1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 27–10 vs. Stanford
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainAdam Walsh
Home stadiumCartier Field
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

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 10–0 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.

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 analyses, Notre Dame was rated as the consensus 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Lombard
W 40–08,000–9,000[11]
October 11Wabash
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 34–010,000–13,000[12]
October 18at Army
W 13–750,000–55,000[13]
October 25at Princeton
W 12–040,000[14]
November 1Georgia Tech
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 34–322,000–24,000[15]
November 8at Wisconsin
W 38–328,425[16]
November 15Nebraska
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 34–622,000–26,000[17]
November 22at Northwestern
W 13–635,000–45,000[18]
November 29at Carnegie Tech
W 40–1930,000–35,000[19]
January 1, 1925vs. Stanford
W 27–1053,000–60,000[20]

[21]

Notre Dame player being tackled by an Army player during the October 18 game at New York City's Polo Grounds

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.

LE
Chuck Collins ()
Clem Crowe
Larry Keefe
Clarence Reilly
–
LTLGCRGRT
Joe Bach ()John Weibel ()Adam Walsh ()Noble Kizer ()Edgar Miller ()
Joe Boland ()Vince Harrington ()Joe HarmonHerb EggertJohn McManmon
John McMullanCharles GlueckertRuss ArndtJoe Dienhart
–
–
RE
Ed Hunsinger ()
Wilbur Eaton
Joe Maxwell
Joe Rigali
John Wallace
QB
Harry Stuhldreher ()
Frank Reese
Eddie Scharer
Red Edwards
RHB
Don Miller ()
Tom Hearden
Doc Connell
Gerry Miller
Joe Prelli
LHB
Jim Crowley ()
Max Houser
Bernie Coughlin
John Roach
Oswald Geniesse
FB
Elmer Layden ()
Bernie Livergood
Dick Hanousek
Bill Cerney
Harry O'Boyle

Line

Number Player Position Games
started		 Hometown High school Height Weight Age
17Joe BachTackleChisholm, Minnesota
27Chuck CollinsEndOak Park, Illinois
12Ed HunsingerEndChillicothe, Ohio
11Noble KizerGuardPlymouth, Indiana
14Edgar MillerTackleCanton, Ohio
4Adam WalshCenterHollywood, CaliforniaHollywood6'0"190
3John WeibelGuardErie, Pennsylvania

Backfield

Notre Dame backfield, fltr: Don Miller, Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden
Number Player Position Games
started		 Hometown High school Height Weight Age
18Jim CrowleyhalfbackGreen Bay, WisconsinEast5' 11"160
5Elmer LaydenfullbackDavenport, IowaDavenport5' 11"162
16Don MillerhalfbackDefiance, OhioDefiance5' 11"160
32Harry StuhldreherquarterbackMassillon, OhioWashington5' 7"151

Subs

Game against Northwestern at Grant Park Memorial Stadium (today's Soldier Field) on November 22, 1924
Number Player Position Games
started		 Hometown High school Height Weight Age
36Russ ArndtCenterMishawaka, Indiana
62Joe BolandTacklePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
23Bill CerneyFullbackChicago, Illinois
9Doc ConnellHalfbackBeloit, Wisconsin
43Bernie CoughlinHalfbackWaseca, Minnesota
Clem CroweEndLafayette, Indiana
38Joe DienhartGuardLafayette, Indiana
25Red EdwardsQuarterbackWeston, West Virginia
67Herb EggertGuardChicago, Illinois
21Wilbur EatonEndOmaha, Nebraska
49Oswald GeniesseHalfbackGreen Bay, Wisconsin
67Charles GlueckertGuardSouth Bend, Indiana
6Vincent F. HarringtonGuardSioux City, Iowa
2Dick HanousekFullbackAntigo, Wisconsin
20Joe HarmonCenterIndianapolis, Indiana
19Tom HeardenHalfbackGreen Bay, Wisconsin
47Max HouserHalfbackMount Vernon, Washington
1Larry KeefeEndCortland, New York
30Bernie LivergoodFullbackStonington, Illinois
8Joe MaxwellEndPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
7John McManmonTackleLowell, Massachusetts
51John McMullanTackleChicago, Illinois
65Gerry MillerHalfbackDefiance, Ohio
24Harry O'BoyleFullbackDes Moines, Iowa
22Joe PrelliHalfbackBrentwood, California
31Frank ReeseQuarterbackRobinson, Illinois
44Clarence ReillyEndSouth Bend, Indiana
57Joe RigaliEndOak Park, Illinois
John RoachHalfbackAppleton, Wisconsin
33Eddie ScharerQuarterbackToledo, Ohio
46John WallaceEndCalumet City, Illinois

References

  1. ↑ "1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Dickinson, Frank G. (February 1941). Dickinson's Football Ratings — from Grange to Harmon. Omaha, Nebraska: What's What Publishing Company.
  3. ↑ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 113. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Knute Rockne". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Jim Crowley". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Elmer Layden". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Don Miller". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Harry Stuhldreher". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Adam Walsh". National Football Foundation. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  11. ↑ "N. D. Starts with 40 to 0 Victory: Beats Lombard With Ease in Season Opener". The South Bend Tribune. October 5, 1924. pp. 1, Sport 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Notre Dame Defeats Wabash, 34-0: Presbyterians Held Helpless Before Attack; Rockmen Win Easily and Without Any Special Effort". The South Bend Tribune. October 12, 1924. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Paul Gallico (October 19, 1924). "Notre Dame Team Routs Army, 13-7: Rockne's Wonders Weave Rings Around Cadets for Eighth Straight Win". New York Daily News. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Harry Schumacher (October 26, 1924). "Notre Dame, Columbia Win: Hoosiers Tame the Tigers Speedy Game, 12-0". New York Daily News. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Kenneth S. Conn (November 2, 1924). "Rockmen Crush 'Golden Tornado': Fighting Irish Win Again As 24,000 Cheer". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Red" Mich (November 9, 1924). "Badgers Succumb to Great Irish Attack, 38-3: Wisconsin Swept Aside By Brilliant, Driving Notre Dame Onslaught". The Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ Kenneth S. Conn (November 16, 1924). "Rockmen Crowned Kings: Famous Irish Eleven Wins Grid Honors; Defeats Nebraska and Annexes National Championship". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ Wallace Abbey (November 23, 1924). "N. Dame Held To 13-6 Win By Purple: Speedy Baker's Tribe Slows Up Famed Cavalry; 35,000 Watch Thrilling Struggle". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "Notre Dame Downs Carnegie, 40-19, After Tartans Take Lead: Skibos Shatter Rockne's Line in Opening Quarter as 30,000 Wildly Cheer". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. November 30, 1924. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ Bill Henry (January 2, 1925). "Notre Dame Wins 27-10: Stanford Beaten at Pasadena; Speed and Brains of Notre Dame Gridders Prove Too Much for Card Outfit". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ↑ 2014 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football media guide. Retrieved July 12, 2015.


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