1925 Hammond Pros season

Sporting season March 2026 November 2013 Hammond Pros 1925 1–5 Overall1–4 NFL 14th NFL Fritz Pollard and Doc Young Traveling team The 1925 Hammond Pros season was their sixth in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve on their previous record against league opponents of 2–2–1, winning only one game.1925 Hammond Pros They finished fourteenth in the league.Pro Football Archives 1925 Hammond Pros Background After having completed just 5 NFL games during the 1924 season, all of which were played on the road, Hammond went into 1925 with a light schedule of just five games, front-loaded to the first half of the season."Pro Grid Schedule for 1925," Rock Island Argus, Sept. 14, 1925, p. 15. A very tentative home game was also scheduled for November 8 against the Dayton Triangles. The proposed home game would have been the first since early in the 1923 season, when a game was played against Dayton at Hammond's Turner Field."Hammond Pros Win from Dayton: 'Ink' Williams Recovers Fumble and Races for Touchdown," Dayton Times, Oct. 8, 1923, p. 9. In the end, the ill-fated November 8 was rescheduled as a road date against the Rock Island Independents but was canceled due to snow."Indees Meet Clinton Team Wednesday: Game Scheduled with Hammond Yesterday is Postponed," Davenport Daily Times, Nov. 9, 1925, p. 15. A game was initially scheduled against the Racine Legion at Racine, Wisconsin was canceled when that American Legion-sponsored team suspended operations for 1925. Instead a game was scheduled for the open date and played with the non-NFL Toronto Tigers of Toronto, Ohio, with Hammond losing the contest in a 7–0 shutout. Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 20 at Green Bay Packers L 0–14 0–1 City Stadium 3,000 Recap George W. Calhoun, "Packers Trim Hammond 14–0 in Pro League Game: Lewellen and Basin Score for Big Bay Blues; Vegara Plays Wonderful Football," Green Bay Press Gazette, Sept. 21, 1925, pp. 12–13. 2 September 27 at Chicago Cardinals W 10–6 1–1 Normal Park Recap – October 4 at Racine LegionCanceled due to franchise hiatus – October 4 at Toronto Tigers L 0–7 — Kilgus Field 2,500 — "Toronto Tigers Beat Hammond Pros, 7–0," Hammond Times, Oct. 5, 1925, p. 11. 3 October 11 at Chicago Bears L 7–28 1–2 DePaul Field Recap "Bears Pile Up 28–7 Victory," Chicaog Tribune, Oct. 12, 1925, p. 31."Bears Pile Up 28–7 Victory," Hammond Times, Oct. 12, 1925, p. 11. 4 November 1 at Detroit Panthers L 6–26 1–3 Navin Field Recap "Panthers Keep Place in Lead: Detroit Gives First Evidence of Offensive Power by Defeating Hammond, 26 to 6," Detroit Free Press, Nov. 2, 1925, pp. 16–17. – November 8 at Rock Island IndependentsCanceled due to snow "Indees Meet Clinton Team Wednesday: Game Scheduled with Hammond Yesterday is Postponed," Davenport Daily Times, Nov. 9, 1925, p. 15. 5 December 12 at Chicago Cardinals L 0–13 1–4 Comiskey Park Recap Note: Game in italics was against a non-NFL team. Standings References 35em Category:Hammond Pros seasons Hammond Pros Category:1925 in sports in Indiana