1925 Saint Mary's Saints football team

1925 Saint Mary's Saints football
Far Western champion
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record8–2 (3–0 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEwing Field
California Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Mary's $ 3 0 0 8 2 0
Nevada 3 1 0 4 3 1
Cal Aggies 2 2 0 5 3 0
Pacific (CA) 1 2 0 5 2 0
Fresno State 0 4 0 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1925 Saint Mary's Saints football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1925 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Slip Madigan, the Gaels compiled an 8–2 record (3–0 against conference opponents), won the inaugural Far Western Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 313 to 72.[1]

Center Larry Bettencourt was selected by Norman E. Brown as a first-team player on the 1925 All-Pacific Coast football team;[2] he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Other key players on the team included "Ducky" Grant (captain), Jimmy Underhill (halfback/end), Red Strader (fullback), Dutch Conlan (quarterback), Boyd "Cowboy" Smith (halfback), and Pat O'Rourke (end).

  1. ^ "Saint Mary's Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "First of Norman Brown's Mythical 'All' Teams". The Journal News (Hamilton, Ohio). November 28, 1925. p. 27.