sanctioned because a Chicago player, Art Folz, hired four Chicago high school football players to play for the Milwaukee Badgers under assumed names to ensure a Cardinals victory.


1925 NFL Championship controversy
Pottsville supporters argue that the suspension was illegitimate because the League did not then grant exclusive territory rights and that, in any event, they had oral League approval to play the game in Philadelphia. Further, they argue that the Maroons, who were reinstated the next year, would have had the best record had they not been suspended. Others claim that Chicago was the legitimate champion based on the rules of the time. In 1963, the NFL investigated and rejected Pottsville's case, and in 2003 refused to reopen the case. Both the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame continue to list the Cardinals as the 1925 NFL champions.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Background
Under the league rules during that time, the NFL title was automatically given to the team with the best record at the end of the season instead of having the winner be determined by a playoff tournament. There was an open-ended schedule during that season; although the final listed league games ended on December 6, teams could still schedule contests against each other through December 20 to make more money.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Background
On December 6, Pottsville defeated Chicago, 21–7, to establish the best record in the league and seemed to all but officially clinch the NFL championship. Before they were awarded the championship, however, they were suspended by NFL commissioner Joseph Carr for playing a team called the "University of Notre Dame All-Stars" in Philadelphia (winning 9–7), on the grounds that the game violated the territorial franchise rights of the Frankford Yellow Jackets.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Background
The game against the Notre Dame All-Stars had been originally devised by Frankford. It was planned as non-league exhibition game between former Notre Dame stars and the top NFL team in the east; after defeating the Maroons 20–0, Frankford had believed they would indeed be the NFL's top eastern team. However, when they were later defeated by the Maroons in a second contest, they lost the right to play the game. Instead, Pottsville would host the All-Stars at Minersville Park, while Frankford scheduled another league game against the Cleveland Bulldogs.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Background
Pottsville was excited to host Notre Dame, hoping it would be a huge financial windfall for the team. However, they felt that Minersville Park, a high school field with a low capacity, was too small for such a big event. Instead, they scheduled the game in Philadelphia, in the Yellow Jackets' territory. Frankford protested to commissioner Carr, who warned the Maroons in writing that they faced suspension if they played in Philadelphia. However, the Maroons claimed that the league office orally approved the game during a telephone call.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Background
As a result of the suspension, Pottsville was prohibited from playing a scheduled game against the Providence Steam Roller or from completing its season. Ironically, Frankford was hurriedly substituted for the game at Providence. Meanwhile, Chicago scheduled and won two hastily arranged games against teams that had already disbanded for the season. This was within the NFL's rules at the time; teams were required to play eight league games, after which point they could either wrap up for the season, or schedule additional games to make more money.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Background
Hoping for some more cash, the Cardinals arranged to play the Milwaukee Badgers and the Hammond Pros, both of whom had already dispersed. Indeed, the Badgers were unable to bring back their full roster and resorted to substituting four high school players, which was in violation of NFL rules. The NFL heavily sanctioned both Chicago and Milwaukee following their game, going so far as to force the Badgers owner to sell the team. Carr said they would consider the game for removal from the standings; however, this never happened.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Aftermath
Cardinals owner Chris O'Brien was later offered - but refused to accept - the Championship title for his team. At the owners' meeting after the end of the season, he argued that his team did not deserve to take the title over a team which had beaten them fairly. It appears that his reasons for scheduling the Milwaukee and Hammond games had been not to take the title, but rather to convince the Chicago Bears to play his team again – the Bears, with Red Grange on their roster, were a very lucrative draw. The NFL said it would revisit the issue later, but never did. It was only after the Bidwill family purchased the team in 1933 that the Cardinals began claiming the championship title.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Aftermath
It is sometimes stated that Pottsville played a fairly easy schedule prior to their suspension, often facing teams that were less than full strength from playing the day before in Frankford, making Pottsville's case less sympathetic. However, the Maroons' final three games were against the Green Bay Packers, who finished the year at 8–5–1, the Yellow Jackets, who had beaten them earlier in the year and finished 13–8, and the Cardinals. Furthermore, Pottsville had beaten Chicago, proving they were definitely a premier team.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Aftermath
By 1963, the NFL appointed a special commission to examine the case, but voted 12–2 in favor of continuing to recognize the Cardinals as champions. The lone dissenters were Art Rooney and George Halas, the then-owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Bears, respectively. In 2003, the issue was brought up again during the league's October owners meeting. However, the NFL voted 30–2 not to reopen the case, with the lone supporters being the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, the league's two Pennsylvania teams.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Aftermath
Ironically, Philadelphia's franchise is the direct successor to and is the same franchise as (although, in league records, not the same team) the Frankford Yellow Jackets, the very team that filed the protest that resulted in the ruling in the first place; the Eagles replaced the Yellow Jackets after the latter went bankrupt and ceased operations.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Aftermath
One of the strongest opponents of a reversal has been the family of Charles Bidwill and his son Bill, who have controlled the Cardinals since 1933, and began to claim the 1925 title as their own.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Aftermath
Because the now-Arizona Cardinals franchise currently holds the NFL record for the longest championship drought and also the longest championship drought within the four major professional sports leagues, having won only one title since 1925 (in 1947) and only six playoff games (three of those in one postseason) in sixty years, this futility has been attributed to a sports-related curse placed on the team by Pottsville.


1925 NFL Championship controversy, Aftermath
The controversy involving territorial rights also led to the founding of the first American Football League after New York Giants owner Tim Mara objected to the leasing of Yankee Stadium and the application for an NFL franchise by C. C. Pyle. When the NFL rejected Pyle's overture, he formed a competing league to showcase the talents of Red Grange and University of Washington All-American George "Wildcat" Wilson. The rival league folded after the 1926 season, and Mara relented, allowing Pyle to operate his team in the NFL and in Yankee Stadium.


1925 NFL season
The 1925 NFL season was the sixth regular season of the National Football League. Five new teams entered the league: New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Pottsville Maroons, Providence Steam Roller, and a new Canton Bulldogs team. The Kenosha Maroons folded, with the Racine Legion and Minneapolis Marines mothballing.


1925 NFL season, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the NFL during the 1925 season.


1925 NFL season, 1925 NFL Championship controversy
Controversy surrounds who actually won the 1925 NFL Championship. Officially, the Chicago Cardinals are listed as the 1925 NFL champions because they finished with the best record; however, many Pottsville fans at the time claimed that the Maroons were the legitimate champions. The Maroons and the Cardinals were the top contenders for the title, with Pottsville winning a late-season meeting between them, 21–7. But the Maroons scheduled a game against a team of University of Notre Dame All-Stars in Philadelphia (and winning 9–7) on the same day that the Frankford Yellow Jackets were scheduled to play a game in the same city. Frankford protested, saying that it was violating their protected territory rights.


1925 NFL season, 1925 NFL Championship controversy
Although NFL president Joe Carr warned the Maroons in writing that they faced suspension if they played in Philadelphia, the Maroons claimed that Carr had previously approved the game during a telephone call, and played anyway. In response, Carr fined the club, suspended it from all league rights and privileges (including the right to play for the NFL championship), and returned its franchise to the league.


1925 NFL season, 1925 NFL Championship controversy
In 2003, the NFL decided to again examine the case regarding the 1925 championship. In October of that year, the NFL voted 30–2 not to reopen the case, with only Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the league's two Pennsylvania-based teams, voting in favor. Thus, the Cardinals are still listed as the 1925 NFL champions.


1925 NFL season, 1925 NFL Championship controversy
Had the current (post-1972) system of counting ties as half a win and half a loss been in place in 1925, the Maroons would have won the championship with a win percentage of .833, while the Cardinals would have finished runner-up at .821.


1925 NFL season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972. * The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.


1925 NFL season, All star team
NFL league president Joseph Carr chose an all-star team for 1925, including players from Red Grange's tour.


1925 NSWRFL season
The 1925 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the eighteenth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Nine teams from across the city contested during the season, with South Sydney being crowned premiers by finishing on top of the League.


1925 NSWRFL season, Season summary
For this season the St George Dragons found a permanent homeground at Earl Park, Arncliffe. The NSWRFL introduced reserve footballs, so that a game could continue even if the ball had been booted out of the stadium.


1925 NSWRFL season, Season summary
South Sydney won all their twelve matches during the season, and remain the only club to achieve this in the history of the competition and just one of five to go through a season undefeated. The Rabbitohs made a clean sweep of all three grades.


1925 NSWRFL season, Season summary
It was the first of seven premierships South Sydney would win in eight years through to 1932. There were no finals played. By Round 13 South Sydney was in such a dominant position (10 points ahead with five rounds to play) that the NSWRFL curtailed the competition and proceeded to the City Cup knockout tournament, which Souths also won.


1925 NYU Violets football team
The 1925 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record.


1925 NYU Violets football team
Fullback Frank Briante starred on offense, scored 60 points, and was selected at the end of the season to be captain of the 1926 team. He later played two years in the National Football League.


1925 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1925 Navy Midshipmen football team was an American football team that represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jack Owsley, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 134 to 81.


1925 Navy Midshipmen football team
The annual Army–Navy Game was played on November 28 at the Polo Grounds in New York City;  Army won 10–3.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nebraska in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ernest Bearg, the team compiled a 4–2–2 record (2–2–1 against conference opponents), finished fifth in the MVC, and outscored opponents by a total of 69 to 29. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
Bearg was hired as Nebraska's head coach in January 1925. He had been the first assistant coach to Robert Zuppke at the University of Illinois and was unanimously endorsed by Nebraska's Athletic Board of Control.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Andreson, Roy EBrown, John QBCasey LDailey, Frank FBDover, Willard EDuTeau GGillan EHecht FBHutchinson, Harold CKriemelmeyer, Walter GLawson, Vinton ELee, Evard ELeight ELocke, Roland HBMandery, Avard HBMandery, Roy TMcIntyre EMielenz, Frank HB


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Molzen, Cecil GOehlrich, Arnold HBPospisil, Frank GPresnell, Glenn HBRaish, Clarence LGRandels, Ray TRhodes, John HBRock TScholz, Walter RGShaner, George ESprague, Leon EStephens, Robert QBStiner, Lonnie TWeir, Ed TWeir, Joe EWickman HBWostoupel, Joseph C


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Illinois
Coach Bearg's inaugural game was a smashing success, as Nebraska once again opened the season with an up-front challenge against powerhouse Illinois, twice the victor in the last two meetings of these teams. Cornhusker tackle Ed Weir was more than a match for Fighting Illini QB Red Grange, shutting him and the Illinois squad down like no one ever had before, and keeping Grange from scoring a rushing touchdown for the first of just two times in his college career. Nebraska ended the short two-game winning streak held by Illinois and improved in the series to 5-2.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Nebraska traveled to meet reigning conference champion Missouri, upbeat and confident following the strong showing against Illinois. The Tigers, however, were not going to be brushed aside. Miscues and a back-breaking fumble late in the game cost the Cornhuskers, and sealed Missouri's victory. Nebraska's consolation after the fact was that they still held a commanding 14-4-1 lead in the series.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Washington
Nebraska hosted the Washington Huskies in the first meeting of these teams, and the hard fought game resulted in few points for either side. Although Washington held the early lead, Nebraska was able to stop their push and finally matched their points in the fourth quarter before the final whistle. Washington began the long journey home as both teams looked to next season's game, to be held in Seattle, to settle affairs.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Kansas traveled to Nebraska hoping to chip away at the big series lead held by the Cornhuskers, and were initially successful in shutting down Nebraska as both teams were held off the scoreboard throughout the first half. The Cornhuskers were finally able to break down the Jayhawks and put up a touchdown in the third quarter, and eventually scoring again to seal the game and hand Kansas a shutout and another disappointing outcome. Nebraska's lead in the series was extended to 21-9-2.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
When the Sooners came to Lincoln, last year's surprise defeat to Oklahoma was on the minds of the Nebraska squad, as it had been the first time in all six games between these teams that Nebraska was sent away as the loser. The Cornhuskers came out in dominating fashion, stopping Oklahoma's attempts to advance at every turn and notching their second straight shutout win in the process. This was the 200th all-time win for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, and advanced their record over the Sooners to 5-1-1.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Drake
After an eight-year break, the series with Drake was resumed when the Cornhuskers traveled to Des Moines to play in the new Drake Stadium for its dedication event. The Bulldogs were no longer to be overlooked as a pushover team, as they had finished second or third place in the previous three years in conference play. Heavy snow moved in, creating difficult conditions for both teams. Although Nebraska gained more yards and obtained more first downs, it was Drake who took advantage of multiple Cornhusker fumbles and twice found the end zone. Nebraska's two-game shutout win streak was snapped when they were themselves shut out, for their second loss in the seven contests between the teams.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Kansas State and Nebraska fought an evenly matched game, with neither squad able to find the end zone as the line was moved back and forth on the sloppy, wet field. Finally, as each team's defense figured the other out, the game ended with a series of back and forth punts in the fourth quarter when neither team could even get first downs, and the final whistle sounded with no points scored on the day. The Aggies won a small victory for their efforts, however, as this was the first time in all ten games they had played with Nebraska that they had not lost, though they had a long way to go to catch up with Nebraska's 9-0-1 series lead.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Notre Dame was a force to be reckoned with for sure, coming to Lincoln with a 6-1-1 season record (five of the wins by shutout), and in position to claim the western title. However, the Four Horsemen had graduated, and even considering their success on the season so far, the Fighting Irish team of 1925 was not its former self. Memorial Stadium was designed to host 38,000 fans, but 45,000 were in the stadium for this game.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Nebraska struck first and decisively, jumping right out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter before the shocked Irish were able to adjust and stop further scoring attempts in the half. Nebraska's brutal plan for an onslaught of running attacks proved effective, as Notre Dame's roster was exhausted of fresh players able to keep up. In the third quarter, the Cornhuskers managed to score again on a field goal, and the crowd was sent again into loud celebrations.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
No one scored again, and the Irish were sent home with a bitter shutout defeat made all the worse for the harsh anti-Catholic treatment many of the Nebraska locals rained down on the team and their fans. Knute Rockne himself wrote harshly-worded responses to many of the area papers in response to the indignities suffered by the Irish off the field. As a result of those events, and also in part due to reductions in the income gained by Notre Dame on their trips to Lincoln, the Athletic Board at Notre Dame chose to end the series.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Rockne himself felt that this was an overreaction and argued to continue the series, but the decision stood and the 1926 game was canceled, and communications between the schools regarding future games was terminated. Rockne made several unsuccessful attempts in the following years to revive the series, but it would be 22 years before the teams would meet again, leaving the record fittingly tied for now at 5-5-1.


1925 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Coach Bearg finished his first season no worse than his predecessor's last season, but had won impressive victories against Notre Dame and Illinois in the process, and also shepherded the Cornhuskers through the program's 200th win. His first year record was 4-2-2 (.625), causing a slight drop in the program's overall record, to 201-69-19 (.728), while the conference record to date slipped to 40-6-5 (.833).


1925 Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes football team
The 1925 Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented Nebraska Wesleyan University as a member of the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Clarence L. Dow, the team compiled a 6–0–2 record (3–0–1 against NCC opponents), shut out seven of eight opponents, did not allow its goal line to be crossed, and outscored all opponents by a total of 76 to 3. The team played its home games at Johnson Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1925 Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes football team
Fullback Oscar Wiberg was the team captain. Wiberg and tackle Huyck were selected as first-team players on the 1925 All-North Central Conference football team.


1925 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1925 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada in the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Buck Shaw, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record (3–1 against conference opponents), shut out four opponents, and finished second in the inaugural season of play in the Far Western Conference.


1925 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
Bill Gutteron played quarterback for the Wolf Pack from 1923 to 1925. He later played quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Buccaneers.


1925 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1924 season 3–4–1. Head coach Charles F. Erb resigned and was replaced by Buck Shaw.


1925 New Brunswick general election
The 1925 New Brunswick general election was held on 10 August 1925, to elect 48 members to the 36th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Although political parties had no standing in law, thirty-seven MLAs declared themselves to be Conservatives, and eleven declared themselves to be Liberals resulting in the defeat of the government of Peter Veniot.


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1925 New Hampshire football team
The 1925 New Hampshire football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1925 college football season. In its 10th season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell, the team compiled a 4–1–2 record (2–0–1 against conference opponents), won the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 91 to 59. The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.


1925 New Hampshire football team, Schedule
New Hampshire's 14 points against Brown broke a string of seven consecutive shutouts by the Bears; the Wildcats had last scored on Brown in their first-ever game, in 1905.


1925 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1925 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1925. Democratic nominee A. Harry Moore defeated Republican nominee Arthur Whitney with 51.87% of the vote.


1925 New Jersey gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Campaign
McCran had the support of Senator Walter Evans Edge and much of the state party establishment. Whitney was supported by the prohibitionist Anti- Saloon League.


1925 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1925 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) during the 1925 college football season. In their third year under head coach R. R. Brown, the Aggies compiled a 5–3–1 record and shut out four opponents. The team played its home games on Miller Field, sometimes also referred to as College Field.


1925 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1925 New Mexico Lobos football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Roy W. Johnson, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record. Hearst Coen was the team captain.


1925 New South Wales state election
The 1925 New South Wales state election was held on 30 May 1925. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 27th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in multiple-member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. The 26th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 April 1925 by the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, on the advice of the Premier Sir George Fuller.


1925 New South Wales state election
It was a close win for the Labor Party Leader, Jack Lang, which had a majority of just one seat in the Assembly, defeating Fuller's Nationalist/Progressive Coalition.


1925 New South Wales state election, Results
New South Wales state election, 30 May 1925 Legislative Assembly << 1922–1927 >>


1925 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1925 were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by members of the British Empire. They were published on 30 December 1924.


1925 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1925 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1925 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George V on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1924 and the beginning of 1925, and were announced on 1 January 1925.


1925 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1925 New York City mayoral election
The 1925 New York City mayoral election took place on November 3, 1925, resulting in a victory for Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Walker.


1925 New York City mayoral election, Overview
The main contenders in the race were the Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Walker (1881-1946), a city assemblyman and State Senator, and the Republican candidate Frank D. Waterman (1869-1938) of the Waterman Pen Company. Walker's reputation as a flamboyant man-about-town made him a hero to many working-class voters; he was often seen at legitimate theaters and illegitimate speakeasies. Walker backed many social and cultural issues that were considered politically important at the time, such as opposition to Prohibition, social welfare legislation, legalization of boxing, repeal of blue laws against Sunday baseball games, and condemning the Ku Klux Klan. Waterman was a vocal critic of the Tammany machine's mismanagement of municipal affairs with the expansion of the subway system as a main issue. Waterman, however, was repeatedly accused of hostility to labor, discriminatory hiring practices, and anti-Semitism.


1925 New York City mayoral election, Overview
Walker, the Democratic party leader in the New York State Senate received the support from John McCooey, the leader in Brooklyn, and Walker from Ed Flynn of the Bronx, went on to defeat New York Mayor John Hylan in the Democratic primary.


1925 New York City mayoral election, Results
Walker defeated Waterman after receiving 748,687 votes to Waterman's 346,546 votes.


1925 New York Giants (MLB) season
The 1925 New York Giants season was the franchise's 43rd season. The team finished in second place in the National League with an 86-66 record, 8½ games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.


1925 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1925 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1925 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1925 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1925 New York Giants (MLB) season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1925 New York Giants season
The 1925 New York Giants season was the franchise's inaugural season in the National Football League. The team finished with a record of 8–4 against league opponents.


1925 New York Giants season, Game Summaries
NFL contests only; summaries for games against non-league teams are unavailable.


1925 New York Giants season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972. * The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the Chicago Cardinals being named the NFL champions.


1925 New York Yankees season
The 1925 New York Yankees season was the team's 23rd season in New York and its 25th overall. The team finished with a record of 69–85, in 7th place, 30 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Miller Huggins. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.


1925 New York Yankees season
This season was marred by Babe Ruth's mysterious illness that kept him out a good portion of the season. It was the club's lowest finish, in both percentage and place in the standings, since their 7th-place finish in 1913. It was also the first time they had finished below .500 since 1918. The Yankees would regroup and it would be 40 years before they would finish below .500 again.


1925 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1925 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1925 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1925 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1925 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1925 New York-Pennsylvania League season
The 1925 New York–Pennsylvania League season was the league's third season of play. The York White Roses and the Williamsport Grays tied during the regular season and were declared co-champions. An unofficial playoff resulted in York defeating Williamsport 4-2. The New York–Pennsylvania League played at the Class B level during this season.


1925 New Zealand general election
The New Zealand general election of 1925 was held 4 November (the Māori vote had taken place the previous day) to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 22nd session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 678,877 (90.02%) voters turned out to vote. In one seat (Bay of Plenty) there was only one candidate.


1925 New Zealand general election
In 1922, registration as an elector was made compulsory for all those eligible (except Māori).


1925 New Zealand general election, Results
Gordon Coates continued as Prime Minister, with his Reform Party winning an outright majority of 30. Leonard Isitt and George Witty were both appointed to the Legislative Council by Gordon Coates on 28 October 1925; shortly before the election on 4 November. Both were Liberals but their retirement removed "a source of some bitterness from the Party's ranks". Gordon Coates was Reform, and both of their former seats went to Reform candidates.


1925 New Zealand general election, Results
After the election both Labour and Liberals held 11 seats. A tie at 4,900 votes each in Lyttelton (between the Labour and Reform candidates) was eventually settled in Labour's favour on 13 March 1926. After winning the 15 April 1926 by-election in Eden, Labour became the official opposition.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1925 New Zealand rugby league season was the 18th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand toured Australia. They lost their first two matches, to New South Wales and Universities, in close games before defeating Newcastle. New Zealand then defeated New South Wales in back-to-back matches. They defeated Lismore to finish the first leg of the tour before heading to Queensland. They lost to Queensland 43–19 in the first match before going down to Ipswich 22–21. They lost the second match against Queensland 29-20 before losing to the Toowoomba Clydesdales 16–14. New Zealand finished the tour with another victory over New South Wales. On their return New Zealand defeated Auckland 41–17 in front of 18,000 fans at Carlaw Park. They were captained by Bert Laing.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand then hosted a return tour by Queensland. Queensland played 11 matches losing only one and with a match against Auckland drawn. Queensland played two games against the New Zealand side, losing one 24-25 and winning the other convincingly 35–14. The Maroons also had big wins over West Coast and Otago. Queensland defeated Canterbury 57–15 at Monica Park. The curtain raiser saw Bill Devine lead South Canterbury to a 15–11 win over Canterbury B. Canterbury Combined then lost 10–58 to Queensland in Timaru. Queensland also defeated Auckland Province 54–14. Auckland Province included George Raynor, B Johnston, George Gardiner, A Jackson, Frank Delgrosso, Brian Riley, Bill Peckham, Jim O'Brien, Alf Townsend, Ernie Herring, Joe Menzies, Arthur Singe and Bert Avery. Replacements; Bill Te Whata and Len Mason.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season after they defeated South Auckland 24–16 in Auckland. They then defeated South Auckland 36–19 in the Waikato.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland included Charles Gregory, Ivan Littlewood, Frank Delgrosso, Lou Brown, Jack Kirwan, Maurice Wetherill, Stan Webb, Jim O'Brien, Neville St George, Jim O'Brien, Ernie Herring, Arthur Singe, captain Bert Avery, Ben Davidson, Clarrie Polson and George Gardiner.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-island competition
The first inter-island match was held between the North Island and South Island. Bert Avery played for the North Island while Charles Fitzgerald played for the South Island.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Canterbury defeated Auckland 6–5 at Monica Park on 12 September. This was the last time Canterbury defeated Auckland for 37 years. The same Auckland side defeated the West Coast 22–15 in Greymouth. Canterbury also defeated the West Coast 48–3 in a record win.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Canterbury included; Ted Fitzgerald, Jim Parkes, Tony Green, Frank Henry and captain Lou Petersen.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
City won the Auckland Rugby League's competition. Ponsonby won the Roope Rooster while Ellerslie won the Norton Cup.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Bill Stormont fell ill in June and died, aged just 26. His family donated the William Stormont Memorial Shield to the Auckland Rugby League. Ponsonby defeated City 35–3 to become the first holder of the Stormont Shield.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Jim O'Brien played for Marist while Jim O'Brien played for Devonport.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Marist won the Canterbury Rugby League's McKeon Cup. Addington won the Thacker Shield.


1925 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Joseph Ward opened the Canterbury Rugby League's new Monica Park on 18 April. The League had paid 6,000 pounds for the land.


1925 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
The 1925 New Zealand tour rugby to New South Wales was the 12th tour by the New Zealand national team to Australia.


1925 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
During the First World War the activity of Rugby Union was suspended. In Australia, the sport was initially reprised only in New South Wales (many players switched to Rugby league especially in Queensland), so official test matches between the two national sides were not resumed until 1929.


1925 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
The three most important matches were played against the New South Wales Waratahs, and New Zealand won the 3 match series 3–0. In 1986 the Australian Rugby Union accorded Test status to the New South Wales matches played against international teams in the 1920–1928 period, but the matches against the All Blacks are not recorded as Tests by the New Zealand Rugby Union.


1925 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales, Tour matches
Complete list of matches played by the All Blacks in New South Wales:


1925 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1925 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1925 season. North Carolina compiled a 7–1–1 record (4–0–1 against conference opponents, finished third in the conference, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 123 to 20. The team played its home games at Emerson Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


1925 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Bill Fetzer was the team's head coach, and his brother Bob Fetzer was the school's athletic director. In January 1926, Bill Fetzer resigned as head coach to pursue more lucrative opportunities in the real estate business.


1925 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team
The 1925 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ion Cortright, the team compiled a 5–0–2 record (4–0–2 against NCC opponents) and tied for the NCC championship.


1925 North Dakota Flickertails football team
The 1925 North Dakota Flickertails football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented University of North Dakota in North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1925 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Paul J. Davis, the team compiled a 4–4 record (2–2 against NCC opponents), tied for fourth place in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 77.


1925 North Dakota Flickertails football team
North Dakota end Geston was selected as a first-team player on the 1925 All-North Central Conference football team.


1925 North Tajima earthquake
The 1925 North Tajima earthquake (Japanese: 北但馬地震) occurred on May 23, 1925 at Toyooka, Hyōgo in Japan.


1925 North Tajima earthquake, Overview
According to the Japanese government's official report, there were 428 human fatalities, 1,016 people injured, 7,863 buildings destroyed, and 45,659 houses damaged by collapse or fire. This quake caused extensive damage to the town of Toyooka and the Maruyama River area.


1925 North Tajima earthquake, Overview
Just before the shaking could be felt, a sound like a cannon was reportedly heard intermittently from the direction of the estuary near the Maruyama River. During the earthquake, the ground in the town of Tokyooka experienced strong seismic vibrations for 16 seconds.


1925 North Tajima earthquake, Overview
As most of the buildings of the time were wooden, many of them were destroyed at once during the initial earthquake. In the fire that broke out subsequently, half of Toyooka was burned down, with many deaths resulting (a reported 8% of the town's population.) 272 deaths were confirmed to have occurred in the Kinosaki area.


1925 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team
The 1925 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College as an independent during the 1925 college football season. They were led by third-year head coach William Muir and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The Teachers finished the season with a 6–1 record. Junior Hahn was the team's captain.


1925 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team
While Northern Illinois State had been a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference prior to the 1925 season, it withdrew from the conference prior to its first game against another member, the October 10 game against North-Western College. Despite its withdrawal, North-Western attempted to protest the result of the game to conference officials, claiming that Northern Illinois State had used ineligible players.


1925 Northern Ireland general election
The 1925 Northern Ireland general election was held on 3 April 1925. It was the second election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It saw significant losses for the Ulster Unionist Party, although they maintained their large majority. This was the last election for the Stormont parliament conducted using the Proportional Representation system. It was abolished by the Ulster Unionist government during this parliament and replaced with the first-past-the-post system used in Great Britain.


1925 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1925 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1925 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, the Wildcats compiled a 5–3 record (3–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference.


1925 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1925 Norwegian Football Cup was the 24th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. Brann won their second title, having beaten Sarpsborg in the final. Odd were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Ørn in the quarterfinal.


1925 Norwegian Football Cup, First round
Aalesund, Brann, Drafn, Frigg, Hamar, Kvik (Fredrikshald), Lillestrøm, Lyn, Odd, Ready, Sarpsborg, Trygg, Urædd and Ørn received a bye to the second round.


1925 Norwegian Football Cup, Second round
Brann, Djerv, Lyn (Gjøvik), Mjøndalen, Moss, Odd, Trygg and Ørn received a bye to the third round.


1925 Norwegian local elections, Result of municipal elections
Results of the 1925 municipal elections. Results can only be given separately by rural areas and cities.


1925 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1925 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Knute Rockne, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 200 to 64.


1925 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
Three Notre Dame players were recognized on Billy Evans' "National Honor Roll": tackle Stonewall McMannon; guard John "Clipper" Smith; and halfback Christie Flanagan. In addition, fullback Rex Enright received third-team honors on Walter Eckersall's 1925 All-America team.


1925 Nova Scotia general election
The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the 38th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Conservative party.


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1925 Oberlin Yeomen football team
The 1925 Oberlin Yeomen football team was an American football team that represented Oberlin College in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Paul N. MacEachron, the team compiled a 7–0–1 record (5–0–1 against OAC opponents), finished in second place in the OAC, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 92 to 19.


1925 Oberlin Yeomen football team
In the season's first game, Oberlin dedicated its new athletic stadium. At that time, the first four sections were opened with seating for 3,000 persons.


1925 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team
The 1925 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team was an American football team that represented Oglethorpe University in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1925 college football season. In its second season under head coach Harry J. Robertson, the team compiled an 8–3 record (8–1 against SIAA opponents), won the SIAA championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 119 to 92.


1925 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 1925 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1925 college football season. In their second season under head coach Don Peden, the Bobcats compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 95 to 40. Coach Peden was 26 years old during the 1925 season and remained as Ohio's head football coach through the 1946 season.


1925 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1925 Ohio State Buckeyes football team was an American football team that represented Ohio State University in the 1925 Big Ten Conference football season. In its 13th season under head coach John Wilce, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 55 to 45, but lost for the fourth straight season to Michigan.