1925 Rock Island Independents (NFL) |
| 8th place • 5-3-3 .625 |
| Head Coach: Rube Ursella |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/20/1925 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-0 | T | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 2000 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1925 | H | Racine | - | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | |||
| Sun | 9/27/1925 | H | Dayton Triangles | 0-0 | T | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1925 | H | Green Bay Packers | 3-0 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1925 | A | Duluth Kelleys | 12-0 | W | Duluth, MN | Athletic Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1925 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1925 | H | Kansas City Cowboys | 3-3 | T | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 1500 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1925 | A | Chicago Bears | 0-6 | L | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 8000 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1925 | A | Racine | Racine, WI | |||||
| Sun | 11/8/1925 | H | Hammond Pros | - | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | |||
| Sun | 11/11/1925 | H | Duluth Kelleys | - | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | |||
| Wed | 11/11/1925 | A | Clinton Legion | 23-6 | W | Clinton, IA | Riverfront Park | 1500 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1925 | H | Kansas City Cowboys | 35-12 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 1500 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1925 | H | Milwaukee Badgers | 40-7 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 1200 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1925 | A | Detroit Panthers | 6-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Navin Field | ||
| Sun | 11/29/1925 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 0-7 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1925 | A | Buffalo Bisons | - | Buffalo, NY | Bison Park | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/27/1925 | Racine | Canceled |
| 10/25/1925 | Kansas City Cowboys | Moved from 11/1 |
| 11/8/1925 | Racine | Canceled |
| 11/8/1925 | Hammond Pros | Canceled; Postponed from 10/25 |
| 11/11/1925 | Duluth Kelleys | Canceled |
| 11/15/1925 | Kansas City Cowboys | Moved from Kansas City; Postponed from 11/1 |
| 12/6/1925 | Buffalo Bisons | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Paul Anderson | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Armstrong | 4 | QB-S-ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 155 | 28 | Dubuque | 11 | 8 |
| Joe Burten | 8 | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 205 | 32 | Louisiana State | 7 | 6 |
| Fod Cotton | 19 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Notre Dame | 7 | 5 |
| George Dahlgren | 4 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 200 | 38 | Beloit | 1 | 0 |
| Frank DeClerk | 11 | C-MG | 5-9 | 189 | 26 | St. Ambrose | 6 | 1 |
| Pat Gavin | 6 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 179 | 34 | none | 5 | 5 |
| Dutch Hendrian | LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 182 | 29 | DePauw; Detroit Mercy; Pittsburgh; Princeton | 1 | 1 | |
| Ed Herman | 18 | ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 |
| Chuck Hill | ROH-RDH | 5-8 | 190 | 21 | Iowa State | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim Kendrick | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | |
| Louie Kolls | 2 | C-MG-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 205 | 33 | St. Ambrose | 11 | 10 |
| Roddy Lamb | 1 | LOH-LDH-QB-S-ROH-RDH-FB-LB | 5-6 | 160 | 26 | Lombard | 9 | 8 |
| Joe Little Twig | 9 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 182 | 28 | Carlisle Indian | 10 | 10 |
| Vince McCarthy | 17 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 155 | 25 | St. Viator | 4 | 2 |
| Eddie Novak | 21 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 174 | 28 | none | 11 | 8 |
| Joe Rooney | 12 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 177 | 27 | none | 10 | 9 |
| Arthur Schimmel | 3 | LOH-LDH | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Duke Slater | 16 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Iowa | 11 | 11 |
| Evar Swanson | 6 | ROE-RDE | 5-9 | 168 | 23 | Lombard | 2 | 1 |
| George Thompson | 15 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 208 | 26 | Iowa | 11 | 11 |
| Jim Thorpe | LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 200 | 37 | Carlisle Indian | 2 | 2 | |
| Rube Ursella | 7 | ROH-RDH-QB-S-LOH-LDH0LOE-LDE | 5-9 | 170 | 35 | none | 11 | 9 |
| Chet Widerquist | 20 | LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 219 | 30 | Northwestern; Washington & Jefferson | 11 | 11 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 9 | 21 | 14 | 55 | 99 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 58 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Armstrong | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Roddy Lamb | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Vince McCarthy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Rube Ursella | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Joe Little Twig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Eddie Novak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Rooney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 3 | 0 | 99 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Ursella | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 41 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 41 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 0/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roddy Lamb | 2 | ||||
| Vince McCarthy | 1 | ||||
| Eddie Novak | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Armstrong | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Roddy Lamb | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Vince McCarthy | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Armstrong | 3 | ||||
| Roddy Lamb | 1 | ||||
| Joe Little Twig | 1 | ||||
| Vince McCarthy | 1 | ||||
| Joe Rooney | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Armstrong | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Armstrong | 1 | |||||
| Roddy Lamb | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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