1925 Dartmouth Indians football team

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1925 Dartmouth Indians football
National champion (Dickinson, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1925 record8–0
Head coach
  • Jesse Hawley (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Uniform
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Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Eastern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth   –   8 – 0 – 0
Fordham   –   9 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   7 – 0 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
Lafayette   –   7 – 1 – 1
Springfield   –   6 – 1 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 2 – 0
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   5 – 2 – 1
Bucknell   –   7 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   6 – 3 – 1
Muhlenberg   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 1
St. John's   –   3 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   3 – 5 – 1
Vermont   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 7 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   1 – 6 – 1
Tufts   –   1 – 6 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 7 – 0

The 1925 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jesse Hawley, the team compiled an 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 340 to 29.[1] The team was retroactively designated as the 1925 national champion by the Dickinson System and Parke H. Davis.[2]

Dartmouth's 1925 season was part of a 22-game unbeaten streak that began in November 1923 and continued until October 1926.[3]

Andy Oberlander passed for 14 touchdowns and ran for 12. Dartmouth defeated Harvard, 32–9, its best victory to date over the Crimson.[4] In a 62–13 victory over Cornell, Oberlander had 477 yards in total offense, including six touchdown passes,[5] a Dartmouth record which still stands. He was responsible for some 500 yards of total offense.[6] Cornell coach Gil Dobie responded "We won the game 13–0, passing is not football."[7] The season closed with a 33–7 victory over defending Big Ten champion Chicago. Oberlander threw three touchdowns.[8]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Norwich
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 59–0[9]
October 3Hobart
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 34–0[10]
October 10Vermont
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 50–0[11]
October 17Maine
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 56–0[12]
October 24at Harvard
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 32–953,000[13]
October 31at Brown
  • Brown Stadium
  • Providence, RI
W 14–0[14]
November 7Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 62–1315,000[15]
November 14at Chicago
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 33–734,000[16]

Roster[]

Line[]

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Josh Davis center
Carl Diehl guard
Charles Hardy tackle
Nathan Parker tackle Pennsylvania Bellevue H S
Herbert Rubin guard
George Tully end Orange, New Jersey East Orange HS 5'10 180

Backfield[]

Player Position Games
started 		Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Newman Horton halfback Peekskill, New York
Myles Lane halfback Melrose, Massachusetts Melrose HS 6'1" 185
Bob MacPhail quarterback
Andy Oberlander halfback Everett, Massachusetts Everett HS 6'0" 197


References[]

  1. ^ "1925 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Football Games 1920s". dartmouth.edu.
  5. ^ "Dartmouth Shoots Down Cornell, 62-13, with Aerials". Chicago Tribune. November 8, 1925.
  6. ^ Bernie McCarty. "Oberlander's 500-yard game" (PDF). p. 17.
  7. ^ "Evolution of the Game: The Introduction of the Forward Pass" (PDF). National Football Foundation's Football Letter. 3 (56): 30. October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  8. ^ "How Swede it was: 1924 football". thedartmouth.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "Dartmouth Swamps Norwich in Opener". The Hartford Courant. September 27, 1925. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Dartmouth Trims Hobart". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 1925. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Dartmouth 50, Vermont 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 11, 1925. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Dartmouth Beats Maine Eleven, 56-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1925. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Harvard Crushed by Dartmouth Green's Third Straight Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1925. pp. 25, 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Brown Stubborn In Dartmouth Battle". The Hartford Courant. November 1, 1925. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Oberlander Star as Dartmouth Swamps Cornell". The Atlanta Constitution. November 8, 1925. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Harvey Woodruff (November 15, 1925). "Maroons Buried By Green Avalanche". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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