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1925 Bowling Green Normals football team

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1925 Bowling Green Normals football
NOL champion
ConferenceNorthwest Ohio League
Record3–1–3 (2–0–1 NOL)
Head coach
CaptainHarry Crawford
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Northwest Ohio League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bowling Green 2 0 1 3 1 3
Toledo 1 0 0 1 8 0
Findlay 2 1 1 5 2 2
Bluffton 1 2 0 1 3 0
Defiance 0 3 0 0 6 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1925 Bowling Green Normals football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University as a member of the Northwest Ohio League (NOL) during the 1925 college football season. In its second season under head coach Warren Steller, the team compiled a 3–1–3 record (2–0–1 against conference opponents), and won the NOL championship.[1] The team opened the season 0–1–3 but won the final three games of the season.[2] The team played its home games at College Field in Bowling Green, Ohio.[3]

Paul E. Landis, Robert Younkins, and Franklin Skibbie were assistant coaches. Harry Crawford was the team captain.[3]

Bowling Green refused to play a post-season game with Toledo after university officials, including coach Steller, witnessed unsportsmanlike conduct in an Armistice Day game between Toledo and Findlay.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at Otterbein*Westerville, OHT 0–0
October 10Michigan State Normal*
L 0–14
October 16Capital*
  • College Field
  • Bowling Green, OH
T 0–0
October 24at FindlayFindlay, OHT 0–0
October 31at DefianceDefiance, OHW 2–0
November 7Blufftondagger
  • College Field
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 6–0
November 20Ashland*
  • College Field
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 26–14[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Roster

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  • Claude Berry, halfback, Bowling Green, OH, 155 pounds
  • Ralph Castner, tackle, Bowling Green, OH, 227 pounds
  • George Crawford, Graysville, OH, 140 pounds
  • Harry Crawford, end, Pemberville, OH, 141 pounds
  • George Evans, tackle, Bloomdale, OH, 171 pounds
  • Edward Fries, quarterback, Bowling Green, OH, 135 pounds
  • Willie Gahn, halfback
  • Vaughn Gill, fullback, Delta, OH, 152 pounds
  • Ora Knecht, guard, Edgerton, OH, 234 pounds
  • Homer Moscoe, Potsdam, NY, 148 pounds
  • Olds, center
  • Ostrander, end
  • Wilbur Swartz, guard, Cygnet, OH, 168 pounds

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References

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  1. ^ "Bowling Green Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Turn Back The Clock: The First Decade Of BG Football". Bowling Green State Falcons. June 21, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Program for Bowling Green Homecoming game". Bowling Green State College. November 7, 1925.
  4. ^ "untitled". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 20, 1925. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bowling Green 26, Ashland 14". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 21, 1925. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.