The 1925 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University (NYU) as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record.
Meehan was hired as NYU's head coach in January 1925. He had been the head coach at Syracuse the prior five seasons. In early August, Meehan personally wrote to 50 men in various parts of the country asking them to join him for football training at Fort Slocum on the western end of Long Island. Meehan's reputation proved to be a magnet in attracting football talent to NYU.
Fullback Frank Briante starred on offense, scored 60 points, and was selected at the end of the season to be captain of the 1926 team. He later played two years in the National Football League.
The team played its home games at Ohio Field and one neutral-field game at Yankee Stadium.
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Personnel Players Herbert Blum, back Frank Briante, fullback Jack Connor James Fay Steve Holden, back and punter J. Francis Kelly, end Klein Robert Lincoln John O'Neil, captain and quarterback Charlie Rosell Ephraim Sehres, back Dave Skudin, guard Ralph White, guard
Coaches Chick Meehan, head coach Joe Schwarzer, assistant coach Bill McCarthy, assistant coach Al Nixon, graduate manager Emil Von Elling, trainer Lou Brown, varsity rubber
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