The 1925 Penn Quakers football team was an

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team that represented the

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as an independent 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 third season under head coach Lou Young, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 64.

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was the team captain. The team played its home games at

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Penn Quakers football The Penn Quakers football program is the college football team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The Penn Quakers have competed in the Ivy League since its inaugural season of 1956, and are a Division I Football Championship ...