1925 Southern Branch Grizzlies football team

The 1925 Southern Branch Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the Southern Branch of the University of California (later known as UCLA) as a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) during the 1925 college football season. The program, which was later known as the Bruins,[1] was in its first year under head coach William H. Spaulding. The team compiled a 5–3–1 record but were outscored by a total of 130 to 91.[2] The team played its home games at Moore Field.[3]

1925 Southern Branch Grizzlies football
ConferenceSouthern California Conference
Record5–3–1 (3–1–1 SCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMoore Field
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Occidental $ 4 1 0 6 3 0
Southern Branch 3 1 1 5 3 1
Whittier 2 2 0 3 5 0
Caltech 1 2 1 2 6 1
Pomona 1 3 1 1 5 1
Redlands 1 3 1 3 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at San Diego State*
W 7–05,000[4]
October 3La Verne*
W 16–35,500[5]
October 10Pomona
  • Moore Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 26–08,500[6]
October 16Whittier
  • Moore Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–713,000[7]
October 24at Occidental
  • Patterson Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 9–0[8]
October 31at Saint Mary's*L 0–28[9]
November 7Redlands
  • Moore Field
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 23–0[10]
November 14at Stanford*L 0–82[11]
November 21at Caltech
T 10–106,000
  • *Non-conference game

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References edit

  1. ^ "UCLA BRUINS - Traditions". UCLA. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  2. ^ 2013 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA, 2013, p. 81.
  3. ^ "2003 General Information" (PDF). UCLA. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Branch Eleven Beats Aztecs". Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1925. p. Ia-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Grizzlies Beat La Verne". Los Angeles Times. October 4, 1925. p. Ia-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Grizzlies Down Pomona In Conference Opener". Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1925 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Poets Upset Dope and Branch's Title Hopes". Los Angeles Times. October 17, 1925 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Paul Lowry (October 25, 1925). "Grizzlies Vanquish Oxy Tigers, 9 to 0". Los Angeles Times. p. Ia-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Carroll Peeke (November 1, 1925). "Grizzlies Lost To St. Mary's; Score 28 to 0; L.A. College Rallies To Keep Oaklanders From Scoring in Last Half". Oakland Tribune. pp. 1D, 4D – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Branch Bounces Redlands". Los Angeles Times. November 8, 1925. pp. Ia-1, Ia-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Cardinals Bury Branch Under 82 to 0 Score". The San Francisco Examiner. November 15, 1925. p. 1P – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  13. ^ Southern Campus (1926 ed.). pp. 182–210.