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1925 Dartmouth Indians football team

1925 Dartmouth Indians football
National champion (Dickinson, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
CaptainNathan Parker
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Dartmouth   –   8 – 0 – 0
Fordham   –   9 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Colgate   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. 10 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 11 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
Buffalo   –   3 – 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
Rankings from Dickinson System

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 designated as 1925 national champions by the Dickinson System and were awarded the Rissman Trophy after its creation the next year.[2] They were also retroactively named champions by Parke H. Davis in the 1934 edition of Spalding's Foot Ball Guide.[3]

Dartmouth's 1925 season was part of a 22-game unbeaten streak that began in November 1923 and continued until October 1926.[4]

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

Schedule

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

Roster

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The primary players at each position were:[18]

Line

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Player Pos. Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age Class
Josh Davis C Exeter (NH) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1927
Carl Diehl LG Chicago, IL Parker (IL) 6 ft 0+1⁄4 in (1.835 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 21 1926
Charles Hardy LT Exeter (NH) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1927
Nathan Parker RT Allegheny Township, PA Bellevue (PA) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 17 1926
Henry Sage RE Easton, PA 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 162 lb (73 kg) 21 1927
Arthur Smith RG Minneapolis, MN West (MN) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1926
George Tully LE Orange, NJ East Orange (NJ) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 21 1926

Source:[19]

Backfield

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Player Pos. Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age Class
Newman Horton FB Peekskill, NY Drum Hill (NY) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1927
Myles Lane LHB Melrose, MA Melrose (MA) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 22 1928
Bob MacPhail QB Somerville, MA Exeter (NH) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1928
Andy Oberlander RHB Everett, MA Everett (MA) 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.816 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 20 1926

Source:[19]

References

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  1. ^ "1925 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dickison Football Rating System: Dartmouth Declared National Champion". The Pantagraph. January 8, 1926. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "Football Games 1920s". dartmouth.edu.
  6. ^ "Dartmouth Shoots Down Cornell, 62-13, with Aerials". Chicago Tribune. November 8, 1925.
  7. ^ Bernie McCarty. "Oberlander's 500-yard game" (PDF). p. 17.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "How Swede it was: 1924 football". thedartmouth.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "Dartmouth Swamps Norwich in Opener". The Hartford Courant. September 27, 1925. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Dartmouth Trims Hobart". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 1925. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Dartmouth 50, Vermont 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 11, 1925. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Dartmouth Beats Maine Eleven, 56-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1925. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Harvard Crushed by Dartmouth Green's Third Straight Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1925. pp. 25, 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Brown Stubborn In Dartmouth Battle". The Hartford Courant. November 1, 1925. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Oberlander Star as Dartmouth Swamps Cornell". The Atlanta Constitution. November 8, 1925. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Harvey Woodruff (November 15, 1925). "Maroons Buried By Green Avalanche". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ The Aegis. Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College. 1926. p. 317. Retrieved May 18, 2022 – via Wayback Machine.
  19. ^ a b The Aegis. Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College. 1926. pp. 329–337. Retrieved May 18, 2022 – via Wayback Machine.