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1925 Rock Island Independents
Franchise Index: Previous Season
Record: 5-3-3, Finished 8th in NFL
NFL Season Summary
Scored 99 points (9.0/g), 9th of 20 in the NFL.
Allowed 58 points (5.3/g), 5th.
Differential of 41 points (3.7/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 8.6-2.4.
Coached by Rube Ursella (5-3-3)
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1925 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Roddy Lamb | 26 | Rook | 8 | ||
| FB | Eddie Novak | 28 | 5 | 8 | ||
| FB | Buck Gavin | 30 | 5 | 5 | ||
| BB | John Armstrong | 55 | 2 | 8 | ||
| WB | Rube Ursella | 35 | 5 | 9 | ||
| LE | Joe Little Twig | 55 | 3 | 10 | ||
| LT | Chet Widerquist | 30 | 2 | 11 | ||
| LT | Forrest Cotton | 24 | 2 | 5 | ||
| LG | George Thompson | 26 | 2 | 11 | ||
| C | Louis Kolls | 33 | 5 | 10 | ||
| RG | Lyle Burton | 25 | 1 | 6 | ||
| RT | Duke Slater | 27 | 3 | 11 | ||
| RE | Joe Rooney | 27 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Paul Anderson | 23 | Rook | 0 | ||
| P | Paul Anderson | 23 | Rook | 0 | ||
| PR | Paul Anderson | 23 | Rook | 0 | ||
| KR | Paul Anderson | 23 | Rook | 0 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Anderson | 23 | G | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Illinois | 2/6/1902 | Rook | |
| John Armstrong | 55 | BB | 11 | 8 | 170 | 5-8 | Dubuque | 0/0/0 | 2 | |
| Les Belding | 25 | E-B | 1 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Iowa,Upper Iowa | 12/5/1900 | Rook | |
| Lyle Burton | 25 | G-T-FB | 7 | 6 | 195 | 6-1 | DePauw | 5/21/1900 | 1 | |
| Forrest Cotton | 24 | T | 8 | 5 | 195 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 1/14/1901 | 2 | |
| George Dahlgren | 38 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Beloit,Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 4/17/1887 | 1 | |
| Frank DeClerk | 55 | C | 6 | 1 | 191 | 5-9 | St. Ambrose | 0/0/0 | 2 | |
| Buck Gavin | 30 | B | 5 | 5 | 179 | 5-10 | none | 6/22/1895 | 5 | |
| Harry Hall | 23 | B | 1 | 1 | 165 | 5-11 | Chicago,Illinois | 10/5/1902 | Rook | |
| Dutch Hendrian | 29 | B | 1 | 1 | 182 | 5-9 | DePauw,Detroit Mercy,Pittsburgh,Princeton | 1/19/1896 | 2 | |
| Ed Herman | 23 | E | 1 | 1 | 175 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 1/22/1902 | Rook | |
| Chuck Hill | 21 | FB-WB-E | 1 | 1 | 190 | 5-8 | Iowa State | 5/26/1904 | Rook | |
| Jim Kendrick | 32 | B-E | 1 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | Texas A&M | 8/22/1893 | 3 | |
| Louis Kolls | 33 | C | 11 | 10 | 205 | 6-1 | St. Ambrose | 12/15/1892 | 5 | |
| Roddy Lamb | 26 | B | 9 | 8 | 160 | 5-6 | Lombard | 8/20/1899 | Rook | |
| Joe Little Twig | 55 | E-T | 10 | 10 | 183 | 5-11 | Carlisle Indian | 0/0/0 | 3 | |
| Vince McCarthy | 26 | B-E | 4 | 2 | 165 | 5-10 | St. Viator | 11/3/1899 | 1 | |
| Eddie Novak | 28 | B | 11 | 8 | 175 | 5-9 | none | 8/3/1897 | 5 | |
| Joe Rooney | 27 | E-T | 10 | 9 | 177 | 6-0 | none | 8/28/1898 | 2 | |
| Duke Slater | 27 | T | 11 | 11 | 215 | 6-1 | Iowa | 12/9/1898 | 3 | |
| Evar Swanson | 23 | E-WB-BB | 2 | 1 | 171 | 5-9 | Lombard | 10/15/1902 | 1 | |
| George Thompson | 26 | G-T | 11 | 11 | 210 | 6-1 | Iowa | 8/31/1899 | 2 | |
| Jim Thorpe | 37 | TB-E-FB | 2 | 2 | 202 | 6-1 | Carlisle Indian | 5/28/1888 | 5 | |
| Rube Ursella | 35 | B | 11 | 9 | 172 | 5-9 | none | 1/11/1890 | 5 | |
| Chet Widerquist | 30 | T-G | 11 | 11 | 219 | 6-1 | Northwestern,Washington & Jefferson | 9/23/1895 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 31.0 | 11 | 187.4 | 5-10.7 | 2.1 |