The 1925 Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops football team was an

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team that represented

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as a member of the

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(OAC) during the

1925 college football season The 1925 college football season ended with no clear national champion. At the close of the season, noted sports writer Billy Evans described the championship contest as "a dead heat" among Dartmouth, Tulane, Michigan, Washington, and Alabama. ...

. In its fifth season under head coach George Gauthier, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record (6–0 against OAC opponents), won the OAC championship, shut out six of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 219 to 25. The team was undefeated in games against OAC opponents, sustaining its only loss by a single touchdown to

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and playing Syracuse to a 3–3 tie. The team played its home games at Edwards Field in

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