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1925 Texas Tech Matadors football
1925 Texas Tech football team
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainWindy Nicklaus
Home stadiumSouth Plains Fairgrounds
Seasons1926 →
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 Texas Tech Matadors football team was an American football team that represented Texas Technological College (now known as Texas Tech University) as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season of intercollegiate football, Texas Tech compiled a 6–1–2 record. Windy Nicklaus was the team captain. The team played its home games at the South Plains Fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas.

The school opened for business in the fall of 1925. University president Paul W. Horn presided over the first meeting of its faculty being held on September 15, 1925.

Ewing Y. Freeland was hired as the school's athletic director and coach in June 1925. He had been a star athlete at Vanderbilt and the coach at SMU in 1922 and 1923.

On October 17, 1925, the team won the first game in program history, defeating Montezuma College of New Mexico by a 30–0 score.

On November 5, 1925, Texas Tech defeated Wayland Baptist by a score that has been reported as either 120–0 or 115–0. It remains Texas Tech's only 100-point game.

Key players included D.C. "Preacher" Calloway who was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor in 1985.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3McMurryT 0–08,000–10,000
October 9Austin
  • South Plains Fairgrounds
  • Lubbock, TX
T 3–3
October 17Montezuma College
  • South Plains Fairgrounds
  • Lubbock, TX
W 30–0
October 24Clarendon College
  • South Plains Fairgrounds
  • Lubbock, TX
W 13–7
October 31at Sul RossW 21–7
November 5Wayland Baptist
  • South Plains Fairgrounds
  • Lubbock, TX
W 120–0 (115–0)
November 11at Abilene ChristianAbilene, TXW 10–75,000
November 18at Howard PayneBrownwood, TXL 0–29
November 26West Texas State
  • South Plains Fairgrounds
  • Lubbock, TX
W 13–12

Game summaries

McMurry

1 2 3 4 Total
Indians 0 0 0 0 0
Matadors 0 0 0 0 0

The first intercollegiate game in school history was played in Lubbock on October 3, 1925, ending in a scoreless tie with McMurry. The Matadors attempted a 35-yard field goal at the end of the game; Texas Tech made the kick but the snap occurred after the time-keeper whistled that the game had ended.

References

  1. "Texas Technological College Plans Made". El Paso Times. September 16, 1925. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Ewing Freeland To Direct Athletics a Tech. College". The Austin American. June 17, 1925. p. 7.
  3. ^ 2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement
  4. ^ "Football Results". Corsicana Daily Sun. November 6, 1925. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Texas Tech Opens Football History in Scoreless Tie". The Shreveport Times. October 4, 1925. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Texas Tech Bowls Over Sul Ross Team". The Waco News-Tribune. November 1, 1925. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Texas Tech Matadors Face Defeat But Win". The Amarillo Globe. November 12, 1925. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Jackets Beat Matadors, 29-0". The Austin American. November 19, 1925. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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