1925 Drake Bulldogs football team

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]

1925 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
1925 record5–3 (5–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
1925 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
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

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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Washington University
W 5–04,500[4]
October 10Kansas State
W 19–07,000[2][3]
October 17at Oklahoma
L 0–7[5]
October 24at GrinnellGrinnell, IAW 7–6[6]
October 31at Kansas
W 7–0[7]
November 7Nebraska
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 14–0[8]
November 21Iowa State
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
L 6–7[9]
November 26at SMU*
L 6–21[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "1925 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  2. "Open Stadium at Drake With Crowd of 7,000". The Des Moines Register. October 11, 1925 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 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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