1925 Central Michigan Dragons football team

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| year = 1925

| team = Central Michigan Dragons

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 4–1–3

| head_coach = Lester Barnard

| hc_year = 2nd

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| prev = 1924

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The 1925 Central Michigan Dragons football team represented Central Michigan Normal School, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Lester Barnard, the Central Michigan football team compiled a 4–1–3 record, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 93 to 20. The team's victories included games against Northern State Teachers (8-0), Valparaiso (41-0), and Detroit City College (18–6). It played three scoreless ties (Detroit frosh, Western State Teachers, and Albion), and its sole loss was to Alma College by a 14–0 score.{{cite web|title=Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide|publisher=Central Michigan University|access-date=July 24, 2016|pages=100, 108|year=2015|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026171041/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}

After the 1925 season, Lester Barnard resigned as the team's head football coach and accepted a coaching position at Kalamazoo College, where his twin brother Chester was also a coach.{{cite news|title=Central Normal Regains Parker: Former Coach to Replace Lester Barnard|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=June 22, 1926|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5996907/central_normal_regains_parker_former/}} In his two years as head coach at Central Michigan, Barnard compiled a record of 11–2–3, and his teams shut out 12 of 16 opponents and outscored all opponents, 251 to 39.

Schedule

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|October 3|| | Carrollton Athletic Club| |Mount Pleasant, MI|W 29–0|

|October 17||at|{{cfb link|year=1925|team=Alma Maroon and Cream|title=Alma}}| |Alma, MI|L 0–14|{{cite news|title=Central Normal Loses to Alma|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 18, 1925|page=24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16293652/central_normal_loses_to_alma/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 24||at|{{cfb link|year=1925|team=Northern State Normal|title=Northern State Normal}}| |Marquette, MI|W 8–0|

|October 31|| |Detroit freshman| |Mount Pleasant, MI|T 0–0|{{cite news|title=U. of D. Freshman In Scoreless Tie|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 1, 1925|page=26|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16293526/u_of_d_freshman_in_scoreless_tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 7|2:30 p.m.|at|Western State Normal|Normal field|Kalamazoo, MI (rivalry)|T 0–0|{{cite news |author= |title=Hilltoppers Face Stiff Opposition On Normal Grid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/169570296/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=November 7, 1925 |page=5 |access-date=April 4, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Hilltoppers And Mt. Pleasant In Scoreless Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/169570400/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=November 8, 1925 |page=14 |access-date=April 4, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Normal Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette/169570544/ |newspaper=Kalamazoo Gazette |location=Kalamazoo, Michigan |date=November 8, 1925 |page=14 |access-date=April 4, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|title=Kazoo Normal Held To Tie|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 8, 1925|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16293412/kazoo_normal_held_to_tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 14|| |{{cfb link|year=1925|team=Valparaiso Crusaders|title=Valparaiso}}| |Mount Pleasant, MI|W 41–0|{{cite news|title=Central Normal Routs Valparaiso|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 15, 1925|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16293193/central_normal_routs_valparaiso/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 21|| |{{cfb link|year=1925|team=Albion Methodists|title=Albion}}| |Mount Pleasant, MI|T 0–0|{{cite news|title=Central Normal and Albion Draw|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 22, 1925|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16293251/central_normal_and_albion_draw/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 26||at|Detroit City College|Codd Field|Detroit, MI|W 18–6|{{cite news|title=Passes Beat City's Eleven: Central Normal Makes Its Air Attack Count and Wins, 18-6|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 27, 1925|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16293324/passes_beat_citys_eleven/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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