1924 college football season

The 1924 college football season was the year of the Four Horsemen as the Notre Dame team, coached by Knute Rockne, won all of its games, including the Rose Bowl, to be acclaimed as the best team in the nation. Notre Dame and Stanford were both unbeaten at season's end, with the Fighting Irish winning the Rose Bowl contest 27–10. The Penn Quakers were retroactively awarded a national championship by Parke H. Davis.[1]

1924 college football season
Notre Dame's "Four Horsemen"
Number of bowls3
Bowl gamesJanuary 1, 1925
Champion(s)Notre Dame
Pennsylvania
football seasons

Red Grange's Illinois team upset Michigan. The Illini were upset by Minnesota, which in turn was upset by Vanderbilt. Fred Russell's Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football dubs 1924 "the most eventful season in the history of Vanderbilt football." Centre claimed a southern title in its last season of national relevance, upsetting Wallace Wade's first SoCon champion Alabama team. Alabama did not lose another game until 1927.[2][3]

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

Membership changes
School1923 Conference1924 Conference
Ball Teachers HoosieroonsProgram establishedIndependent
College of Charleston CougarsIndependentDropped Program
Georgia Normal EaglesProgram establishedIndependent
Montana GrizzliesIndependentPCC
Sewanee TigersSIAASouthern
Vanderbilt CommodoresSIAA/SouthernSouthern
VMI KeydetsIndependentSouthern

September

September 27 California with a 13–7 win over Santa Clara. Dartmouth beat Norwich College 40–0. Southern Methodist University (SMU) beat North Texas 7–0, and Alabama opened with a 55–0 win over Union College of Tennessee.

October

October 4 Missouri opened its season with a 3–0 win at Chicago, the Maroons' only loss of the season. Notre Dame opened its season with a 40–0 win over Lombard College. Stanford beat Occidental College 20–6, and California beat St. Mary's 17–7. Army beat St. Louis 17–0, Yale beat North Carolina 27–0, and Dartmouth beat Montreal's McGill University 52–0. Alabama won at Furman 20–0. SMU beat Trinity College 14–3

October 11 Notre Dame beat Wabash 34–0. Stanford beat the Olympic Club 7–0 and California defeated Pomona College, 28–0. Army beat Detroit's Mercy College, 20–0 and Dartmouth beat Vermont 38–0. In a battle of Bulldogs, Yale beat Georgia 7–6. Missouri defeated Missouri Wesleyan College 14–0 (MWC was closed in 1930). Chicago beat visiting Brown, 19–7. Alabama beat Mississippi College 51–0. In a Friday game, SMU beat Austin College 7–0

October 18 At the Polo Grounds in New York, Notre Dame beat Army 13–7, the Cadets' only loss for the season. In his column the next day, sportswriter Grantland Rice dubbed the Notre Dame backfield (Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden) in his column of October 20, writing "Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases. Their real names are: Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army team was swept over the precipice at the Polo Grounds this afternoon as 55,000 spectators peered down upon the bewildering panorama spread out upon the green plain below."

In other games, Yale and Dartmouth played to a 14–14 tie. Stanford defeated Oregon 28–13, while California beat the Olympic Club 9–3. In Birmingham, Alabama beat Sewanee 14–0. SMU beat Texas 10–6. Missouri won at Iowa State 7–0, and Chicago defeated Indiana 23–0.

October 25 Notre Dame beat Princeton 12–0. In Columbus, Chicago and Ohio State played to a 3–3 tie. At Portland, Oregon, Stanford had a more difficult time than expected in defeating Idaho, 3–0, while California beat Washington State 20–7. Army beat Boston University 20–0, Dartmouth beat Harvard 6–0, and Yale defeated Brown 13–3. At Atlanta, Alabama recorded another shutout, beating Georgia Tech 14–0. SMU and Texas A & M played to a 7–7 tie in Dallas. Missouri beat Kansas State 14–7.

November

November 1 California and USC, both unbeaten and untied with records of 5–0–0, met at Berkeley, with California handing the Trojans their first defeat, 7–0. Notre Dame beat visiting Georgia Tech 34–3 Stanford beat Santa Clara 20–0 and California beat visiting USC 7–0 Army and Yale played to a 7–7 tie. Dartmouth defeated Brown 10–3. SMU stayed unbeaten with a 6–0 win at TCU. Missouri suffered its first defeat, a 14–6 loss at Nebraska. Chicago beat Purdue 19–6.

Alabama registered its 8th shutout in a 61–0 win over Ole Miss at Montgomery. To that point, the Crimson Tide had outscored its opposition 215–0.

November 8 Notre Dame won at Wisconsin 38–3 In a game at Berkeley, Stanford beat Utah 30–0, while in Seattle, California was tied by Washington. Army beat visiting Florida 14–7, Dartmouth beat Boston University 38–0, and Yale beat Maryland 47–0 SMU was tied at Arkansas 14–14. Alabama gave up its first points in a 42–7 win over visiting Kentucky. Missouri won at Oklahoma 10–0. Chicago and Illinois played to a 21–21 tie.

November 15 Notre Dame beat Nebraska 34–6 Stanford beat Montana 41–3 and California beat Nevada 27–0 Army and Columbia played to a 14–14 tie, and Yale beat Princeton 10–0. In New York, Dartmouth closed its season unbeaten with a 27–14 win over Cornell. Alabama was defeated by Centre College, 17–0, in a game at Birmingham. SMU and Baylor played to a 7–7 tie in Dallas. Missouri beat Washington University in St. Louis 35–0. Chicago beat Northwestern 3–0.

November 22 In Chicago, Notre Dame beat Northwestern 13–6 Stanford (7–0–0) and California (7–0–1) were both unbeaten going into the final game of the season, played at Berkeley. The teams played to a 20–20 tie, with Stanford getting the bid to the Rose Bowl; California hosted a postseason game against Penn for New Year's Day Yale closed its season unbeaten with a 19–6 win over Harvard. Chicago and Wisconsin played to a scoreless tie.

On Thanksgiving Day, November 27 Alabama beat Georgia 33–0 in Birmingham. Missouri beat Kansas 14–0, and received an invitation to play USC at the Los Angeles Christmas Festival (where it would lose, 20–7)

Notre Dame closed its season in Pittsburgh on Friday, November 28, with a 40–19 win over Carnegie Tech. In the Army–Navy Game, held in Baltimore, Army won 12–0 On November 29 SMU and Oklahoma State played to a 13–13 tie, giving the Mustangs a season record of 5 wins, no losses and four ties.

Rose Bowl
Main article: 1925 Rose Bowl

Notre Dame had the Four Horsemen; Stanford had Ernie Nevers. Neither team had lost a game in 1924 and they met in Pasadena before a crowd of 52,000. The Stanford Indians took a 3–0 lead in the first quarter after Murray Cuddeback's field goal. In the second quarter, Elmer Layden ran for one touchdown, then scored another after picking off an Ernie Nevers pass and returning the interception to give the Irish a 13–3 lead at halftime. Stanford closed the gap to 13–10 in the third quarter with a pass from Ed Walker to Ted Shipkey, but lineman Ed Hunsinger scooped up a fumble from an attempted Stanford punt return to give Notre Dame its third touchdown. In the last quarter, Stanford was stopped eight inches from the goal line. Layden picked off another Nevers pass and returned it 70 yards for the final score, with Notre Dame winning 27–10.[4]

Other bowls

Conference standings

For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.

Major conference standings
1924 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Chicago $ 3 –0 –34 –1 –3
No. 4 Illinois 3 –1 –16 –1 –1
No. 6 Iowa 3 –1 –16 –1 –1
Michigan 4 –2 –06 –2 –0
Purdue 2 –2 –05 –2 –0
Minnesota 1 –2 –13 –3 –2
Ohio State 1 –3 –22 –3 –3
Indiana 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Northwestern 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Wisconsin 0 –2 –22 –3 –3
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System
1924 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Missouri $ 5 –1 –07 –2 –0
Nebraska 3 –1 –05 –3 –0
Drake 3 –1 –15 –2 –1
Grinnell 2 –1 –03 –3 –0
Iowa State 3 –2 –04 –3 –1
Oklahoma 2 –3 –12 –5 –1
Kansas 2 –4 –12 –5 –1
Kansas State 1 –4 –13 –4 –1
Washington University 0 –4 –04 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System
1924 New England Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Connecticut $ 4 –0 –06 –0 –2
New Hampshire 2 –1 –07 –2 –0
Maine 1 –2 –04 –3 –1
Massachusetts 0 –1 –06 –1 –1
Rhode Island State 0 –3 –00 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 North Central Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
South Dakota State $ 5 –0 –07 –1 –0
South Dakota 4 –1 –06 –2 –0
Creighton 3 –1 –06 –1 –2
North Dakota Agricultural 3 –3 –05 –3 –0
Nebraska Wesleyan 1 –2 –02 –4 –2
Des Moines 1 –3 –02 –6 –0
Morningside 1 –4 –02 –5 –0
North Dakota 1 –4 –03 –3 –0
St. Thomas (MN) 0 –1 –05 –2 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Stanford $ 3 –0 –17 –1 –1
No. 2 California 2 –0 –28 –0 –2
Washington 3 –1 –18 –1 –1
No. 7 USC 2 –1 –09 –2 –0
Idaho 4 –2 –05 –2 –1
Oregon 2 –2 –14 –2 –3
Oregon Agricultural 1 –4 –03 –5 –0
Washington State 0 –4 –11 –5 –2
Montana 0 –3 –04 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System
1924 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Colorado $ 5 –0 –18 –1 –1
Utah Agricultural 3 –2 –14 –2 –1
Colorado Agricultural 3 –2 –04 –2 –0
Denver 3 –2 –24 –2 –2
Colorado College 4 –3 –05 –3 –0
Montana State 1 –1 –15 –1 –1
Utah 2 –2 –13 –4 –1
Colorado Mines 2 –4 –14 –4 –1
BYU 1 –3 –12 –3 –1
Wyoming 1 –6 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Alabama $ 5 –0 –08 –1 –0
Florida 2 –0 –16 –2 –2
Georgia 5 –1 –07 –3 –0
Tulane 4 –1 –08 –1 –0
Washington and Lee 4 –1 –16 –3 –1
South Carolina 3 –2 –07 –3 –0
Sewanee * 3 –2 –06 –4 –0
Mississippi A&M 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Virginia 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Georgia Tech 3 –2 –15 –3 –1
Vanderbilt * 3 –3 –06 –3 –1
VPI 2 –2 –34 –2 –3
VMI 2 –3 –16 –3 –1
Kentucky 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
North Carolina 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Auburn 2 –4 –14 –4 –1
Maryland 1 –2 –13 –3 –3
NC State 1 –4 –12 –4 –2
LSU 0 –3 –05 –4 –0
Ole Miss 0 –3 –04 –5 –0
Clemson 0 –3 –02 –6 –0
Tennessee 0 –4 –03 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – co-member of SIAA
1924 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Baylor $ 4 –0 –17 –2 –1
SMU 2 –0 –45 –0 –4
Rice 2 –2 –04 –4 –0
Texas A&M 2 –2 –17 –2 –1
Oklahoma A&M 1 –1 –16 –1 –2
Texas 2 –3 –05 –3 –1
Arkansas 1 –2 –17 –2 –1
TCU 1 –5 –04 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Independents
1924 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Dartmouth   –  7 –0 –1
No. 3 Yale   –  6 –0 –2
No. 8 Penn   –  9 –1 –1
Rutgers   –  7 –1 –1
Bucknell   –  8 –2 –0
Lafayette   –  7 –2 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  7 –2 –0
Holy Cross   –  7 –1 –1
Army   –  5 –1 –2
Syracuse   –  8 –2 –1
Fordham   –  6 –2 –0
Lehigh   –  4 –1 –3
Boston College   –  6 –3 –0
Penn State   –  6 –3 –1
Princeton   –  4 –2 –1
Springfield   –  4 –2 –1
Columbia   –  5 –3 –1
Pittsburgh   –  5 –3 –1
NYU   –  4 –3 –1
CCNY   –  4 –3 –0
Brown   –  5 –4 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  5 –4 –0
Colgate   –  5 –4 –0
Cornell   –  4 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –4 –0
Tufts   –  3 –4 –2
Franklin & Marshall   –  3 –5 –1
Villanova   –  2 –5 –1
Drexel   –  2 –7 –0
Vermont   –  2 –7 –0
Temple   –  1 –4 –0
Boston University   –  1 –5 –0
Buffalo   –  1 –7 –0
Rankings from Dickinson System
1924 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –  10 –0 –0
Central Michigan   –  7 –1 –0
Western State Normal (MI)   –  5 –1 –1
John Carroll   –  7 –2 –0
Haskell   –  7 –2 –1
Indiana State   –  6 –2 –0
Loyola (IL)   –  5 –2 –2
Marquette   –  5 –2 –0
Dayton   –  7 –3 –0
Saint Louis   –  6 –3 –0
Michigan Agricultural   –  5 –3 –0
Wabash   –  5 –4 –0
Butler   –  4 –5 –0
Detroit   –  4 –5 –0
Muncie Normal   –  1 –3 –0
Kent State   –  0 –4 –0
Rankings from Dickinson System
1924 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Quantico Marines   –  7 –0 –1
Tennessee Docs   –  9 –1 –0
Centenary   –  8 –1 –0
West Virginia   –  8 –1 –0
West Virginia Wesleyan   –  9 –2 –0
Davidson   –  7 –2 –1
Wake Forest   –  7 –2 –0
George Washington   –  6 –3 –1
William & Mary   –  5 –2 –1
Delaware   –  4 –3 –1
Texas Mines   –  3 –2 –1
Mississippi State Teachers   –  3 –3 –2
Birmingham–Southern   –  4 –4 –1
Spring Hill   –  4 –4 –1
Georgetown   –  4 –4 –0
Marshall   –  4 –4 –0
Duke   –  4 –5 –0
Western Kentucky State Normal   –  4 –5 –0
East Tennessee State Normal   –  3 –4 –1
Loyola (LA)   –  3 –4 –2
Louisville   –  3 –5 –1
Southwestern   –  3 –6 –0
Union (TN)   –  3 –6 –0
Richmond   –  2 –6 –1
Navy   –  2 –6 –0
Catholic University   –  1 –5 –2
Georgia Normal   –  1 –3 –0
West Tennessee State Normal   –  1 –7 –1
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –  1 –7 –0
Delaware State   –  0 –1 –0
Erskine   –  0 –7 –0
1924 Western college football independents records
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Hawaii   –  8 –0 –0
Saint Mary's   –  8 –1 –0
La Verne   –  7 –1 –1
New Mexico A&M   –  7 –3 –0
Tempe Normal   –  6 –1 –1
Pacific (CA)   –  6 –3 –0
Gonzaga   –  5 –0 –2
New Mexico   –  5 –1 –0
Cal Aggies   –  5 –4 –1
Nevada   –  3 –4 –1
Santa Clara   –  3 –5 –1
Arizona   –  2 –4 –0
Santa Barbara   –  2 –5 –1
Humboldt State   –  1 –0 –0

Minor conferences
Conference Champion(s) Record
California Coast Conference Chico State Teachers 2–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Lincoln (PA) 7–0–1
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin River Falls Normal 4–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Simpson 7–0–1
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Normal–Pittsburg 5–0–1
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southwestern Louisiana 3–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hillsdale 5–0
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Cornell College
Knox
Lawrence		 3–0–1
3–0
1–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Carleton 4–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Northeast Missouri State Teachers 2–0–2
Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference Nebraska State Teachers–Peru 6–0
North Central Intercollegiate Conference South Dakota State College 5–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Oberlin 8–0
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Central State Teachers —
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Columbus College 6–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pomona 5–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tuskegee —
Southwestern Athletic Conference Paul Quinn 3–0
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Howard Payne 5–0
Tri-Normal League State Normal–Bellingham 2–0

Minor conference standings
1924 California Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Chico State $ 2 –0 –07 –2 –0
Fresno State 3 –0 –07 –2 –0
Modesto JC 2 –1 –03 –4 –1
San Mateo JC 1 –1 –0 ? – ? – ?
Bakersfield JC 1 –2 –02 –3 –2
San Jose State 0 –1 –01 –4 –0
Sacramento JC 0 –1 –0 ? – ? – ?
Cal Poly 0 –3 –01 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lincoln (PA) $ 5 –0 –17 –0 –1
Virginia Union 3 –1 –24 –1 –3
Hampton 3 –3 –14 –3 –1
Virginia Normal 1 –2 –35 –3 –3
Virginia Seminary 2 –3 –04 –4 –0
Shaw 1 –2 –11 –2 –2
Howard 1 –1 –12 –1 –3
Saint Paul's (VA) 0 –4 –14 –4 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lombard + 5 –0 –05 –4 –0
Knox (IL) + 4 –0 –07 –1 –0
Bradley 7 –1 –08 –1 –0
Eastern Illinois 5 –2 –06 –2 –0
McKendree * 4 –2 –04 –4 –0
Millikin 4 –2 –04 –4 –0
Monmouth (IL) 5 –3 –15 –4 –1
Shurtleff 3 –2 –03 –3 –0
Wheaton (IL) 3 –2 –04 –3 –0
Western Illinois 3 –3 –04 –3 –0
Illinois College 4 –4 –05 –4 –0
Illinois Wesleyan 4 –4 –04 –4 –0
Eureka 3 –4 –13 –4 –1
Carthage 2 –3 –13 –4 –1
Mount Morris 2 –3 –05 –5 –0
Illinois State Normal 2 –4 –22 –4 –2
Southern Illinois 1 –2 –06 –2 –0
St. Viator † 1 –2 –01 –5 –2
Northern Illinois State 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Augustana (IL) 2 –7 –02 –7 –0
Lake Forest 1 –4 –01 –6 –0
Lincoln (IL) 1 –5 –12 –5 –1
Blackburn 0 –4 –01 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – McKendree finished the season 5–0–1 in conference play, but forfeited a tie with Illinois College and a win over Eastern Illinois.
    † – St. Viator finished the season 2–1 in conference play, but forfeited a win over Illinois Wesleyan.
1924 Iowa Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Simpson $ 7 –0 –18 –0 –1
Parsons 5 –0 –16 –1 –1
Buena Vista 3 –0 –05 –1 –2
Penn (IA) 5 –2 –06 –2 –0
Morningside 2 –1 –02 –5 –0
St. Ambrose 2 –2 –04 –2 –1
Upper Iowa 2 –3 –12 –4 –1
Central (IA) 1 –2 –02 –4 –1
Iowa Wesleyan 1 –4 –03 –7 –0
Ellsworth 1 –4 –02 –5 –0
Des Moines 1 –4 –02 –6 –0
Iowa State Teachers 1 –5 –02 –5 –0
Luther 0 –1 –14 –3 –1
Western Union 0 –3 –01 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburg Teachers $ 5 –0 –17 –0 –1
College of Emporia 6 –1 –06 –1 –0
Sterling 6 –2 –16 –2 –1
Fairmount 5 –2 –16 –2 –1
Kansas Wesleyan 5 –3 –05 –3 –0
Bethany (KS) 4 –3 –24 –3 –2
Emporia Teachers 3 –3 –23 –4 –2
Southwestern (KS) 2 –2 –24 –2 –2
Friends 3 –4 –13 –4 –1
Hays Teachers 3 –4 –03 –4 –0
McPherson 3 –5 –13 –5 –1
Baker 3 –5 –04 –5 –0
St. Mary's (KS) 2 –4 –03 –4 –0
Ottawa 2 –6 –12 –6 –1
Bethel (KS) 1 –4 –01 –4 –0
Washburn 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hillsdale $ 5 –0 –06 –1 –1
Albion 4 –1 –06 –3 –0
Alma 3 –2 –03 –5 –0
Michigan State Normal 2 –3 –02 –5 –1
Olivet 1 –4 –02 –6 –0
Kalamazoo 0 –5 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell (IA) + 3 –0 –16 –0 –1
Knox + 3 –0 –07 –1 –0
Lawrence + 1 –0 –14 –1 –1
Coe 2 –2 –03 –4 –1
Ripon 1 –1 –12 –3 –2
Carleton 1 –2 –05 –2 –0
Beloit 1 –3 –13 –3 –1
Millikin 0 –1 –04 –4 –0
Monmouth (IL) 0 –1 –05 –4 –1
Hamline 0 –2 –01 –5 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1924 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Carleton $ 4 –0 –05 –2 –0
St. Thomas (MN) 3 –0 –05 –2 –0
St. Olaf 3 –2 –04 –2 –1
Gustavus Adolphus 2 –2 –12 –4 –1
Concordia (MN) 1 –2 –02 –3 –1
Macalester 1 –2 –21 –3 –2
Hamline 1 –3 –01 –5 –0
Saint John's (MN) 0 –4 –11 –4 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Westminster (MO) $ 7 –0 –09 –0 –0
Missouri Wesleyan 5 –1 –06 –2 –0
William Jewell 3 –2 –14 –3 –1
Missouri Mines 1 –1 –03 –6 –0
Missouri Valley 2 –3 –13 –3 –1
Drury 2 –3 –03 –4 –0
Culver–Stockton 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Tarkio 0 –4 –02 –6 –0
Central (MO) 0 –4 –00 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
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Maryville (MO) + 3 –1 –06 –1 –1
Kirksville + 2 –0 –26 –2 –1
Warrensburg 2 –1 –14 –4 –1
Cape Girardeau 1 –3 –03 –3 –2
Springfield (MO) 0 –3 –14 –2 –2
  • + – Conference co-champions
1924 Nebraska College Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Peru Normal $ 6 –0 –08 –0 –0
Hastings 4 –0 –15 –1 –2
Chadron Normal 5 –1 –08 –1 –0
Grand Island 5 –1 –05 –1 –1
Midland 3 –1 –13 –3 –2
York (NE) 5 –3 –06 –3 –0
Kearney Normal 3 –4 –13 –4 –1
Cotner 2 –4 –03 –5 –0
Doane 1 –6 –11 –6 –1
Wayne Normal 1 –6 –01 –6 –1
Omaha 0 –3 –00 –6 –0
Nebraska Central 0 –6 –00 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Northwest Ohio League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Toledo   –  5 –3 –0
Bowling Green 2 –2 –03 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oberlin $ 8 –0 –08 –0 –0
Wittenberg 6 –1 –07 –1 –0
Ohio Wesleyan 4 –1 –07 –2 –0
Case 6 –2 –16 –2 –1
Wooster 5 –2 –16 –2 –2
Akron 3 –2 –05 –3 –0
Western Reserve 3 –2 –25 –2 –2
Heidelberg 3 –2 –23 –3 –2
Mount Union 4 –3 –15 –4 –1
Ohio Northern 3 –3 –14 –3 –1
St. Xavier 1 –1 –12 –5 –1
Kenyon 3 –4 –14 –4 –1
Denison 3 –4 –03 –4 –1
Ohio 2 –4 –04 –4 –0
Otterbein 2 –5 –02 –5 –0
Muskingum 2 –5 –02 –6 –0
Cincinnati 1 –4 –02 –6 –1
Baldwin–Wallace 1 –4 –01 –7 –0
Miami (OH) 1 –5 –02 –6 –0
Hiram 0 –7 –01 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Columbus (SD) $ 6 –0 –06 –2 –0
Augustana (SD) 6 –1 –06 –2 –0
South Dakota Mines 5 –1 –06 –2 –0
Yankton 5 –1 –05 –2 –1
Dakota Wesleyan 3 –1 –04 –4 –0
Northern Normal 3 –3 –04 –3 –0
Eastern Normal 2 –4 –02 –5 –0
Sioux Falls 1 –5 –01 –5 –0
Spearfish 0 –4 –01 –6 –0
Southern Normal 0 –5 –02 –6 –1
Huron 0 –6 –00 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Southern California Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pomona $ 5 –0 –05 –2 –0
Occidental 4 –1 –04 –4 –0
Whittier 3 –2 –04 –3 –0
Redlands 1 –3 –11 –5 –2
Caltech 1 –4 –03 –6 –0
Southern Branch 0 –4 –10 –5 –3
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Centre + 1 –0 –05 –1 –1
Oglethorpe + 5 –0 –06 –3 –1
Mississippi College 2 –0 –12 –5 –1
Newberry 4 –1 –08 –2 –0
Mercer 4 –1 –15 –3 –2
Sewanee* 2 –1 –06 –4 –0
The Citadel 4 –2 –06 –4 –0
Louisville 2 –1 –03 –4 –1
Millsaps 1 –1 –03 –5 –1
Georgetown (KY) 1 –1 –01 –4 –0
Transylvania 1 –2 –06 –2 –0
Furman 1 –2 –05 –5 –0
Wofford 2 –4 –03 –7 –0
Howard (AL) 1 –3 –03 –5 –1
Presbyterian 1 –3 –01 –6 –1
Vanderbilt* 0 –1 –06 –3 –1
Louisiana College 0 –1 –00 –1 –0
Western Kentucky 0 –2 –04 –6 –0
Erskine 0 –4 –00 –7 –0
Chattanooga 0 –5 –01 –7 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – co-member of SoCon
1924 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Paul Quinn $ 3 –0 –26 –0 –3
Prairie View 3 –1 –15 –1 –1
Wiley 2 –3 –04 –4 –0
Bishop  ? – ? – ? ? – ? – ?
Samuel Huston  ? – ? – ? ? – ? – ?
Texas College  ? – ? – ? ? – ? – ?
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Howard Payne $ 5 –0 –07 –2 –0
North Texas State Teachers 4 –1 –15 –3 –1
Southwest Texas State 4 –2 –05 –3 –0
Rice 2 –1 –04 –4 –0
Southwestern (TX) 3 –2 –04 –5 –0
Austin 2 –2 –17 –3 –1
West Texas State 2 –2 –05 –4 –0
Daniel Baker 2 –4 –13 –6 –1
Trinity (TX) 2 –4 –22 –7 –2
Simmons (TX) 2 –4 –02 –6 –0
Abilene Christian 1 –3 –03 –4 –2
East Texas State 1 –3 –03 –5 –1
Sam Houston State 1 –3 –12 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Tri-State Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Geneva + 2 –0 –13 –4 –2
Thiel + 2 –0 –13 –5 –1
Westminster (PA) 1 –2 –04 –6 –0
Bethany (WV) 0 –1 –01 –7 –1
Duquesne 0 –2 –02 –4 –2
  • + – Conference co-champions
1925 Western Interstate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Columbia (IA) $ 3 –1 –15 –2 –1
La Crosse State 1 –1 –13 –2 –2
Luther 1 –1 –04 –3 –1
Valparaiso 1 –1 –14 –3 –2
DePaul 0 –1 –03 –3 –1
St. Viator 0 –1 –11 –5 –2
  • $ – Conference champion
1924 Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
River Falls Normal $ 4 –0 –07 –0 –0
Whitewater Normal 2 –1 –06 –1 –0
Milwaukee Normal 2 –1 –04 –2 –0
La Crosse Normal 2 –1 –03 –2 –2
Oshkosh Normal 3 –2 –05 –3 –0
Eau Claire Normal 2 –2 –05 –2 –0
Superior Normal 2 –2 –03 –5 –0
Stout Normal 1 –2 –03 –3 –1
Platteville Normal 1 –4 –01 –5 –2
Stevens Point Normal 1 –5 –02 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans
Main article: 1924 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Harry Stuhldreher 5'7" 151 Sr. Massillon, Ohio Notre Dame
HB Red Grange 5'11" 175 Jr. Wheaton, Illinois Illinois
HB Jim Crowley 5'11" 162 Sr. Green Bay, Wisconsin Notre Dame
FB Elmer Layden 6'0" 162 Sr. Davenport, Iowa Notre Dame
E Jim Lawson 5'11" 190 Sr. Long Beach, California Stanford
E Hek Wakefield 5'10" 180 Sr. Petersburg, Tennessee Vanderbilt
T Ed Weir 6'0" 190 Jr. Superior, Nebraska Nebraska
G Carl Diehl 6'1" 205 Jr. Chicago, Illinois Dartmouth
C Edwin C. Horrell 6'2" 185 Sr. Pasadena, California California
G Joe Pondelik Sr. Chicago
T Ed McGinley 5'11" 185 Sr. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Penn
E Richard Luman Sr. Pinedale, Wyoming Yale

Statistical leaders
  • Player scoring most points: Heinie Benkert, Rutgers, 100 (16 touchdowns and four extra points)[5]
  • Total offense leader: Red Grange, Illinois, 1176

References
  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  2. 1924 Centre College football scores Archived 2000-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Alabama football scores
  4. "Four Horsemen Win Thriller 27 to 10," Lincoln State Journal, January 2, 1925, p10
  5. "Benkert, Rutgers Star, Holds Lead in Scoring Race", Reading Times, December 1, 1924. Accessed January 17, 2018. "He was unablr, however, to overtake Heinie Benkert, and the Rutgers backfield marvel leads the final list with an even 100, the only player to reach the three-figure class."
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