1925 Duke Blue Devils football team

1925 Duke Blue Devils football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainFred Grigg
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisville     8 0 0
Georgetown     9 1 0
Howard     6 0 2
Texas Mines     5 1 1
Texas Tech     6 1 2
Wake Forest     6 2 1
Davidson     6 2 2
George Washington     6 2 2
Navy     5 2 1
Texas A&I     4 2 1
William & Mary     6 4 0
Catholic University     4 4 0
Delaware     4 4 0
Spring Hill     4 4 0
Tennessee Docs     5 5 0
Duke     4 5 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers     3 4 2
East Tennessee State Teachers     3 4 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     3 5 1
Richmond     3 6 0
Georgia Normal     1 3 0
Loyola (MD)     2 6 0
Delaware State     0 2 0
Mississippi State Teachers     0 6 0
West Tennessee State Teachers     0 7 1

The 1925 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach James P. Herron, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 142 to 58. Fred Grigg was the team captain.[1][2]

The university's benefactor, James Buchanan Duke, died on October 10, 1925,[3] the same day as a 41-0 loss to North Carolina.

  1. ^ "1925 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Duke Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Duke University. 2016. p. 95. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "James B. Duke, Philanthropist, Is Dead". The Sunday Citizen. October 11, 1925. p. 1.