1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
American college football season
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The 1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Knute Rockne, the Fighting Irish compiled a perfect 10â0 record, defeated Stanford in the 1925 Rose Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 285 to 54.[1] The team was led by the legendary backfield known as the "Four Horsemen" consisting of quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, halfbacks Don Miller and Jim Crowley, and fullback Elmer Layden.
| 1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football | |
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National champion (various selectors) Rose Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 10â0 |
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| Offensive scheme | Notre Dame Box |
| Base defense | 7â2â2 |
| Captain | Adam Walsh |
| Home stadium | Cartier Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. 1 Notre Dame | â | 10 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kirksville Osteopaths | â | 6 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | â | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western State Normal | â | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Carroll | â | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Haskell | â | 7 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | â | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (IL) | â | 5 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | â | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | â | 7 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | â | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan Agricultural | â | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wabash | â | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | â | 4 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | â | 4 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muncie Normal | â | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan Mines | â | 0 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | â | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from Dickinson System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame was ranked No. 1 in the Dickinson System's contemporary final ratings in the system's first year of existence.[2] In 1926 the team was retroactively awarded the Rissman Trophy for this ranking.[2]
In later decades, Notre Dame was rated as 1924 national champion by the Berryman QPRS system, Billingsley Report, Boand System, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Jeff Sagarin.[3]
Three of the Four Horsemen, Stuhldreher, Crowley, and Layden, were consensus first-team picks on the 1924 All-America college football team.[4] Other notable players included tackle Joe Bach and center Adam Walsh. The Four Horsemen, Walsh, and coach Rockne were all later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
The 1925 Rose Bowl was Notre Dame's last bowl appearance until the 1969 season. The Fighting Irish played their home games at Cartier Field.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 4 | Lombard | W 40â0 | 8,000â9,000 | [11] | |
| October 11 | Wabash |
| W 34â0 | 10,000â13,000 | [12] |
| October 18 | vs. Army | W 13â7 | 50,000â55,000 | [13][14] | |
| October 25 | at Princeton | W 12â0 | 40,000 | [15] | |
| November 1 | Georgia Tech |
| W 34â3 | 22,000â24,000 | [16] |
| November 8 | at Wisconsin | W 38â3 | 28,425 | [17] | |
| November 15 | Nebraska |
| W 34â6 | 22,000â26,000 | [18] |
| November 22 | vs. Northwestern | W 13â6 | 35,000â45,000 | [19] | |
| November 29 | at Carnegie Tech | W 40â19 | 30,000â35,000 | [20] | |
| January 1, 1925 | vs. Stanford | W 27â10 | 53,000â60,000 | [21] | |
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Personnel
Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Notre Dame's lineup during the 1924 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses. The chart mimics a Notre Dame Box on offense.
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Line
| Number | Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | High school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| 17 | Joe Bach | Tackle | Chisholm, Minnesota | |||||
| 27 | Chuck Collins | End | Oak Park, Illinois | |||||
| 12 | Ed Hunsinger | End | Chillicothe, Ohio | |||||
| 11 | Noble Kizer | Guard | Plymouth, Indiana | |||||
| 14 | Edgar Miller | Tackle | Canton, Ohio | |||||
| 4 | Adam Walsh | Center | Hollywood, California | Hollywood | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| 3 | John Weibel | Guard | Erie, Pennsylvania |
Backfield
| Number | Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | High school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| 18 | Jim Crowley | halfback | Green Bay, Wisconsin | East | 5' 11" | 160 | ||
| 5 | Elmer Layden | fullback | Davenport, Iowa | Davenport | 5' 11" | 162 | ||
| 16 | Don Miller | halfback | Defiance, Ohio | Defiance | 5' 11" | 160 | ||
| 32 | Harry Stuhldreher | quarterback | Massillon, Ohio | Washington | 5' 7" | 151 |
Subs
| Number | Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | High school | Height | Weight | Age |
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| 36 | Russ Arndt | Center | Mishawaka, Indiana | |||||
| 62 | Joe Boland | Tackle | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||
| 23 | Bill Cerney | Fullback | Chicago, Illinois | |||||
| 9 | Doc Connell | Halfback | Beloit, Wisconsin | |||||
| 43 | Bernie Coughlin | Halfback | Waseca, Minnesota | |||||
| Clem Crowe | End | Lafayette, Indiana | ||||||
| 38 | Joe Dienhart | Guard | Lafayette, Indiana | |||||
| 25 | Red Edwards | Quarterback | Weston, West Virginia | |||||
| 67 | Herb Eggert | Guard | Chicago, Illinois | |||||
| 21 | Wilbur Eaton | End | Omaha, Nebraska | |||||
| 49 | Oswald Geniesse | Halfback | Green Bay, Wisconsin | |||||
| 67 | Charles Glueckert | Guard | South Bend, Indiana | |||||
| 6 | Vincent F. Harrington | Guard | Sioux City, Iowa | |||||
| 2 | Dick Hanousek | Fullback | Antigo, Wisconsin | |||||
| 20 | Joe Harmon | Center | Indianapolis, Indiana | |||||
| 19 | Tom Hearden | Halfback | Green Bay, Wisconsin | |||||
| 47 | Max Houser | Halfback | Mount Vernon, Washington | |||||
| 1 | Larry Keefe | End | Cortland, New York | |||||
| 30 | Bernie Livergood | Fullback | Stonington, Illinois | |||||
| 8 | Joe Maxwell | End | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||
| 7 | John McManmon | Tackle | Lowell, Massachusetts | |||||
| 51 | John McMullan | Tackle | Chicago, Illinois | |||||
| 65 | Gerry Miller | Halfback | Defiance, Ohio | |||||
| 24 | Harry O'Boyle | Fullback | Des Moines, Iowa | |||||
| 22 | Joe Prelli | Halfback | Brentwood, California | |||||
| 31 | Frank Reese | Quarterback | Robinson, Illinois | |||||
| 44 | Clarence Reilly | End | South Bend, Indiana | |||||
| 57 | Joe Rigali | End | Oak Park, Illinois | |||||
| John Roach | Halfback | Appleton, Wisconsin | ||||||
| 33 | Eddie Scharer | Quarterback | Toledo, Ohio | |||||
| 46 | John Wallace | End | Calumet City, Illinois |