1925 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1925 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jesse Hawley, the team compiled an 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 340 to 29.[1] The team was retroactively designated as the 1925 national champion by the Dickinson System and Parke H. Davis.[2]

1925 Dartmouth Indians football
National champion (Dickinson, Davis)
Conference	Independent
1925 record	8–0
Head coach	Jesse Hawley (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Uniform

1925 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth			–					8	–	0	–	0
Fordham			–					9	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					7	–	0	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
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
St. John's			–					3	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					3	–	5	–	1
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

Dartmouth's 1925 season was part of a 22-game unbeaten streak that began in November 1923 and continued until October 1926.[3]

Andy Oberlander passed for 14 touchdowns and ran for 12. Dartmouth defeated Harvard, 32–9, its best victory to date over the Crimson.[4] In a 62–13 victory over Cornell, Oberlander had 477 yards in total offense, including six touchdown passes,[5] a Dartmouth record which still stands. He was responsible for some 500 yards of total offense.[6] Cornell coach Gil Dobie responded "We won the game 13–0, passing is not football."[7] The season closed with a 33–7 victory over defending Big Ten champion Chicago. Oberlander threw three touchdowns.[8]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Norwich	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 59–0		[9]
October 3	Hobart	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 34–0		[10]
October 10	Vermont	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 50–0		[11]
October 17	Maine	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 56–0		[12]
October 24	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 32–9	53,000	[13]
October 31	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 14–0		[14]
November 7	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 62–13	15,000	[15]
November 14	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 33–7	34,000	[16]

Roster

Line

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Josh Davis	center
Carl Diehl	guard
Charles Hardy	tackle
Nathan Parker	tackle		Pennsylvania	Bellevue H S
Herbert Rubin	guard
George Tully	end		Orange, New Jersey	East Orange HS	5'10	180

Backfield

Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
Newman Horton	halfback
Myles Lane	halfback		Melrose, Massachusetts	Melrose HS	6'1"	185
Bob MacPhail	quarterback
Andy Oberlander	halfback		Everett, Massachusetts	Everett HS	6'0"	197

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References

1. "1925 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
3. "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
4. "Football Games 1920s". dartmouth.edu.
5. "Dartmouth Shoots Down Cornell, 62-13, with Aerials". Chicago Tribune. November 8, 1925.
6. Bernie McCarty. "Oberlander's 500-yard game" (PDF). p. 17.
7. "Evolution of the Game: The Introduction of the Forward Pass" (PDF). National Football Foundation's Football Letter. 3 (56): 30. October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
8. "How Swede it was: 1924 football". thedartmouth.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
9. "Dartmouth Swamps Norwich in Opener". The Hartford Courant. September 27, 1925. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Dartmouth Trims Hobart". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 1925. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Dartmouth 50, Vermont 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 11, 1925. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Dartmouth Beats Maine Eleven, 56-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1925. p. 4S – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Harvard Crushed by Dartmouth Green's Third Straight Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 25, 1925. pp. 25, 33 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Brown Stubborn In Dartmouth Battle". The Hartford Courant. November 1, 1925. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Oberlander Star as Dartmouth Swamps Cornell". The Atlanta Constitution. November 8, 1925. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
16. Harvey Woodruff (November 15, 1925). "Maroons Buried By Green Avalanche". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
17. Bill Ritt (December 26, 1931). "Great Grid Teams of the Past". The San Bernardino County Sun. p. 14. Retrieved October 27, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.