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1925 Stanford

7–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Pop Warner.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1925, game by game: lost vs. Olympic Club 0–9; won vs. Santa Clara 20–3; won vs. Occidental 28–0; won at USC 13–9; won vs. Oregon State 26–10; won vs. Oregon 35–13; lost at Washington 0–13; won vs. UCLA 82–0; won vs. California 26–14+82−13Lost 0–9 vs. Olympic Club-9Olympic ClubWon 20–3 vs. Santa Clara+17Santa ClaraWon 28–0 vs. Occidental+28OccidentalWon 13–9 at USC+4USCWon 26–10 vs. Oregon State+16Oregon StateWon 35–13 vs. Oregon+22OregonLost 0–13 at Washington-13WashingtonWon 82–0 vs. UCLA+82UCLAWon 26–14 vs. California+12California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsOlympic ClubL 0–⁠991%
Oct 3vsSanta ClaraW 20–⁠390%
Oct 10vsOccidentalW 28–⁠090%
Oct 17atUSCW 13–⁠929%
Oct 24vsOregon StateW 26–⁠1066%
Oct 31vsOregonW 35–⁠1373%
Nov 7atWashingtonL 0–⁠1335%
Nov 14vsUCLAW 82–⁠095%
Nov 21vsCaliforniaW 26–⁠1451%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 26–⁠14; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Photographs from 1925

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. 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.

Consensus All-AmericanErnie Nevers, FB

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
230–⁠71
Coach
Pop Warner
Elo
1586 +29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
21.9 No. 3 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Double-wing

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Ernie NeversFBUP-1; AS-1; GW-1; NB-1
  • Ted ShipkeyEUP-1; AS-1; GW-1; NB-1
  • Fred H. SwanOGUP-2; AS-1; GW-1

Second team

  • Edgar WalkerEUP-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 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington5–⁠010–⁠1–⁠1
Stanford4–⁠17–⁠2
USC3–⁠211–⁠2
Oregon State3–⁠27–⁠2
California2–⁠26–⁠3
Washington State2–⁠33–⁠4–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠33–⁠5
Montana1–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon0–⁠51–⁠5–⁠1

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