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SoCon co-champion | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 9–0–1 (5–0 SoCon) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single wing |
| Captain | Lester Lautenschlaeger |
| Home stadium | Second Tulane Stadium |
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| No. 2Alabama + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6Tulane + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington and Lee | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VPI | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1925 Tulane Green Wave football team was anAmerican football team that representedTulane University as a member of theSouthern Conference (SoCon) during the1925 Southern Conference football season. In its tenth year under head coachClark Shaughnessy, Tulane compiled a 9–0–1 record (5–0 in conference games), tied for the SoCon championship, shut out five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 246 to 32. The team's only setback was a tie with Missouri Valley championMissouri.[1]
For the second year in a row, Tulane set a school record for wins in a season.[2] Most notable was the defeat ofNorthwestern, a game which helped herald the arrival of Southern football.[3] Tulane was ranked No. 6 nationally in theDickinson System ratings released in January 1926.[4]
Peggy Flournoy was the nation's leading scorer with 128 points.[5]
Coach Shaughnessy never had such a wealth of material as 1925.[6] Thebackfield included captain and Hall of Fame quarterbackLester Lautenschlaeger and halfback Peggy Flournoy. Though he was famous for later using theT formation,[7] at Tulane coach Shaughnessy employed thesingle wing. Assistant Bierman left for the Mississippi A&M job.
1925 saw the south's widespread use of theforward pass.[8]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | 2:30 p. m. | Louisiana College* |
| W 77–0 | 4,500 | [9] |
| October 3 | 2:30 p. m. | Missouri* |
| T 6–6 | 8,500 | [10] |
| October 10 | 2:30 p. m. | Ole Miss |
| W 26–7 | [11] | |
| October 17 | Mississippi A&M |
| W 25–3 | [12] | ||
| October 24 | atNorthwestern* | W 18–7 | 15,000 | [13] | ||
| October 31 | atAuburn | W 13–0 | 8,000 | [14] | ||
| November 7 | Louisiana Tech* |
| W 37–0 | [15] | ||
| November 14 | Sewanee |
| W 14–0 | 15,000 | [16] | |
| November 21 | atLSU | W 16–0 | 21,000 | [17] | ||
| November 26 | atCentenary* |
| W 14–0 | 10,000 | [18] | |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| •Tulane | 20 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 77 |
The season opened on a wet, sloppy field. Tulane beat Louisiana College of Pineville 77–0.[19] Coach Shaughnessy only allowed his regulars to play half of the game.[20]Lester Lautenschlaeger was probably the star of the game.[20]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Missouri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tulane | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
The only blemish on the year was a 6–6 tie toMissouri. Missouri scored on a 30-yard pass.[21]Peggy Flournoy plunged over for the tying touchdown.[22]
The starting lineup was Gamble (left end), Wight (left tackle), Levy (left guard), H. Wilson (center), Blackledge (right guard), Talbot (right tackle), Brown (right end), Lautenschlaeger (quarterback), Morgan (left halfback), Flournoy (right halfback), Norman (fullback).[21]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Miss. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| •Tulane | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
The Green Wave used the forward pass to beat coachHomer Hazel'sOle Miss Rebels 26–7.[23]
The starting lineup was Gamble (left end), Wight (left tackle), Levy (left guard), H. Wilson (center), Blackledge (right guard), Talbot (right tackle), G. Wilson (right end), Lautenschlaeger (quarterback), Morgan (left halfback), Flournoy (right halfback), Lamprecht (fullback).[24]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Miss. A&M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| •Tulane | 0 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 25 |
Former assistantBernie Bierman'sMississippi Aggies took the lead 3–0 in the opening quarter with adrop kick.[25]Harry P. Gamble blocked a couple of kicks and Tulane came back to win 25–3.[25] After the defeat of the Aggies, some Tulane supporters felt the Wave would defeat Alabama.[26]
The starting lineup was Gamble (left end), Wight (left tackle), Levy (left guard), H. Wilson (center), Blackledge (right guard), P. Brown (right tackle), D. Wilson (right end), Lautenschlaeger (quarterback), Flournoy (left halfback), Morgan (right halfback), Lamprecht (fullback).[27][28]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| •Tulane | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Northwestern | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
In the 18–7 triumph overNorthwestern, Flournoy scored three touchdowns and skied his punts.[25] Northwestern's score came in the second period.[29]
The starting lineup was Gamble (left end), Wight (left tackle), Levy (left guard), H. Wilson (center), Blackledge (right guard), Talbot (right tackle), Wilson (right end), Lautenschlaeger (quarterback), Flournoy (left halfback), Morgan (right halfback), Lamprecht (fullback).[30][31]
On a field thick with muddy, Alabama clay inMontgomery, the Green Wave won over theAuburn Tigers 13–0,[32] scoring all points in the second half.[33]
Flournoy scored 31 of Tulane's 37 points in the win overLouisiana Polytechnic[34] despite Tulane using mostly reserves.
The starting lineup was Gamble (left end), Browne (left tackle), Levy (left guard), H. Wilson (center), Blackledge (right guard), Wight (right tackle), D. Wilson (right end), Lautenschlaeger (quarterback), Menville (left halfback), Flournoy (right halfback), Lamprecht (fullback).[35]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Sewanee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| •Tulane | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Tulane defeated theSewanee Tigers 14–0. All scores took place in the third quarter.[36] A 32-yard pass from Lautenschlaeger to Brown set up the first score.[37] On the second, Flournoy got loose for a 68-yard run off tackle.[34]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| •Tulane | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
After a scoreless first half, Tulane beat the rivalLSU Tigers by a 16–0 score.[34] A pass from Lautenschlaeger to Menville got the first touchdown.[38] The final points were scored byIrish Levy dropping the LSU quarterback for a safety.[39][17]
Something of an anticlimax after the LSU game, Tulane beatCentenary 14–0 to cap an undefeated season.[39]
Tulane shared the SoCon title withWallace Wade'sAlabama Crimson Tide, which went on to win theRose Bowl. Tulane's administration declined a Rose Bowl invitation, in order to keep their student-athletes in class.[40]
One account reads "In the South they call "Peggy" Flournoy of Tulane University, the greatest all-round gridder in that section."[41] Flournoy led the nation in scoring in scoring with 128 points,[5] and was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award by the Veteran Athletic's Association.[42] He was selected byBilly Evans andNorman E. Brown as a first-team halfback on their1925 College Football All-America Teams.[43][44] He was also named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and the All-America Board.[45][46] Flournoy and Irish Levy wereAll-Southern. Levy was never taken out of a game for an injury during his playing career.[47] Lautenschlaeger made Billy Evans' Southern Honor Roll.
Flournoy's school record of 128 points was not broken until 2007 byMatt Forte.
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Tulane's lineup during the 1925 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses. The chart mimics asingle wing on offense.
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| Number | Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| 27 | Roy Blackledge | guard | ||||||
| 12 | Pat Browne | tackle | Spring Hill College | |||||
| 7 | Harry P. Gamble | end | New Orleans | Warren Easton High | 165 | 21 | ||
| 23 | Irish Levy | guard | New Orleans | 21 | ||||
| 19 | Virgil Robinson | guard | ||||||
| 22 | Hoss Talbot | tackle | ||||||
| 31 | Benny Wight | tackle | ||||||
| 6 | Doc Wilson | end | ||||||
| 24 | Harvey Wilson | end |
| Number | Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| 15 | Peggy Flournoy | halfback | Rugby Academy | 6'1" | 165 | 21 | ||
| 11 | Ellis Henican | back | New Orleans | |||||
| 1 | Lester Lautenschlaeger | quarterback | New Orleans | |||||
| 10 | Fred Lamprecht | fullback | ||||||
| 3 | Cajin Lorio | back | ||||||
| 21 | Johnny Menville | halfback | New Orleans | Jesuit High | ||||
| 17 | Eddie Morgan | halfback | ||||||
| 25 | David Norman | fullback |
| Number | Player | Position | Games started | Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| 2 | Thomas Killeen | |||||||
| 5 | Walter Moss | |||||||
| 13 | Alfred Stoessel | |||||||
| 14 | Earl Evans | |||||||
| 16 | Reginald Watson | |||||||
| 18 | Bill Duren | |||||||
| 26 | Rosenhouse | |||||||
| 28 | Carre | |||||||
| 32 | Pascal Palermo |
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