1925 Drake Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1925 Drake Bulldogs football

Conference| Missouri Valley Conference
Record| 5–3 (5–2 MVC)
Head coach|

* Ossie Solem (5th season)

Home stadium| Drake Stadium

Seasons

<- 1924

1926 ->

1925 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 Missouri $  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Drake | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Kansas State | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Iowa State | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Nebraska | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 2
Oklahoma | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Grinnell | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
Kansas | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Washington University | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Oklahoma A&M | 0  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1925 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 5–3 record, placed second in the MVC, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored its opponents by a total of 64 to 41.[1]

On October 10, 1925, the team played its home opener at the newly-constructed Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. The stadium opened with seating for 18,000 spectators and was built at a cost of approximately $230,000.[2] Drake shut out Kansas State (19–0) and Nebraska (14–0) in the first two games played at the new stadium.[3]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 3| at Washington University|

* Francis Field
* St. Louis, MO

| W 5–0| 4,500| [4]
October 10| Kansas State|

* Drake Stadium
* Des Moines, IA

| W 19–0| 7,000| [2][3]
October 17| at Oklahoma|

* Memorial Stadium
* Norman, OK

| L 0–7| | [5]
October 24| at Grinnell| Grinnell, IA| W 7–6| | [6]
October 31| at Kansas|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lawrence, KS

| W 7–0| | [7]
November 7| Nebraska|

* Drake Stadium
* Des Moines, IA

| W 14–0| | [8]
November 21| Iowa State|

* Drake Stadium
* Des Moines, IA

| L 6–7| | [9]
November 26| at SMU*|

* Fair Park Stadium
* Dallas, TX

| L 6–21| | [10]

* *Non-conference game

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1925 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
2. ^ a b "Open Stadium at Drake With Crowd of 7,000". The Des Moines Register. October 11, 1925 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ a b Harlan Miller (October 11, 1925). "Drake Drubs Kansas Aggies: Bulldogs Win First Battle in New Bowl". The Des Moines Register. p. Sports 1, 2.
4. ^ J. Walter Goldstein (October 4, 1925). "Washington Loses To Drake Eleven, 6-0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. pp. 1S, 2S - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Sooners Tame Drake, 7-0, To Open Stadium". The Daily Oklahoman. October 18, 1925. p. 5 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Sec Taylor (October 25, 1925). "Drake Noses Out Grinnell, 7-6: Spears Makes Touchdown on Cook's Heave". The Sioux City Sunday Journal. p. Sports 1, 7 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Drake Beats Kansas 7-0". The Des Moines Register. November 1, 1925. p. Sports 1.
8. ^ Elmer Appel (November 8, 1925). "Drake Humbles Nebraska 14-0: Sutherland, Spears Tally For Bulldogs". The Des Moines Register. p. Sports 1–2 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Bert McGrane (November 22, 1925). "Cyclones Down Bulldogs, 7-6: Ames Defeats Drake Eleven in Hard Game". The Des Moines Register. pp. Sports 1, 5 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "S.M.U. Beats Off Drake Invasion Of S.W. 21 to 8". The Waco News-Tribune. November 27, 1925. p. 11 - via Newspapers.com.

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Drake Bulldogs football

Venues|

* Haskins Field/Drake Stadium (1904–1924)
* Drake Stadium (1925–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Butler
* Dayton
* Northern Iowa

Culture & lore|

* Drake University Marching Band
* Johnny Bright incident

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