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The
1925 NFL season
was the sixth
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. The
Kenosha Maroons
folded, with the
Racine Legion
and
Minneapolis Marines
mothballing.
Teams
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Twenty teams competed in the NFL during the 1925 season.
First season in NFL *
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Last active season ^
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Last season before hiatus, rejoined league later §
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Team jumped to the
AFL
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Rejoined the NFL **
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1925 NFL Championship controversy
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Controversy surrounds who actually won the 1925 NFL Championship. Officially, the
Chicago Cardinals
are listed as the 1925 NFL champions because they finished with the best record; however, many Pottsville fans at the time claimed that the Maroons were the legitimate champions. The Maroons and the Cardinals were the top contenders for the title, with Pottsville winning a late-season meeting between them, 21?7. But the Maroons scheduled a game against a team of
University of Notre Dame
All-Stars in
Philadelphia
(and winning 9?7) on the same day that the
Frankford Yellow Jackets
were scheduled to play a game in the same city. Frankford protested, saying that it was violating their protected territory rights.
Although NFL president
Joe Carr
warned the Maroons in writing that they faced suspension if they played in Philadelphia, the Maroons claimed that Carr had previously approved the game during a telephone call, and played anyway. In response, Carr fined the club, suspended it from all league rights and privileges (including the right to play for the NFL championship), and returned its franchise to the league.
In 2003, the NFL decided to again examine the case regarding the 1925 championship. In October of that year, the NFL voted 30?2 not to reopen the case, with only
Philadelphia
and
Pittsburgh
, the league's two Pennsylvania-based teams, voting in favor. Thus, the Cardinals are still listed as the 1925 NFL champions.
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Had the current (post-1972) system of counting ties as half a win and half a loss been in place in 1925, the Maroons would have won the championship with a win percentage of .833, while the Cardinals would have finished runner-up at .821.
Standings
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Note:
Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
* The
Pottsville Maroons
were suspended from the league in December, resulting in the
Chicago Cardinals
being named the NFL champions.
All star team
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NFL league president
Joseph Carr
chose an all-star team for 1925, including players from
Red Grange
's tour.
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Tackles
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Guards
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Halfbacks
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Fullback
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References
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Early era
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Modern era
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Italics
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