1925 Duluth Kelleys season

{{Infobox NFL season

| team = Duluth Kelleys

| year = 1925

| record = 4–3–1 Overall
0–3 NFL

| league_place = T-16th NFL

| coach = Dewey Scanlon

| stadium = Athletic Park

| playoffs =

| next = 1926

}}

The 1925 Duluth Kelleys season was their third in the National Football League and final season as the Kelleys. The team failed to improve on their previous record against league opponents of 5–1, losing three games.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dul/1925.htm 1925 Duluth Kelleys] They tied for sixteenth place in the league.[http://www.profootballarchives.com/1925nfldul.html 1925 Duluth Kelleys (NFL)]

Schedule

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– \| September 13 \| Minneapolis Emersons \| W 15–0 \| — \| Athletic Park \| \| — \|
– \| September 20 \| Ironwood \| T 0–0 \| — \| Athletic Park \| \| — \|
style="background:#fcc" ! 1 \| September 27 \| Kansas City Cowboys \| L 0–3 \| 0–1 \| Athletic Park \| \| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192509270dul.htm Recap] \|
– \| October 4 \| at Ironwood \| W 9–0 \| — \| Ironwood Ball Park \| \| — \| [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-duluth-breaks-th/170658899/ "Duluth Breaks Three Year Deadlock with Champions of Gogebic Range: Safety Gives Zenith City Initial Score,"] Duluth News Tribune, Oct. 5, 1925, p. 8.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/ironwood-daily-globe-scoreless-tie-broke/170659235/ "Scoreless Tie Broken, Duluth Defeating Ironwood Squad, 9 to 0: Touchdown Clinches It After Safety,"] Ironwood Daily Globe, Oct. 5, 1925, p. 7.
style="background:#fcc" ! 2 \| October 11 \| Rock Island Independents \| L 0–12 \| 0–2 \| Athletic Park \| 4,000 Said to be the largest pro football crowd in Duluth in years, the Rock Island Argus estimated attendance at 6,000. \| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192510110dul.htm Recap] \| Cubby Campbell, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-rock-island-trou/170657524/ "Rock Island Trounces Duluth With Brilliant Air Attack: Invaders 'Fly' Over Goal Line in Quick Order,"] Duluth News Tribune, Oct. 12, 1925, p. 8.Art Williams, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-rock-island-crushe/170657755/ "Rock Island Crushes Duluth Team, 12 to 0: Independents Flash Across Northern Sky; Foe Dazzled by Aerial and Line Assault,"] Rock Island Argus, Oct. 12, 1925, p. 15.
– \| October 18 \| Hibbing, Minnesota \| W 20–0 \| — \| Athletic Park \| \| — \|
– \| October 25 \| at Iron Mountain, Michigan \| W 13–7 \| — \| \| \| — \|
style="background:#fcc" ! 3 \| November 1 \| at Chicago Cardinals \| L 6–10 \| 0–3 \| Comiskey Park \| \| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192511010crd.htm Recap] \|
colspan="10"\| Note: Games in italics were against non-NFL teams.

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–

| September 13

| Minneapolis Emersons

| W 15–0

| —

| Athletic Park

| —

–

| September 20

| Ironwood

| T 0–0

| —

| Athletic Park

| —

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! 1

| September 27

| Kansas City Cowboys

| L 0–3

| 0–1

| Athletic Park

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192509270dul.htm Recap]

–

| October 4

| at Ironwood

| W 9–0

| —

| Ironwood Ball Park

| —

| [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-duluth-breaks-th/170658899/ "Duluth Breaks Three Year Deadlock with Champions of Gogebic Range: Safety Gives Zenith City Initial Score,"] Duluth News Tribune, Oct. 5, 1925, p. 8.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/ironwood-daily-globe-scoreless-tie-broke/170659235/ "Scoreless Tie Broken, Duluth Defeating Ironwood Squad, 9 to 0: Touchdown Clinches It After Safety,"] Ironwood Daily Globe, Oct. 5, 1925, p. 7.

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! 2

| October 11

| Rock Island Independents

| L 0–12

| 0–2

| Athletic Park

| 4,000 Said to be the largest pro football crowd in Duluth in years, the Rock Island Argus estimated attendance at 6,000.

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192510110dul.htm Recap]

| Cubby Campbell, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-duluth-news-tribune-rock-island-trou/170657524/ "Rock Island Trounces Duluth With Brilliant Air Attack: Invaders 'Fly' Over Goal Line in Quick Order,"] Duluth News Tribune, Oct. 12, 1925, p. 8.Art Williams, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rock-island-argus-rock-island-crushe/170657755/ "Rock Island Crushes Duluth Team, 12 to 0: Independents Flash Across Northern Sky; Foe Dazzled by Aerial and Line Assault,"] Rock Island Argus, Oct. 12, 1925, p. 15.

–

| October 18

| Hibbing, Minnesota

| W 20–0

| —

| Athletic Park

| —

–

| October 25

| at Iron Mountain, Michigan

| W 13–7

| —