1925 Kansas State

5–⁠2–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Charlie Bachman.

Kansas State, 1925
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1925, game by game: won vs. Emporia State 26–7; won vs. Oklahoma 16–0; lost at Drake 0–19; won at Kansas 14–7; lost vs. Missouri 0–3; won at Marquette 2–0; tied vs. Nebraska 0–0; won at Iowa State 12–7+19−19Won 26–7 vs. Emporia State+19Emporia StateWon 16–0 vs. Oklahoma+16OklahomaLost 0–19 at Drake-19DrakeWon 14–7 at Kansas+7KansasLost 0–3 vs. Missouri-3MissouriWon 2–0 at Marquette+2MarquetteTied 0–0 vs. Nebraska0NebraskaWon 12–7 at Iowa State+5Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsEmporia StateW 26–⁠787%
Oct 3vsOklahomaW 16–⁠061%
Oct 10atDrakeL 0–⁠1935%
Oct 17atKansasW 14–⁠740%
Oct 24vsMissouriL 0–⁠350%
Nov 7atMarquetteW 2–⁠076%
Nov 14vsNebraskaT 0–⁠043%
Nov 26atIowa StateW 12–⁠739%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 12–⁠7; tied for 3rd in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
5–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Missouri Valley Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
70–⁠43
Coach
Charlie Bachman
Elo
1521 +49 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.9 No. 23 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Notre Dame Box

All-Missouri Valley

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Harry McGeeOGAP-1

Second team

  • BakerEAP-2
  • CochraneQBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1925 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1925 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Missouri5–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Drake5–⁠25–⁠3
Kansas State3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Iowa State3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Nebraska2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠2
Grinnell2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Kansas2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Washington St. Louis1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠3–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.