1925 Green Bay Packers season
NFL team season
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The 1925 Green Bay Packers season was their seventh season overall and their fifth season in the National Football League. The team finished with an 8–5 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them a ninth-place finish. The season marked the first year the Packers played at City Stadium.
| 1925 Green Bay Packers season | |
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| Owner | Green Bay Football Corporation |
| Head coach | Curly Lambeau |
| Home stadium | City Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 9–5 Overall 8–5 NFL |
| League place | 9th NFL |
Background
Work began on a new football stadium in July 1925, located in Green Bay at Joannes Park, just north of old Hagemeister Park, where the Packers played through 1924. Construction of the facility, featuring grandstands on both sides of the field and bleachers in the end zones, was completed in just eight weeks — just in time for a September 13 tune up game against the professional team from Iron Mountain, Michigan, located in that state's Upper Peninsula.[1]
The new "City Stadium" was touted as having roomy seating and wide aisles for fan convenience, with "every seat in the park" said to offer "a splendid view of the gridiron."[1] About half the city of Iron Mountain made the trek to Green Bay for the game, one reporter noted with only slight exaggeration, and the visitors received a hearty round of applause for their serpentine dance on the field at halftime.[2] The debut contest proved to be a mismatch, however, with the Michiganders thoroughly drubbed by a score of 48 to 6, with the "Big Bay Blues" making effective use of the forward pass to move the ball up the field.[2]
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | September 13 | Iron Mountain | W 48–6 | — | City Stadium | 4,000 | — | [2] | |
| 1 | September 20 | Hammond Pros | W 14–0 | 1–0 | City Stadium | 3,000 | Recap | [3] | |
| 2 | September 27 | Chicago Bears | W 14–10 | 2–0 | City Stadium | 5,389 | Recap | ||
| 3 | October 4 | at Rock Island Independents | L 0–3 | 2–1 | Douglas Park | 3,500 [4] | Recap | [5][6][7] | |
| 4 | October 11 | Milwaukee Badgers | W 31–0 | 3–1 | City Stadium | 2,300 | Recap | ||
| 5 | October 18 | Rock Island Independents | W 20–0 | 4–1 | City Stadium | 5,000 [8] | Recap | [9][10][11] | |
| 6 | October 25 | Rochester Jeffersons | W 33–13 | 5–1 | City Stadium | 2,700 | Recap | ||
| 7 | November 1 | at Milwaukee Badgers | W 6–0 | 6–1 | Athletic Park | 2,300 | Recap | ||
| 8 | November 8 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 6–9 | 6–2 | Comiskey Park | 3,000 | Recap | ||
| 9 | November 15 | Dayton Triangles | W 7–0 | 7–2 | City Stadium | 3,000 | Recap | ||
| 10 | November 22 | at Chicago Bears | L 0–21 | 7–3 | Wrigley Field | 6,898 | Recap | ||
| 11 | November 26 | at Pottsville Maroons | L 0–31 | 7–4 | Minersville Park | 3,500 | Recap | ||
| 12 | November 28 | at Frankford Yellow Jackets | L 7–13 | 7–5 | Frankford Stadium | 10,000 | Recap | [12] | |
| 13 | December 6 | at Providence Steam Roller | W 13–10 | 8–5 | Cycledrome | 7,000 | Recap | ||
| Note: Game in italics is against non-NFL team. Thanksgiving Day: November 26. | |||||||||
Standings
| NFL standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Chicago Cardinals * | 11 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 229 | 65 | W2 | ||
| Pottsville Maroons * | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 270 | 45 | W5 | ||
| Detroit Panthers | 8 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 129 | 39 | W1 | ||
| Akron Pros | 4 | 2 | 2 | .667 | 65 | 51 | L2 | ||
| New York Giants | 8 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 122 | 67 | W1 | ||
| Frankford Yellow Jackets | 13 | 7 | 0 | .650 | 190 | 169 | W2 | ||
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 5 | 3 | .643 | 158 | 96 | W3 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 5 | 3 | 3 | .625 | 99 | 58 | L1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 151 | 110 | W1 | ||
| Providence Steam Roller | 6 | 5 | 1 | .545 | 111 | 101 | L1 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 50 | 73 | L1 | ||
| Cleveland Bulldogs | 5 | 8 | 1 | .385 | 75 | 135 | L1 | ||
| Kansas City Cowboys | 2 | 5 | 1 | .286 | 65 | 97 | W1 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | 23 | 87 | L3 | ||
| Buffalo Bisons | 1 | 6 | 2 | .143 | 33 | 113 | L4 | ||
| Duluth Kelleys | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 25 | L3 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 0 | 6 | 1 | .000 | 26 | 111 | L5 | ||
| Milwaukee Badgers | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 7 | 191 | L6 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 0 | 7 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 84 | L7 | ||
| Columbus Tigers | 0 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 124 | L9 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
* The Pottsville Maroons were suspended from the league in December,
and the Chicago Cardinals named the NFL champions.