1925 Texas Tech Matadors football team

1925 Texas Tech Matadors football
1925 Texas Tech football team
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1–2
Head coach	Ewing Y. Freeland (1st season)
Offensive scheme	T formation
Base defense	7–2–2
Captain	Windy Nicklaus
Home stadium	South Plains Fairgrounds

1925 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Louisville			–					8	–	0	–	0
Georgetown			–					9	–	1	–	0
Howard			–					6	–	0	–	2
Texas Mines			–					5	–	1	–	1
Texas Tech			–					6	–	1	–	2
Wake Forest			–					6	–	2	–	1
Davidson			–					6	–	2	–	2
George Washington			–					6	–	2	–	2
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	1
Texas A&I			–					4	–	2	–	1
William & Mary			–					6	–	4	–	0
Catholic University			–					4	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					4	–	4	–	0
Spring Hill			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tennessee Docs			–					5	–	5	–	0
Duke			–					4	–	5	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers			–					3	–	4	–	2
East Tennessee State Teachers			–					3	–	4	–	0
Western Kentucky State Normal			–					3	–	5	–	1
Richmond			–					3	–	6	–	0
Georgia Normal			–					1	–	3	–	0
Loyola (MD)			–					2	–	6	–	0
Delaware State			–					0	–	2	–	0
Mississippi State Teachers			–					0	–	6	–	0
West Tennessee State Teachers			–					0	–	7	–	1

The 1925 Texas Tech Matadors football team was an American football team that represented Texas Technological College (now known as Texas Tech University) as an independent during the 1925 college football season. In its first season of intercollegiate football, Texas Tech compiled a 6–1–2 record. Windy Nicklaus was the team captain. The team played its home games at the South Plains Fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas.

The school opened for business in the fall of 1925. University president Paul W. Horn presided over the first meeting of its faculty being held on September 15, 1925.^[1]

Ewing Y. Freeland was hired as the school's athletic director and coach in June 1925. He had been a star athlete at Vanderbilt and the coach at SMU in 1922 and 1923.^[2]

On October 17, 1925, the team won the first game in program history, defeating Montezuma College of New Mexico by a 30–0 score.^[3]

On November 5, 1925, Texas Tech defeated Wayland Baptist by a score that has been reported as either 120–0^[3] or 115–0.^[4] It remains Texas Tech's only 100-point game.

Key players included D.C. "Preacher" Calloway who was inducted into the Texas Tech Hall of Honor in 1985.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	McMurry	South Plains Fairgrounds Lubbock, TX	T 0–0	8,000–10,000	[5]
October 9	Austin	South Plains Fairgrounds Lubbock, TX	T 3–3
October 17	Montezuma College	South Plains Fairgrounds Lubbock, TX	W 30–0
October 24	Clarendon College	South Plains Fairgrounds Lubbock, TX	W 13–7
October 31	at Sul Ross	All-West Texas Exposition San Angelo, TX	W 21–7		[6]
November 5	Wayland Baptist	South Plains Fairgrounds Lubbock, TX	W 120–0 (115–0)		[3][4]
November 11	at Abilene Christian	Abilene, TX	W 10–7	5,000	[7]
November 18	at Howard Payne	Brownwood, TX	L 0–29		[8]
November 26	West Texas State	South Plains Fairgrounds Lubbock, TX	W 13–12

^[3]

Game summaries

McMurry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indians	0	0	0	0	0
Matadors	0	0	0	0	0

The first intercollegiate game in school history was played in Lubbock on October 3, 1925, ending in a scoreless tie with McMurry. The Matadors attempted a 35-yard field goal at the end of the game; Texas Tech made the kick but the snap occurred after the time-keeper whistled that the game had ended.^[5]

References

1. "Texas Technological College Plans Made". El Paso Times. September 16, 1925. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Ewing Freeland To Direct Athletics a Tech. College". The Austin American. June 17, 1925. p. 7.
3. 2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement
4. "Football Results". Corsicana Daily Sun. November 6, 1925. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Texas Tech Opens Football History in Scoreless Tie". The Shreveport Times. October 4, 1925. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Texas Tech Bowls Over Sul Ross Team". The Waco News-Tribune. November 1, 1925. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Texas Tech Matadors Face Defeat But Win". The Amarillo Globe. November 12, 1925. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Jackets Beat Matadors, 29-0". The Austin American. November 19, 1925. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.