1925 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season

1925 Cornell Big Red football

Conference| Independent
Record| 6–2
Head coach|

* Gil Dobie (6th season)

Offensive scheme| Single-wing
Base defense| 6–3–2
Captain| Frank Kearney
Home stadium| Schoellkopf Field

Seasons

← 1924

1926 →

1925 Eastern college football independents records

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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 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1925 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 258 to 83.[1] The team played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 26|  Susquehanna|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 80–0| | [2]
October 3|  Niagara|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 26–0| | [3]
October 10|  Williams|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 48–0| | [4]
October 17|  Rutgers|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 41–0| | [5]
October 31| at Columbia|

* Polo Grounds
* New York, NY (rivalry)

| W 17–14| | [6]
November 7| at Dartmouth|

* Memorial Field
* Hanover, NH (rivalry)

| L 13–62| 15,000| [7]
November 14|  Canisius|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 33–0| | [8]
November 26| at Penn|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| L 0–7| 71,000| [9]

## Roster

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Official team photo of the 1925 Big Red football team.

## References

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1. ^ "1925 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. ^ "Dobie Uses Pair of Teams To Pile Up Score of 80 to 0". Buffalo Courier. September 27, 1925. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Cornell Runs Over Niagara Team, 26 to 0". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 4, 1925. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Big Red Team Shows Flash of Old Form". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 11, 1925. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Cornell Defeats Rutgers To Avenge 1924 Defeat". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 18, 1925. p. 45 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Cornell Overcomes Odds To Beat Columbia Team". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 1, 1925. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Oberlander Star as Dartmouth Swamps Cornell". The Atlanta Constitution. November 8, 1925. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Cornell Sets Canisius Back By 33-0 Count". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 15, 1925. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Penn Rings Down Curtain on Football With Triumph Over Cornell Before 71,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 27, 1925. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.

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