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1925 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1925 record6–2–1
Head coachChick Meehan (1st season)
Home stadiumOhio Field
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Eastern college football independents records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Dartmouth         8 0 0
Colgate         7 0 2
Fordham         9 1 0
Pittsburgh         8 1 0
Syracuse         8 1 1
Lafayette         7 1 1
Princeton         5 1 1
Holy Cross         8 2 0
Penn         7 2 0
Army         7 2 0
Boston College         6 2 0
Cornell         6 2 0
Massachusetts         6 2 0
NYU         6 2 1
Villanova         6 2 1
Washington & Jefferson         6 2 1
Carnegie Tech         5 2 1
Yale         5 2 1
Bucknell         7 3 1
Columbia         6 3 1
Geneva         6 3 0
Harvard         4 3 1
Brown         5 4 1
Penn State         4 4 1
CCNY         2 5 0
Rutgers         2 7 0
Drexel         1 7 0
Duquesne         0 7 0

The 1925 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record.

Fullback Frank Briante starred on offense, scored 60 points, and was selected at the end of the season to be captain of the 1926 team.[1] He later played two years in the National Football League.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26[[{{{school}}}|Niagara]]
W 14–010,000[3]
October 3Connecticut
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 23–08,000[4]
October 10Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 12–3[5]
October 17CCNY
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 41–010,000[6]
October 24[[{{{school}}}|Middlebury]]
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 33–0> 8,000[7]
October 31vs. FordhamL 6–26> 15,000[8]
November 7at ColumbiaT 6–613,000[9]
November 14Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–3[10]
November 21at Rutgers
L 6–710,000[11]

References[]

  1. "Briante Elected N.Y.U. Captain for 1926". New York Daily News: p. 36. November 24, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30956112/briante_elected_nyu_captain_for_next/.
  2. "Frank Briante". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BriaFr20.htm. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  3. Grant Powers (September 27, 1925). "N.Y.U. and Niagara Play Catch and Violets Outcatch Foes, 14-0". New York Daily News: p. 54. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30955515/nyu_and_niagara_play_catch_and/.
  4. "Powerful Punch Produces 23-0 Win for N.Y.U.". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 2D. October 4, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30773504/powerful_punch_produces_230_win_for/.
  5. "N.Y.U. Grid Eleven Beats Union, 12 to 3". New York Daily News: p. 58. October 11, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30955853/nyu_grid_eleven_beats_union_12_to_3/.
  6. "N.Y.U. Trounces City Collegians By 41-0 Count". New York Daily News: p. 55. October 18, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30951699/nyu_trounces_city_collegians_by_410/.
  7. "N.Y.U. Air Attack Dazzles Foe and Violet Wins, 33-0". New York Daily News: p. 63. October 25, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30955661/nyu_air_attack_dazzles_foe_and/.
  8. "Fordham Beats N.Y.U. In Flashy Style, 26-6". New York Daily News: p. 59. November 1, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30838239/fordham_beats_nyu_in_flashy_style/.
  9. Jack Farrell (November 8, 1925). "New York U. Holds Columbia To a 6-6 Tie". New York Daily News: p. 61. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30576137/new_york_u_holds_columbia_to_a_66_tie/.
  10. "N.Y.U. Trims Trinity in Easy Style, 27 to 3". New York Daily News: p. 59. November 15, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30955970/nyu_trims_trinity_in_easy_style_27/.
  11. "Rutgers Gains 7-6 Triumph In Tilt With N.Y.U.". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 1C. November 22, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30617227/rutgers_gains_76_triumph_in_tilt_with/.

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