1925 St. Xavier Musketeers football team

The 1925 St. Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented St. Xavier College (later renamed Xavier University) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1925 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Joseph A. Meyer, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record (3–1–1 against OAC opponents) and finished in fifth place in the OAC. George Reynolds was the team captain.[1] The team played its home games at Corcoran Field in Cincinnati.

1925 St. Xavier Musketeers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–2–1 (3–1–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Reynolds
Home stadiumCorcoran Field
1925 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Ohio Wesleyan $ 6 –0 –07 –1 –1
Oberlin 5 –0 –17 –0 –1
Wooster 5 –1 –06 –2 –0
Kenyon 5 –2 –06 –2 –0
St. Xavier 3 –1 –15 –2 –1
Mount Union 4 –2 –17 –2 –1
Baldwin–Wallace 5 –3 –05 –3 –0
Ohio 3 –2 –06 –2 –0
Miami (OH) 3 –2 –05 –3 –0
Muskingum 3 –3 –04 –3 –1
Case 3 –4 –23 –4 –2
Denison 3 –4 –04 –4 –1
Heidelberg 3 –4 –04 –4 –0
Cincinnati 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Wittenberg 3 –5 –13 –5 –1
Ohio Northern 2 –4 –13 –4 –1
Western Reserve 2 –5 –03 –6 –0
Hiram 0 –5 –20 –5 –3
Akron 1 –6 –01 –7 –0
Otterbein 0 –5 –10 –6 –2
  • $ – Conference champion

The nickname "Musketeers" was adopted for the football team at the start of the 1925 season. The name was chosen by Father F. J. Finn and was announced in the program for the October 3 game against Transylvania.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Transylvania*
W 20–04,000[3]
October 10Kentucky Wesleyan*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 50–0[4]
October 17Wittenberg
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
T 7–7[5]
October 24at Ohio NorthernAda, OHW 19–0[6]
October 31Kenyon
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 6–0[7]
November 7Akron
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 19–0[8]
November 21Ohio Wesleyandagger
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 0–4112,000[9]
November 26Haskell*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 8–34[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References
  1. "Transylvania To Play Return Date". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 27, 1925. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Priest Confers Name". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 1925. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "St. Xavier beats Transylvania". The Kentucky Post. October 4, 1925. Retrieved May 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Kentuckians Treated Roughly At Hands of Strong St. Xavier Musketeers". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 11, 1925. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Musketeers Fail in the Pinches: Xavier and Wittenberg Play 7-to-7 Tie". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 18, 1925. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Musketeers Slam Rival Line: St. Xavier Turns In 19-0 Win Over Northern". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 25, 1925. p. 21.
  7. "Saint Xavier Beats Kenyon". The Sunday Times-Signal. November 1, 1925. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "St. X Keeps Slate Clean". Dayton Daily News. November 8, 1925. p. Sport 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Wesleyan Walks Over St. Xavier Winning 41-0". Dayton Daily News. November 22, 1925. p. Sport 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Indians Lace St. Xavier, 34 To 8; Haskell Smashes Defense; Presto Is Star For Collegians". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 27, 1925. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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