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1925 NYU Violets football team

1925 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
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 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.

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Niagara
W 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. Fordham
L 6–26> 15,000[11]
November 7at Columbia
T 6–613,000[12]
November 14Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–3[13]
November 21at Rutgers
L 6–710,000[14]

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

  1. ^ "New York University Appoints Meehan as Varsity Grid Coach: Former Syracuse Mentor Will Receive Double the Salary His Alma Mater Paid Him". The Binghamton Press. January 8, 1925. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "N.Y.U. Grid Coach Sounds Call for Practice Sept. 1". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 13, 1925. p. A3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Name of Meehan Lure to Gridders: Youngsters Eager to Come Under His Mentorship at New York U." The Brooklyn Daily Times. August 31, 1925 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Briante Elected N.Y.U. Captain for 1926". New York Daily News. November 24, 1925. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Frank Briante". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  6. ^ Grant Powers (September 27, 1925). "N.Y.U. and Niagara Play Catch and Violets Outcatch Foes, 14-0". New York Daily News. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Powerful Punch Produces 23-0 Win for N.Y.U." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1925. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N.Y.U. Grid Eleven Beats Union, 12 to 3". New York Daily News. October 11, 1925. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N.Y.U. Trounces City Collegians By 41-0 Count". New York Daily News. October 18, 1925. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "N.Y.U. Air Attack Dazzles Foe and Violet Wins, 33-0". New York Daily News. October 25, 1925. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Fordham Beats N.Y.U. In Flashy Style, 26-6". New York Daily News. November 1, 1925. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Jack Farrell (November 8, 1925). "New York U. Holds Columbia To a 6-6 Tie". New York Daily News. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "N.Y.U. Trims Trinity in Easy Style, 27 to 3". New York Daily News. November 15, 1925. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Rutgers Gains 7-6 Triumph In Tilt With N.Y.U." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 22, 1925. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "N.Y.U. Football Squad Rounding Into Condition". Times Union. August 6, 1925. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "New York University Football Squad Will Train at Ft. Slocum: Twenty-Nine Men Will Be Quartered In Army Barracks At New Rochelle Beginning Sept. 1st Meehan Announces". The Daily Item. August 22, 1925. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Jack Farrell (September 30, 1925). "Meehan Putting Pep In N.Y.U. Grid Spirit With His System". New York Daily News. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.


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