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1925 Minnesota

5–⁠2–⁠1 (1–⁠1–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by Clarence Spears.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1925, game by game: won vs. North Dakota 25–0; won vs. Grinnell 34–6; won vs. Wabash 32–6; lost vs. Notre Dame 7–19; tied vs. Wisconsin 12–12; won vs. Butler 33–7; won vs. Iowa 33–0; lost at Michigan 0–35+33−35Won 25–0 vs. North Dakota+25North DakotaWon 34–6 vs. Grinnell+28GrinnellWon 32–6 vs. Wabash+26WabashLost 7–19 vs. Notre Dame-12Notre DameTied 12–12 vs. Wisconsin0WisconsinWon 33–7 vs. Butler+26ButlerWon 33–0 vs. Iowa+33IowaLost 0–35 at Michigan-35Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsNorth DakotaW 25–⁠094%
Oct 10vsGrinnellW 34–⁠672%
Oct 17vsWabashW 32–⁠687%
Oct 24vsNotre DameL 7–⁠1939%
Oct 31vsWisconsinT 12–⁠1258%
Nov 7vsButlerW 33–⁠794%
Nov 14vsIowaW 33–⁠045%
Nov 21atMichiganL 0–⁠3526%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 35–⁠0; tied for 4th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1925

  • Eldon Mason
    Eldon MasonPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Major Ray C. Hill
    Major Ray C. HillPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Charles "Chuck" Morris
    Charles “Chuck” MorrisPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Merton Dunnigan
    Merton DunniganPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Leonard Walsh
    Leonard WalshPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Major Ray C. Hill
    Major Ray C. HillPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1925.

Record
5–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 4th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
176–⁠85
Coach
Clarence Spears
Elo
1538 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.7 No. 13 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Herman Ascher

All-Big Ten

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Len WalshOGBE-2; WE-1
  • Harold V. AlmquistRB
  • Herb JoestingFBAP-2; BE-1; UP-2

Second team

  • Roger B. WheelerEBTW-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 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan5–⁠17–⁠1
Northwestern3–⁠15–⁠3
Wisconsin3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Iowa2–⁠25–⁠3
Illinois2–⁠25–⁠3
Chicago2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Minnesota1–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Ohio State1–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Indiana0–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Purdue0–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1

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