1925 Drake Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1925
| team = Drake Bulldogs
| sport = football
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| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = MVC
| record = 5–3
| conf_record = 5–2
| head_coach = Ossie Solem
| hc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium = Drake Stadium
}}
{{1925 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
The 1925 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1925 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ossie Solem, the team compiled a 5–3 record, placed second in the MVC, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored its opponents by a total of 64 to 41.{{cite web|title=1925 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=April 11, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/drake/1925-schedule.html}}
On October 10, 1925, the team played its home opener at the newly-constructed Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. The stadium opened with seating for 18,000 spectators and was built at a cost of approximately $230,000. Drake shut out Kansas State (19–0) and Nebraska (14–0) in the first two games played at the new stadium.
Schedule
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|October 3|at|Washington University|Francis Field|St. Louis, MO|W 5-0|4,500|{{cite news|title=Washington Loses To Drake Eleven, 6-0|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|author=J. Walter Goldstein|date=October 4, 1925|pages=1S, 2S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30513642/washington_loses_to_drake_eleven_60/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 10||Kansas State|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|W 19-0|7,000|{{cite news|title=Open Stadium at Drake With Crowd of 7,000|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=October 11, 1925|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30515513/open_stadium_at_drake_with_crowd_of/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Drake Drubs Kansas Aggies: Bulldogs Win First Battle in New Bowl|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|author=Harlan Miller|date=October 11, 1925|page=Sports 1, 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30515643/drake_drubs_kansas_aggies_bulldogs_win/}}
|October 17|at|Oklahoma|Memorial Stadium|Norman, OK|L 0-7||{{cite news|title=Sooners Tame Drake, 7-0, To Open Stadium|newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman|date=October 18, 1925|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30514924/sooners_tame_drake_70_to_open_stadium/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1925|team=Grinnell Pioneers|title=Grinnell}}||Grinnell, IA|W 7-6||{{cite news|title=Drake Noses Out Grinnell, 7-6: Spears Makes Touchdown on Cook's Heave|newspaper=The Sioux City Sunday Journal|author=Sec Taylor|date=October 25, 1925|page=Sports 1, 7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30513903/drake_noses_out_grinnell_76_spears/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 31|at|Kansas|Memorial Stadium|Lawrence, KS|W 7-0||{{cite news|title=Drake Beats Kansas 7-0|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=November 1, 1925|page=Sports 1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/129034803}}
|November 7||Nebraska|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|W 14-0||{{cite news|title=Drake Humbles Nebraska 14-0: Sutherland, Spears Tally For Bulldogs|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|author=Elmer Appel|date=November 8, 1925|page=Sports 1–2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30515068/drake_humbles_nebraska_140/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 21||Iowa State|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|L 6-7||{{cite news|title=Cyclones Down Bulldogs, 7-6: Ames Defeats Drake Eleven in Hard Game|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|author=Bert McGrane|date=November 22, 1925|pages=Sports 1, 5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30515271/cyclones_down_bulldogs_76_ames/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 26|at|SMU
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