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October 31, 1925
This feature discusses the results of one weekend of college football action from the past. Since the archives of Time magazine are a source for some of these reports, including this one, the title has a double meaning. Newspaper accounts are also included. Quotations are from Time unless otherwise indicated. Enjoy the florid style of writing of that era.

Princeton Coach Bill Roper
Princeton coach Bill Roper

1925 Yale-Army Program

Mike Michalske, Penn State
Mike Michalske, Penn State

Harold "Red" Grange, Illinois
Harold "Red" Grange

HB Eddie Tryon, Colgate
Eddie Tryon, Colgate

Christie Flanagan, Notre Dame

Nebraska vs Oklahoma 1925
Choppy Rhodes over the top - Nebraska vs Oklahoma

Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner
Stanford Coach Pop Warner

"Last Saturday, with a tooth in the wind and a squint in the sky, saw the yellow moon of football ripening to the full."

East

  • "Coach Roper of Princeton kept backs Slagle and Bridges sitting on the bench beside him lest they get hurt before the Harvard game this week, but he sent Dignan against Swarthmore, knowing well that if Dignan were not there to punt, if Dignan were not there to throw passes, hit the line, and tackle, his team might make a poor showing. Dignan did well. Score: Princeton 19, Swarthmore 7."
  • "Harvard managed to beat William and Mary though there were Boston 'townies' who left the stands loudly insisting that Mary had played the whole game - that if William had got in, even for a period, everything would have been different. Score: Harvard 12, William and Mary 7."
  • Yale broke a 7-7 tie in the last period to defeat "an overtrained and suddenly despairing Army eleven." Score: Yale 28, Army 7.
  • "Emerson Carey Jr. kicked a goal from the 39-yard line so that Cornell could beat Columbia - a goal that never would have been needed if two lucky breaks had not given the latter a brace of unearned touchdowns. Cornell made 23 first downs to Columbia's 6. Score: Cornell 17, Columbia 14."
  • "Dartmouth kept its slate clean by the efforts of two linesmen who blocked two kicks and scored two touchdowns to beat Brown, 14 to 0."
  • "Holy Cross, another undefeated team, had an easy time with Bucknell. Score: Holy Cross 23, Bucknell 7."
  • "It is bad to be born with a name like a fumble, Michalske, for instance; worse if that is your name and you actually fumble to let in the one score of a game that would otherwise have been a scoreless tie. Yet a man is not responsible for his name nor for every sleight of fortune that may juggle a ball out of his arms, and teammates tried to console Fullback Michalske of Penn State even though his fumble in the second half meant that Syracuse won, 7 to 0."
  • "Eleven dogged Pittsburghers, once called the Panthers, rampaged against a flaccid team from Johns Hopkins. Score: Pittsburgh 31, Johns Hopkins 0."
Midwest
  • "'Red' Grange, in a new yellow head-guard that shone like the helmet of Navarre, ran out on a field at Philadelphia before 65,000 people who had decided that he was a myth. Before the game was five minutes old Grange had run 60 yards for a touchdown; before it was over he had scored two more and made a fourth possible. He carried the ball 36 times, gained 363 yards. Score: Illinois 24, Pennsylvania 2" The turf at Franklin Field was "wet and soggy from the previous day's snowfall and under conditions which were expected to prove a big handicap to Grange." Instead, "this ace of backfield aces moved with the sure-footedness of a panther, the speed of a deer and the destructive force of a cyclone. Instead of being hampered, the Illinois captain thrived on the heavy going, keeping his feet as he dodged and twisted, shaking off tacklers by the half-dozen with a deadly straight arm and always pressing forward ..." (Associated Press)
  • "A broken-nosed back named McCarty ran 25 yards to make the lone touchdown by which Chicago registered its customary victory over Purdue. Score: Chicago 6, Purdue 0."
  • "The Wolverines of Michigan snarled and snapped, clawed, chewed up the Navy team, 54 to 0. 'Biggest naval disaster of all time,' said critics." Associated Press: "The United States Navy's proud gridiron dreadnaught, buffeted and broken by a great Michigan tidal wave, limped into port tonight on the leeward side of a 54-to-0 score. Great holes were torn in her sides; holes through which the Wolverines poured line smashes, long passes and brilliant runs. ... The greatest crowd that ever witnessed a football game in Michigan - 48,000 persons - saw Michigan jam over a touchdown when the game had only just begun."
  • Associated Press: "EAST LANSING, Mich. Colgate's fast and heavy backfield led by Eddie Tryon, leading point scorer of the east, turned aside Michigan State's defense today to gain a 14 to 0 victory before 7000 homecomers. State's defense which had held Colgate scoreless in the first haf weakened to allow Colgate backs to score touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters. Tryon added both points after touchdowns."

South

  • "Southern sport writers call Georgia Tech's team 'The Golden Tornado,' but for all the explosive grandeur of that name Georgia could do little against Flanagan and his friends from Notre Dame. Score: Notre Dame 13, Georgia Tech 0."
  • Associated Press: "Shreveport La. The Louisiana Tiger was as docile as a house kitten when it fared forth for battle with the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas at the State Fair here this afternoon and the Porkers ran up 12 points. Their goal line was intact. It made the fourth consecutive win for the squad from Fayetteville and marked the first time either team had registered that many wins in a row since they started their annual battle here nineteen years ago."
Southwest
  • "After three scoreless periods, Spears of Drake crossed the goalline of a somewhat bleeding Kansas; Sutherland added the point. Score: Drake 7, Kansas 0."
  • Associated Press: "DALLAS, Texas. The 15,000 fans who packed the Dallas fair stadium here this afternoon to see Texas university and SMU battle to a scoreless tie, witnessed a great finish to the game, when in the last quarter the Mustangs passed to the Texas university's 5-yard line. It seemed that a touchdown was inevitable, but the Longhorn line held. Twice Cortmelgia hurled himself against the Longhorn forward wall to gain only 3 yards. Wade tried and made a yard. Then the 'wonderful wop' tried again. He was thrown for no gain, and the Longhorns kicked out of danger."
  • Associated Press: LINCOLN, Neb. A touchdown early in the first quarter on a line smash by 'Choppy' Rhodes and another just before the final whistle blew as a result of a long pass snared by A. Mandery gave the University of Nebraska a 12 to 0 victory over an earnest Oklahoma team in Memorial stadium here this afternoon. The Sooners had everything requisite to a first class eleven, except a consistent attack."
 Nebraska vs Oklahoma 1925
Nebraska (dark) vs Oklahoma 1925
West
  • Associated Press: "GOLDEN COL. Colorado university's former Rocky mountain champions brought down the colors of the Colorado School of Mines by handing them a 14 to 2 defeat after being battled to a standstill through three gruelling periods before a capacity homecoming day crowd here Saturday."
  • Oakland Tribune: "STANFORD STADIUM. Ability to administer a punch at crucial moments gave 'Pop' Warner's Stanford Cardinals a well-earned 35 to 13 victory over the University of Oregon's eleven here today, despite the fact that the Cards, hampered by the use of many second string players, failed to show any outstanding brilliance in either attack or defense."
  • Associated Press: "PULLMAN, Wash. Washington loomed more than ever as a possible contender for the Pacific coast football title when she defeated Washington State College this afternoon 23 to 0. The Huskies clinched the game from the start, scoring 14 points in the first quarter."

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Weekend in Time Archives - I

November 28, 1931
November 19, 1932
November 4, 1933
November 25, 1937
October 23, 1948
October 13, 1951
October 20, 1956
October 10, 1964
October 12, 1968
November 3, 1979
October 11, 1986

Weekend in Time Archives - II

November 10, 1923
November 1, 1924
October 14, 1925
October 13, 1934
October 7, 1939
September 27, 1947
October 24, 1959
October 13, 1962
September 16, 1966
October 16, 1976
October 24, 1981

Weekend in Time Archives - III

October 4, 1924
September 25, 1943
October 16, 1943
October 29, 1955
September 29, 1956
November 4, 1961
October 16, 1971
October 22, 1988
November 8, 1990

Weekend in Time Archives - IV

October 18, 1924
October 14, 1933
November 24, 1934
October 16, 1937
October 6, 1956
November 9, 1957
October 20, 1973
September 17, 1983
November 26-28, 1992
September 16, 1995
September 5, 1998

Weekend in Time Archives - V

November 23, 1918
October 13, 1928
November 7, 1931
September 21, 1957
October 28, 1967
September 15, 1990

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