1925 Florida Gators football team
| 1925 Florida Gators football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 8–2 (3–2 SoCon) |
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| Offensive scheme | Notre Dame Box |
| Captain | Edgar C. Jones |
| Home stadium | Fleming Field |
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| No. 2 Alabama + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Tulane + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1925 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1925 Southern Conference football season. This was law student Harold Sebring's first of three seasons as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Sebring's 1925 Florida Gators finished 8–2 overall,[1] and 3–2 in the Southern Conference, placing eighth of twenty-two teams in the conference standings.[2]
The Gators compiled their best win–loss record to date, losing only to the
Captain and halfback Edgar C. Jones set a Florida single-season scoring record (108 points) that lasted until 1969.
Before the season
Practice began on September 14.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 3 | Mercer* | W 24–0 | 8,000 | [10] | |
| October 10 | Florida Southern* |
| W 9–0 | [11] | |
| October 10 | Hampden–Sydney* |
| W 22–6 | [12] | |
| October 17 | at Georgia Tech | L 7–23 | [13] | ||
| October 24 | Wake Forest* |
| W 24–3 | [14] | |
| October 31 | Rollins* |
| W 61–0 | [15] | |
| November 7 | at Clemson | W 42–0 | [16] | ||
| November 14 | at Alabama | L 0–34 | [17] | ||
| November 21 | vs. Mississippi A&M | W 12–0 | 12,000 | [18] | |
| November 26 | vs. Washington & Lee | W 17–14 | 15,000 | [19] | |
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Game summaries
Week 1: Mercer
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In the opening contest at
Horse Bishop scored in the first five minutes.[20] Dick Brown added the extra point. In the third quarter, Brown added a field goal, and Cy Williams recovered a Mercer fumble in the endzone.[20] Brown again converted the extra point. Cecil Beck ran across the final touchdown; Edgar C. Jones added the extra point.[20]
Week 2: Florida Southern and Hampden-Sydney
Week 2a: Florida Southern
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In the first game of a doubleheader in Gainesville on October 10, the Gators defeated the Florida Southern Moccasins 9–0, using mostly reserves.[20]
Tom Fuller made a field goal, the lone score of the first half. In the third period, Glen Whitaker intercepted a Southern pass and raced 20 yards for a touchdown.[20]
Week 2b: Hampden–Sydney
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Florida defeated Hampden–Sydney College 22–6 in the second game of the doubleheader.[20]
Edgar C. Jones scored first with a field goal. Lamar Sarra once scored after blocking a punt, gathering the ball, and running 10 yards to the endzone.[20] Burnett added the extra point. Tiny Chaplin made the next touchdown; and the final touchdown was a 22-yard run by Jones.[20]
Hampden–Sydney's score came when Atkins picked up a Florida fumble and raced 40 yards for a touchdown.[20]
Week 3: at Georgia Tech
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Florida lost big to
Tech's Doug Wycoff scored two touchdowns. Wycoff scored first, and Ike Williams added the extra point. In the second period, Williams made a 12-yard field goal. Wycoff and Sam Murray scored in the third period, with one extra point converted by Williams.
The lone Gator touchdown came after a series of forward passes put them within Tech territory, including one of nearly 20 yards from Edgar C. Jones to Livingston. A 26-yard end run from Jones brought Florida to Tech's 4-yard line. Jones then scored through the line and kicked goal.[21][23]
The starting lineup was: Anderson (left end), Williams (left tackle), Stewart (left guard), Sarra (center), Norton (right guard), Goldstein (right tackle), Todd (right end), Stanley (quarterback), Ihrig (left halfback), Bishop (right halfback), Chaplin (fullback).[24][25]
Week 4: Wake Forest
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The Gators practiced at night with whitewashed footballs in preparation for the homecoming contest with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.[26] On the back of Edgar C. Jones, who accounted for every point for his squad, Florida won 24–3.[27]
A field goal by Wake's Rackley gave the Demon Deacons a 3–0 lead at the end of the first quarter.[28] Jones then scored a touchdown, extra point, and converted a field goal by half's end.[29] A pass from Burnett to Jones made Florida's next touchdown. Jones went through tackle for the final score.
Week 5: Rollins
Florida rolled up a 61–0 score on the Rollins Tars, scoring 26 in the first quarter.[30]
Week 6: at Clemson
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In the most impressive win of the season, the Gators beat the Clemson Tigers 42–0 on the road.
Edgar C. Jones had a 28-yard run lead to a touchdown and another 30-yard touchdown run. Fullback Horse Bishop accounted for three touchdowns: one a run of 20 yards from scrimmage and two 30-yard interception returns.[31] Capt. Jones was declared the best back to run on a South Carolina gridiron in a number of years.[32]
The starting lineup was: Green (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Sarra (center), Davis (right guard), Petronis (right tackle), Whitaker (right end), Stanley (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Jones (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).[31]
Week 7: at Alabama
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Mack Brown made two touchdowns; Red Barnes two, and Pooley Hubert one on an interception. Brown's first score came when he caught the ball on a pass from Hubert at the 15-yard line, dodged Jones and scored.[34] A pass from Hubert to Brown in the end zone netted the second score. Florida's Scott returned the kickoff to Alabama's 20-yard line, nearly breaking the tackle there. Two Barnes interceptions set up his touchdowns, one a 16-yard run after catch and another an end run. Jones attempted a drop kick, which was short and returned by Brown for 35 yards. A drive and a pass to Barnes got Alabama to Florida's 3-yard line, and Hubert scored over center.[34]
Goldy Goldstein was the undisputed star for the Gators.[35]
The starting lineup was: Green (left end), Williams (left tackle), Norton (left guard), Sarra (center), Stewart (right guard), Goldstein (right tackle), E. Jones (right end), W. Jones (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Burnett (right halfback), Bishop (fullback).[36]
Week 8: Mississippi A&M
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For the ninth week of play, the Gators met coach
Edgar C. Jones, Lamar Sarra, and Greek Petronis were nursing injuries from the Alabama loss,[37] and the Mississippi Aggies had lost to Alabama by just a touchdown.[38] Despite this, Jones kicked two field goals and scored the only touchdown in a 12–0 victory.
After a bitterly fought first quarter, Jones netted 27-yard and 40-yard field goals for a 6–0 lead at the half. Jones ran off tackle for the game's only touchdown. Some 20,000 were in attendance.[39]
Week 9: Washington & Lee
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The annual Thanksgiving game in
The yearbook remarked: "Not since the 1923 Alabama game has Florida participated in a more brilliant, thrilling, and colorful football game." Edgar C. Jones made a 29-yard field goal in the first quarter, but the Generals responded with a touchdown from Palmer in the second. A 25-yard finger-tip touchdown catch by Spotts put the Gators behind 14–3. Jones ran in a touchdown; 14–10. Then in the fourth quarter Cy Williams blocked a Generals' punt. On fourth down, Jones caught the winning touchdown from Horse Bishop.[40]
Postseason
For the third year in a row, Goldy Goldstein made composite All-Southern. Captain Edgar C. Jones played in a charity game.[41]
Players
Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Florida's lineup during the 1925 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses. The chart mimics a Notre Dame Box on offense.
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Line
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| W. F. "Stonebruise" Anderson | guard | ||||||
| Ralph Champlain | tackle | ||||||
| Clyde Davis | guard | ||||||
| Goldy Goldstein | guard | Jacksonville, Florida | Duval High | 6'3" | 210 | 21 | |
| Tom Green | end | ||||||
| Cadillac Harry | tackle | ||||||
| Clyde Norton | guard | ||||||
| Frank Oosterhoudt | end | ||||||
| Greek Petronis | tackle | ||||||
| Ralph Proctor | center | ||||||
| Lamar Sarra | center | ||||||
| Jack Stewart | guard | ||||||
| Edgar Todd | end | ||||||
| Glen Whitaker | end | ||||||
| Cy Williams | tackle | Sopchoppy, Florida | 6'0" | 200 |
Backfield
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| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| Cecil Beck | halfback | ||||||
| Horse Bishop | fullback | ||||||
| Dick Brown | halfback | ||||||
| Tiny Chaplin | fullback | 6'1" | 195 | ||||
| Tom Fuller | fullback | ||||||
| Elmer Ihrig | fullback | Fort Myers, Florida | Fort Myers High | 5'8" | 174 | 21 | |
| Edgar C. Jones | halfback/quarterback | Jacksonville, Florida | Jacksonville High | ||||
| Spic Stanley | halfback |
See also
References
- ^ a b 2012 Florida Football Media Guide Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 107–116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ 2009 Southern Conference Football Media Guide, Year-by-Year Standings, Southern Conference, Spartanburg, South Carolina, p. 74 (2009). Retrieved August 30, 2010.
- ^ "'Gator Fans Look For A Real Football Season At Gainesville This Year". The Evening Independent. September 1, 1925.
- ^ D. L. Graham, Jr. (September 9, 1925). "Gator Outfit Will Be A Real Fighting Aggregation". The Evening Independent.
- ^ "Star To Take Extra Course During Season". The Miami News. September 5, 1925.
- ^ "Florida Loses Many Grid Stars But Followers In Hopes For Real Contest". The Evening Independent. August 31, 1925.
- ^ D. L. Graham, Jr. (September 14, 1925). "Rat Team Of 1924 Expected To Help 'Gators This Year". The Evening Independent.
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- ^ Carlson 2007, p. 33
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- ^ Universal Service (October 18, 1925). "Florida Beaten In Great Battle By Gold Tornado". St. Petersburg Times.
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- ^ University of Florida 1926, p. 118
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- ^ "Gators Return After Victory". St. Petersburg Times. November 10, 1925.
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Bibliography
- Carlson, Norm (2007). University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators. Atlanta, Georgia: Whitman Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0-7948-2298-9.
- University of Florida (1926). The Seminole. Vol. 17.
- Woodruff, Fuzzy (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890–1928. Vol. 3.
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