1925 NYU Violets football team

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The 1925 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University (NYU) 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.

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Headcoach
HomestadiumOhio Field
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1925 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
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1926 â†’
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1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Dartmouth â€“ 8–0–0
Fordham â€“ 9–1–0
No. 4 Colgate â€“ 7–0–2
No. 10 Pittsburgh â€“ 8–1–0
Syracuse â€“ 8–1–1
No. 11 Lafayette â€“ 7–1–1
Springfield â€“ 6–1–1
Princeton â€“ 5–1–1
Holy Cross â€“ 8–2–0
Penn â€“ 7–2–0
Army â€“ 7–2–0
Boston College â€“ 6–2–0
Cornell â€“ 6–2–0
NYU â€“ 6–2–1
Villanova â€“ 6–2–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–2–1
Carnegie Tech â€“ 5–2–1
Yale â€“ 5–2–1
Bucknell â€“ 7–3–1
Columbia â€“ 6–3–1
Muhlenberg â€“ 6–3–1
Temple â€“ 5–2–2
Harvard â€“ 4–3–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 5–4–0
Brown â€“ 5–4–1
Penn State â€“ 4–4–1
Buffalo â€“ 3–4–1
St. John's â€“ 3–4–0
Lehigh â€“ 3–5–1
Vermont â€“ 3–6–0
CCNY â€“ 2–5–0
Providence â€“ 2–7–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–7–0
Boston University â€“ 1–5–0
Manhattan â€“ 1–6–1
Tufts â€“ 1–6–0
Drexel â€“ 1–7–0
Rankings from Dickinson System
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Meehan was hired as NYU's head coach in January 1925. He had been the head coach at Syracuse the prior five seasons.[1] In early August, Meehan personally wrote to 50 men in various parts of the country asking them to join him for football training at Fort Slocum on the western end of Long Island.[2] Meehan's reputation proved to be a magnet in attracting football talent to NYU.[3]

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.[4] He later played two years in the National Football League.[5]

The team played its home games at Ohio Field and one neutral-field game at Yankee Stadium.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26NiagaraW 14–010,000[6]
October 3Connecticut
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 23–08,000[7]
October 10Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 12–3[8]
October 17CCNY
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 41–010,000[9]
October 24Middlebury
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 33–0> 8,000[10]
October 31vs. FordhamL 6–26> 15,000[11]
November 7at ColumbiaT 6–613,000[12]
November 14Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–3[13]
November 21at Rutgers
L 6–710,000[14]
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Personnel

Players

  • Herbert Blum, back
  • Frank Briante, fullback
  • Jack Connor
  • James Fay
  • Steve Holden, back and punter
  • J. Francis Kelly, end
  • Klein
  • Robert Lincoln
  • John O'Neil, captain and quarterback
  • Charlie Rosell
  • Ephraim Sehres, back
  • Dave Skudin, guard
  • Ralph White, guard

[15][16][17]

Coaches

  • Chick Meehan, head coach
  • Joe Schwarzer, assistant coach
  • Bill McCarthy, assistant coach
  • Al Nixon, graduate manager
  • Emil Von Elling, trainer
  • Lou Brown, varsity rubber

[2]

References

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