1925 Washington Huskies football team American college football season
The 1925 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington as a member of the Northwest Conference and the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1925 college football season . In their fifth season under head coach Enoch Bagshaw , the Huskies compiled an overall record of 10–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 480 to 59. Washington had a record of 5–0 in Northwest Conference play, sharing the conference title with Oregon Agricultural , and 5–0 against PCC opponents, winning the conference championship.[ 1] The Huskies were invited to the Rose Bowl , where they lost to Alabama . The team was ranked No. 7 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in January 1926.[ 2]
Fullback Elmer Tesreau was the team captain. Halfback Wildcat Wilson was selected as a consensus first-team player on the 1925 All-America team .[ 3] Other key players on the team included quarterback George Guttormsen , tackle Walden Erickson , guard Egbert Brix, center Douglas Bonamy, and ends Judson Cutting and Clifford Marker.
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 26 Willamette W 108–03,500 [ 4]
October 3 USS Oklahoma * W 59–03,000 [ 5]
October 3 West Seattle Athletic Club* W 56–03,000 [ 5]
October 10 Montana W 30–1020,000 [ 6]
October 17 at Nebraska * T 6–615,000 [ 7]
October 24 Whitman W 64–22,000 [ 8]
October 31 at Washington State W 23–02,500 [ 9]
November 7 Stanford W 13–040,000 [ 10]
November 14 at California W 7–072,000 [ 11]
November 21 at Puget Sound * Tacoma, WA W 80–72,000
Oregon W 15–1423,000 [ 12]
, 1926vs. Alabama * L 19–2045,000 [ 13]
References
^ "Washington Gains Coast Supremacy" . The Morning Oregonian . Portland, Oregon . November 16, 1925. p. 14. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Dickison Football Rating System: Dartmouth Declared National Champion" . The Pantagraph . January 8, 1926. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
^ "Willamette Trounced by Huskies, 108–0" . The San Francisco Examiner . September 27, 1925. p. P3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b "Huskies on Rampage, Win Pair of Games" . Oakland Tribune . October 4, 1925. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Huskies Down Montana's Best Team of Recent Years in Hard Fight, 30 to 10" . The Butte Miner . October 11, 1925. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Nebraska Holds Invaders to a 6 to 6 Tie" . The Nebraska State Journal . October 18, 1925. pp. 7– 8 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Huskies Overwhelm Whitman Team, 64–2" . Oakland Tribune . October 25, 1925. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Huskies Bowl Over Cougars" . Los Angeles Times . November 1, 1925. p. 1a-3 – via Newspapers.com .
^ William Leiser (November 8, 1925). "Stanford Goes Down To 13–0 Defeat: Intercepted Passes Aid Northerners" . The San Francisco Examiner . pp. 1P – 2P – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Washington Defeats California, 7 to 0: Pass In Last 2 Minutes Beats Bears" . Oakland Tribune . November 15, 1925. pp. 1A, 1D – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Washington Wins By Single Point" . Morning Register . November 27, 1925. pp. 1– 2 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Paul Lowry (January 2, 1926). "Alabamans Win Game: Huskies Beaten, 20 to 19" . Los Angeles Times . pp. I-1, III-1 – via Newspapers.com .
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