1924 college football season
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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, and the Fighting Irish won 27-10. Major conferences that existed in 1924 were the Western Conference(today's Big Ten), the Pacific Coast Conference (now the Pac-10), the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA, forerunner of the Big 12), the Southwest Conference, and the Southern Conference (whose members later formed the SEC and the ACC).
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.
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
23-7, 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.
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 (of 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.
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 Jim Crowley
's run gave 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 65 yards for the final score, with Notre Dame winning 27-10 .
Other postseason games took place at Berkeley, where California beat Penn, 14-0, before a crowd of 50,000 ; in Dallas, where SMU lost to West Virginia Wesleyan, 9-7, at the Dixie Classic; and in Honolulu, where Hawaii defeated Colorado 13-0. In the Los Angeles Christmas Festival played a week earlier, USC had beaten Missouri 20-7.
Four Horsemen (football)
The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a winning group of American football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. They were the backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team...
as the Notre Dame team, coached by Knute Rockne
Knute Rockne
Knute Kenneth Rockne was an American football player and coach. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history...
, 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, and the Fighting Irish won 27-10. Major conferences that existed in 1924 were the Western Conference(today's Big Ten), the Pacific Coast Conference (now the Pac-10), the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA, forerunner of the Big 12), the Southwest Conference, and the Southern Conference (whose members later formed the SEC and the ACC).
September
September 27California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
with a 13-7 win over Santa Clara. Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
beat Norwich College 40-0. Southern Methodist University (SMU)
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
beat North Texas 7-0, and Alabama opened with a 55-0 win over Union College of Tennessee.
October
October 4 MissouriMissouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
opened its season with a 3-0 win at Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, the Maroons' only loss of the season. Notre Dame opened its season with a 40-0 win over Lombard College
Lombard College
-History:Lombard College was founded in 1853 by the Universalist Church as the Illinois Liberal Institute. In 1855, however, a major fire damaged much of the college, placing its future at risk, but a large gift from Benjamin Lombard, an Illinois farmer and businessman, rescued the institution,...
. Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
beat Occidental College 20-6, and California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
beat St. Mary's 17-7. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
beat St. Louis 17-0, Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
beat North Carolina 27-0, and Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
beat Montreal's McGill University 52-0. Alabama won at Furman 20-0. SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
beat Trinity College 14-3
October 11
Notre Dame beat Wabash 34-0. Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
beat the Olympic Club 7-0 and California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
defeated Pomona College, 28-0. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
beat Detroit's Mercy College, 20-0 and Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
beat Vermont 38-0. In a battle of Bulldogs, Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
beat Georgia 7-6. Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
defeated Missouri Wesleyan College 14-0 (MWC was closed in 1930). Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
beat visiting Brown, 19-7. Alabama beat Mississippi College 51-0. In a Friday game, SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
beat Austin College 7-0
October 18 At the Polo Grounds in New York, Notre Dame beat Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
23-7, the Cadets' only loss for the season. In his column the next day, sportswriter Grantland Rice
Grantland Rice
Grantland Rice was an early 20th century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.-Biography:...
dubbed the Notre Dame backfield (Harry Stuhldreher
Harry Stuhldreher
Harry Augustus Stuhldreher was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played quarterback at University of Notre Dame from 1922 to 1924, where he was a three-time All-American and member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield...
, Don Miller
Don Miller (football)
Don "Midnight" Miller was an American football player and coach. He was one of the famous "Four Horsemen" of the University of Notre Dame's backfield in 1924. Miller was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.Miller's three brothers attended Notre Dame before him...
, Jim Crowley
Jim Crowley
James Harold "Jim" Crowley was an American football player and coach. He gained fame as one-fourth of the University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield where he played halfback from 1922 to 1924. After a brief career as a professional football player, Crowley turned to coaching...
, and Elmer Layden
Elmer Layden
Elmer Francis Layden was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame where he starred at fullback as a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield...
) 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
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and Dartmouth played to a 14-14 tie. Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
defeated Oregon 28-13, while California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
beat the Olympic Club 9-3. In Birmingham, Alabama beat Sewanee 14-0. SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
beat Texas 10-6. Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
won at Iowa State 7-0, and Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
defeated Indiana 23-0.
October 25 Notre Dame beat Princeton 12-0. In Columbus, Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and Ohio State played to a 3-3 tie. At Portland, Oregon, Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
had a more difficult time than expected in defeating Idaho, 3-0, while California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
beat Washington State 20-7. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
beat Boston University 20-0, Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
beat Harvard 6-0, and Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
defeated Brown 13-3. At Atlanta, Alabama recorded another shutout, beating Georgia Tech 14-0. SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
and Texas A & M played to a 7-7 tie in Dallas. Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
beat Kansas State 14-7.
November
November 1California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
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
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
beat Santa Clara 20-0 and California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
beat visiting USC 7-0
Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
and Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
played to a 7-7 tie. Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
defeated Brown 10-3.
SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
stayed unbeaten with a 6-0 win at TCU. Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
suffered its first defeat, a 14-6 loss at Nebraska. Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
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
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
beat Utah 30-0, while in Seattle, California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
was tied by Washington.
Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
beat visiting Florida 14-7, Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
beat Boston University 38-0, and Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
beat Maryland 47-0
SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
was tied at Arkansas 14-14.
Alabama gave up its first points in a 42-7 win over visiting Kentucky. Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
won at Oklahoma 10-0.
Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and Illinois played to a 21-21 tie.
November 15 Notre Dame beat Nebraska 34-6
Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
beat Montana 41-3 and California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
beat Nevada 27-0
Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
and Columbia played to a 14-14 tie, and Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
beat Princeton 10-0. In New York, Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
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
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
and Baylor played to a 7-7 tie in Dallas. Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
beat Washington University (of St. Louis) 35-0. Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
beat Northwestern 3-0.
November 22 In Chicago, Notre Dame beat Northwestern 13-6
Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football
The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
(7-0-0) and California
California Golden Bears football
The California Golden Bears football team is the college football team of the University of California. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium, however the team played at San Francisco's AT&T Park in 2011 while Memorial Stadium was being renovated, the team will return to...
(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
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
closed its season unbeaten with a 19-6 win over Harvard. Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
and Wisconsin played to a scoreless tie.
On Thanksgiving Day, November 27 Alabama beat Georgia 33-0 in Birmingham. Missouri
Missouri Tigers football
The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996...
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
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
won 12-0
On November 29 SMU
SMU Mustangs football
The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...
and Oklahoma State played to a 13-13 tie, giving the Mustangs a season record of 5 wins, no losses and four ties.
Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:Conference Champions
| Conference | Champion | Conf. record | Overall record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Coast | Stanford Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The... |
(3-0-1) | (7-0-1) |
| Independent | Notre Dame | (9-0-0) | (9-0-0) |
| Western | Chicago University of Chicago The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890... |
(3-0-3) | (4-1-3) |
| Southern | Alabama | (5-0-0) | (8-1-0) |
| Missouri Valley | Missouri Missouri Tigers football The Missouri Tigers football team represents the University of Missouri in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team has competed in the North Division of the Big 12 Conference since the conference's inception in 1996... |
(5-1-0) | (7-1-0) |
| Southwestern | SMU SMU Mustangs football The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA... |
(2-0-4) | (5-0-4) |
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 LaydenElmer Layden
Elmer Francis Layden was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame where he starred at fullback as a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield...
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
Ted Shipkey
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, but Jim Crowley
Jim Crowley
James Harold "Jim" Crowley was an American football player and coach. He gained fame as one-fourth of the University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield where he played halfback from 1922 to 1924. After a brief career as a professional football player, Crowley turned to coaching...
's run gave 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 65 yards for the final score, with Notre Dame winning 27-10 .
Other postseason games took place at Berkeley, where California beat Penn, 14-0, before a crowd of 50,000 ; in Dallas, where SMU lost to West Virginia Wesleyan, 9-7, at the Dixie Classic; and in Honolulu, where Hawaii defeated Colorado 13-0. In the Los Angeles Christmas Festival played a week earlier, USC had beaten Missouri 20-7.