1925 DePaul Blue Demons football team
American college football season
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The 1925 DePaul Blue Demons football team was an American football team that represented DePaul University as a member of the Western Interstate Conference (WIC) during the 1925 college football season. The team compiled a 4â2â1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 89 to 42.[1]
ConferenceWestern Interstate Conference
Record4â2â1 (2â1â1 WIC)
Headcoach
- Eddie Anderson (1st season)
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![](#/media/File:DePaul_vs._"Columbia_(IA)"_(Loras_College)_1925.png) DePaul's victory over Columbia (IA) on October 24, 1925. | |
WIC champion | |
| Conference | Western Interstate Conference |
| Record | 4â2â1 (2â1â1 WIC) |
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lombard | 1 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia (IA) | 3 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Viator | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luther | 1 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Crosse Normal | 0 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 4 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In July 1925, DePaul hired Eddie Anderson as its head football, basketball, and track coach. He had played at the end position for Knute Rockne at Notre Dame and served as head football coach at Columbia (IA) from 1922 to 1924. Rockne called him "one of the smartest players I have ever coached."[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 3 | Elmhurst* | W 43â0 | ||||
| 6th Army Corps* | W 7â0 | |||||
| October 24 | Columbia (IA) | Chicago, IL | W 12â0 | |||
| October 31 | at St. Norbert* | De Pere, WI | L 7â10 | [3] | ||
| November 7 | at Valparaiso | Valparaiso, IN | W 7â6 | |||
| November 21 | at La Crosse Normal | La Crosse, WI | T 13â13 | |||
| November 26 | St. Viator |
| L 0â13 | [4] | ||
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