1925 Pottsville Maroons season
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The 1925
1925 NFL season
The 1925 NFL season was the 6th regular season of the National Football League. Five new teams entered the league: New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Pottsville Maroons, Providence Steam Roller, and a new Canton Bulldogs team...

 Pottsville Maroons
Pottsville Maroons
The Pottsville Maroons were an American football team based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1920, they went on to play in the National Football League for four seasons, from 1925–1928...

 season
was their inaugural season in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. The team finished a 10-2 league record and a 13-2 overall record.. The team initially won the 1925 NFL championship, however a controversial suspension
1925 NFL Championship controversy
The 1925 National Football League Championship, officially held by the Chicago Cardinals, has been the subject of controversy since it was awarded. The controversy centers around the suspension of the Pottsville Maroons by NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, which prevented them from taking the title.The...

 cost them the title, forcing the team to finish in second place.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result
- September 20, 1925 Colwyn Darby W 48-0
1 September 27, 1925 Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (NFL)
Buffalo, New York had a turbulent, early-era National Football League team that operated under three different names and several different owners between the 1910s and 1920s...

W 28-0
2 October 4, 1925 Providence Steam Roller
Providence Steam Roller
The Providence Steam Roller was a professional American football team based in Providence, Rhode Island in the National Football League from 1925 to 1931. Providence was the first New England team to win an NFL championship...

L 6-0
3 October 11, 1925 Canton Bulldogs
Canton Bulldogs
The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio. They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and its successor, the National Football League, from 1920 to 1923 and again from 1925 to 1926. The Bulldogs would go on to win the 1917, 1918...

W 28-0
4 October 18, 1925 at Providence Steam Roller
Providence Steam Roller
The Providence Steam Roller was a professional American football team based in Providence, Rhode Island in the National Football League from 1925 to 1931. Providence was the first New England team to win an NFL championship...

W 34-0
5 November 1, 1925 Columbus Tigers W 20-0
6 November 8, 1925 Akron Pros
Akron Pros
The Akron Pros were a professional football team located played in Akron, Ohio from 1908–1926. The team originated in 1908 as a semi-pro team named the Akron Indians, however name was changed to the Pros in 1920 as the team set out to become a charter member of the American Professional...

W 21-0
7 November 14, 1925 at Frankford Yellow Jackets
Frankford Yellow Jackets
The Frankford Yellow Jackets were a professional American football team, part of the National Football League from 1924 to 1931, though its origin dates back to as early as 1899 with the Frankford Athletic Association. The Yellow Jackets won the NFL championship in 1926...

L 20-0
8 November 15, 1925 Rochester Jeffersons
Rochester Jeffersons
The Rochester Jeffersons from Rochester, New York played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1925.Formed as an amateur outfit by a rag-tag group of Rochester-area teenagers after the turn of the century , the team became known as the Jeffersons in reference to the locale of their playing...

W 14-6
9 November 22, 1925 Cleveland Bulldogs
Cleveland Bulldogs
The Cleveland Bulldogs was a team that played in Cleveland, Ohio in the National Football League. They were originally called the Indians in 1923, not to be confused with the Cleveland Indians NFL franchise in 1922...

W 24-6
10 November 26, 1925 Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

W 31-0
11 November 29, 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets
Frankford Yellow Jackets
The Frankford Yellow Jackets were a professional American football team, part of the National Football League from 1924 to 1931, though its origin dates back to as early as 1899 with the Frankford Athletic Association. The Yellow Jackets won the NFL championship in 1926...

W 49-0
12 December 6, 1925 at Chicago Cardinals W 21-7
- September 12, 1925 Notre Dame All-Stars
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...


Played at Shibe Park
W 9-7
- September 20, 1925 at Atlantic City Roses W 6-0
  • Games in italics are against non-NFL teams.

Standings

NFL
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Chicago Cardinals
1925 Chicago Cardinals season
The 1925 Chicago Cardinals season resulted in the Cardinals winning their first NFL Championship.The end of the Cardinals season was centered around two historic, but controversial, situations. The first was a team scandal with the Milwaukee Badgers...

11 2 1 .846 230 65 W-2
Pottsville Maroons 10 2 0 .833 270 45 W-5
Detroit Panthers
1925 Detroit Panthers season
The 1925 Detroit Panthers season was their third in the league and first season as the Panthers. The team improved on their previous output of 1-5-1, winning eight games. They finished third in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

8 2 2 .800 129 39 W-1
Frankford Yellow Jackets
1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season
The 1925 Frankford Yellow Jackets season was their second in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous output of 11-2-1, winning thirteen league games to finish the season in sixth place...

10 4 0 .714 190 169 L-2
New York Giants
1925 New York Giants season
The 1925 New York Giants season was the first season for the club in the National Football League. The team finished with a record of 8–4 against league opponents.-Schedule:* Games in italics are against non-NFL teams.-Standings:-External links:...

8 4 0 .667 122 67 W-1
Akron Pros
1925 Akron Pros season
The 1925 Akron Pros season was their sixth in the league and last season before becoming the Indians. The team improved on their previous output of 2-6, winning six games. They finished fourth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

4 2 2 .667 65 51 L-2
Chicago Bears
1925 Chicago Bears season
The 1925 Chicago Bears season was their sixth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 9-5-3 record under head coach George Halas earning them a seventh place finish in the team standings, their worst showing to that date...

9 5 3 .643 158 96 W-3
Rock Island Independents
1925 Rock Island Independents season
The 1925 Rock Island Independents season was their sixth and final season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous league record of 5-2-2, losing three NFL games. They finished eighth in the league.-Schedule:...

5 3 3 .625 99 58 L-1
Green Bay Packers
1925 Green Bay Packers season
The 1925 Green Bay Packers season was their fifth season in the National Football League. The club posted a 8-5 record under player/coach Curly Lambeau earning them a ninth place finish...

8 5 0 .615 151 110 W-1
Providence Steam Roller
1925 Providence Steam Roller season
The 1925 Providence Steam Roller season was their inaugural season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 6-5-1 record against NFL teams, finishing tenth in the league.-Schedule:*Game in italics is against a non-NFL team.-Standings:...

6 5 1 .545 111 101 L-1
Canton Bulldogs
1925 Canton Bulldogs season
The 1925 Canton Bulldogs season was their fifth in the National Football League and their first season since 1923. The team failed to improve on their previous record against NFL opponents of 11-0-1, winning only four NFL games. They finished eleventh in the league.-Schedule:* Games in italics are...

4 4 0 .500 50 73 L-1
Cleveland Bulldogs
1925 Cleveland Bulldogs season
The 1925 Cleveland Bulldogs season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous record against NFL opponents of 7-1-1, winning only five league games. They finished twelfth in the league.-Schedule:...

5 8 1 .385 75 135 L-1
Kansas City Cowboys
1925 Kansas City Cowboys season
The 1925 Kansas City Cowboys season was their second in the league and first as the Cowboys. The team improved on their previous output of 2-7, losing only five games. They finished thirteenth in the league.-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

2 5 1 .286 65 97 W-1
Hammond Pros
1925 Hammond Pros season
The 1925 Hammond Pros season was their sixth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous record against league opponents of 2-2-1, winning only one game. They finished fourteenth in the league.-Schedule:...

1 4 0 .200 23 87 L-3
Buffalo Bisons
1925 Buffalo Bisons (NFL) season
The 1925 Buffalo Bisons season was their sixth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous record against league opponents of 6-5, winning four games...

1 6 2 .143 33 113 L-4
Rochester Jeffersons
1925 Rochester Jeffersons season
The 1925 Rochester Jeffersons season was their sixth and final season in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous record against league opponants of 0–7, losing only six games and logging a tie...

0 6 1 .000 26 111 L-5
Dayton Triangles
1925 Dayton Triangles season
The 1925 Dayton Triangles season was their sixth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2-6, losing seven games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:* Game in italics is against a non-NFL team....

0 7 1 .000 3 84 L-7
Duluth Kelleys
1925 Duluth Kelleys season
The 1925 Duluth Kelleys season was their third in the National Football League and final season as the Kelleys. The team failed to improve on their previous record against league opponents of 5-1, losing three games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league....

0 3 0 .000 6 25 L-3
Milwaukee Badgers
1925 Milwaukee Badgers season
The 1925 Milwaukee Badgers season was their fourth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous league record of 5-8, losing all their games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league....

0 6 0 .000 7 191 L-6
Columbus Tigers
1925 Columbus Tigers season
The 1925 Columbus Tigers season was their sixth in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous record against league teams of 4-4, losing nine games. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.-Schedule:...

0 9 0 .000 28 124 L-9
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