1925 Bradley Indians football team

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1925 Bradley Indians football
IIAC co-champion
Conference Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record9–0 (5–0 IIAC)
Head coach
Captain"Doc" Ranes
Home stadiumTech field
Seasons
 1924
1926  
1925 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Bradley + 5 0 09 0 0
Monmouth (IL) + 6 0 17 0 2
Millikin 5 0 16 1 1
McKendree 5 1 05 3 1
Lake Forest 2 1 05 2 0
Knox (IL) 2 1 02 6 0
St. Viator 3 2 05 3 1
Carthage 3 2 14 4 1
Augustana (IL) 4 3 14 3 1
Western Illinois 4 3 14 3 1
Eureka 5 4 05 4 0
Hedding 1 1 02 2 1
Shurtleff 3 4 14 5 1
Eastern Illinois 1 2 04 3 1
Lincoln (IL) 2 4 12 5 1
Illinois College 2 4 32 5 3
Mount Morris 1 2 02 5 0
Wheaton (IL) 1 5 01 7 0
Illinois State Normal 1 6 01 6 0
Illinois Wesleyan 0 5 11 6 1
Southern Illinois 0 2 00 5 1
Blackburn 0 2 00 3 0
North-Western College 0 6 00 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1925 Bradley Indians football team was an American football team that represented Bradley Polytechnic Institute (now known as Bradley University) during the 1925 college football season as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). In Alfred J. Robertson's sixth season as head coach, the team compiled a perfect record of 9–0 and shared the conference title with the Monmouth Fighting Scots. Bradley outscored its opponents 217 to 30 on the season. [1]

Key players included right halfback Eddie "Red" Bland of Taylorville, Indiana. [2] Halfback "Doc" Ranes was the team captain. Three Bradley players were selected as first-team players on the 1925 All-IIAC football team: Carlson at left end; Eugene McNaught at right guard; and Al DeCremer at left halfback. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at DePauw * Greencastle, IN W 10–3 [4]
October 3 Western State Normal (MI) *
W 6–2 [5]
October 17Chicago Y*W 55–7 [6]
October 23 Illinois College
  • Tech field
  • Peoria, IL
W 30–0 [7]
October 31 Augustana (IL) Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Tech field
  • Peoria, IL
W 24–6 [8]
November 6 St. Viator
  • Tech field
  • Peoria, IL
W 20–12 [9]
November 14at Illinois Wesleyan Bloomington, IL W 19–0 [10]
November 21 Eureka
  • Tech field
  • Peoria, IL
W 46–0 [11]
November 26 Lombard *
  • Tech field
  • Peoria, IL
W 7–05,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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