1925 Southern Branch Grizzlies football team

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1925 Southern Branch Grizzlies football
Conference Southern California Conference
Record5–3–1 (3–1–1 SCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMoore Field
Seasons
  1924
1926  
1925 Southern California Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Occidental $ 4 1 06 3 0
Southern Branch 3 1 15 3 1
Whittier 2 2 03 5 0
Caltech 1 2 12 6 1
Pomona 1 3 11 5 1
Redlands 1 3 13 5 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1925 Southern Branch Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the Southern Branch of the University of California (later known as UCLA) as a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) during the 1925 college football season. The program, which was later known as the Bruins, [1] was in its first year under head coach William H. Spaulding. The team compiled a 5–3–1 record but were outscored by a total of 130 to 91. [2] The team played its home games at Moore Field. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at San Diego State *
W 7–05,000 [4]
October 3 La Verne *
W 16–35,500 [5]
October 10 Pomona
  • Moore Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 26–08,500 [6]
October 16 Whittier
  • Moore Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–713,000 [7]
October 24at Occidental
  • Patterson Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 9–0 [8]
October 31at Saint Mary's *L 0–28 [9]
November 7 Redlands
  • Moore Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 23–0 [10]
November 14at Stanford *L 0–82 [11]
November 21at Caltech
T 10–106,000
  • *Non-conference game

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