# 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.
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.

## Conference and program changes
### Conference changes

* Three new conferences began play in 1924:
** Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – active NCAA Division II conference now known as the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
** Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – conference active through the 1930 season
** West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – NAIA and NCAA Division II conference active through the 2013 season
* One conference played its final season in 1924:
** California Coast Conference – originally established in 1922

### Membership changes

| School | 1923 Conference | 1924 Conference |
| Ball Teachers Hoosieroons | Program established | Indiana Intercollegiate |
| College of Charleston Cougars | Independent | Dropped Program |
| Georgia Normal Eagles | Program established | Independent |
| Montana Grizzlies | Independent | PCC |
| Sewanee Tigers | SIAA | Southern |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | SIAA/Southern | Southern |
| VMI Keydets | Independent | Southern |

## September

September 27 California had 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

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.

## Other bowls

* Dixie Classic
* Los Angeles Christmas Festival

## Conference standings

Rankings listed below under the Dickinson System were not made during the 1924 season, but retroactively on October 16, 1925 when Frank G. Dickinson ranked 11 teams according to his mathematical formula, with Notre Dame having the best score, followed by California, Yale, Illinois and Stanford in the top five teams.

### Major conference standings

1924 Big Ten Conference football standings :
| 1924 Big Ten Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 championRankings from Dickinson System | 1924 Missouri Valley Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 championRankings from Dickinson System | 1924 Northwest Conference football standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L TW L T Idaho + 4 –0 –15 –2 –1 Gonzaga + 3 –0 –25 –0 –2 Washington 5 –1 –08 –1 –1 Oregon 4 –1 –24 –2 –3 Oregon Agricultural 2 –3 –03 –5 –0 Montana 2 –3 –04 –4 –0 Pacific (OR) 1 –3 –03 –4 –0 Washington State 1 –4 –22 –4 –1 Whitman 1 –5 –01 –5 –0 Willamette 0 –3 –11 –5 –1 + – Conference co-champions |
| 1924 Pacific Coast Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 co-champions^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representativeRankings from Dickinson System | 1924 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 :
| 1924 Eastern college football independents records vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall TeamW L TW L T No. 1 Notre Dame   –  10 –0 –0 Kirksville Osteopaths   –  6 –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 Michigan Mines   –  0 –2 –1 Kent State   –  0 –4 –0 Rankings from Dickinson System | 1924 Southern college football independents records vteConf.Overall 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 Middle Tennessee State Normal   –  1 –5 –0 West Tennessee State Normal   –  1 –7 –1 Delaware State   –  0 –1 –0 |
| 1924 Western college football independents records vteConf.Overall TeamW L TW L T 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 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 :
| 1924 California Coast Conference football standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L TW L T Chico State $ 2 –0 –07 –2 –0 Fresno State 3 –0 –07 –2 –0 Modesto 2 –1 –03 –4 –1 San Mateo 1 –1 –0 ? – ? – ? Bakersfield 1 –2 –02 –3 –2 San Jose State 0 –1 –01 –4 –0 Sacramento 0 –1 –0 ? – ? – ? Cal Poly 0 –3 –01 –5 –0 $ – Conference champion | 1924 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings vteConf.Overall 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 Columbia Valley Conference football standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L TW L T Cheney Normal + 2 –0 –13 –4 –1 Spokane College + 2 –0 –1 ? – ? – ? Whitworth 1 –2 –0 ? – ? – ? Lewiston Normal 0 –3 –0 ? – ? – ? + – Conference co-champions |
| 1924 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L TW L T Notre Dame $ 1 –0 –010 –0 –0 Butler 4 –0 –04 –5 –0 Indiana State 4 –1 –05 –2 –0 Franklin 4 –2 –05 –3 –0 Earlham 4 –2 –05 –3 –0 Oakland City 4 –2 –04 –2 –0 Wabash 3 –2 –05 –4 –0 Indiana Central 3 –2 –04 –2 –0 Evansville 2 –3 –03 –4 –0 Rose Poly 2 –3 –03 –6 –0 Hanover 3 –4 –04 –4 –0 DePauw 1 –3 –02 –6 –0 Ball State 1 –3 –01 –3 –0 Manchester 0 –1 –00 –1 –0 Vincennes 0 –2 –00 –2 –0 Central Normal 0 –6 –01 –6 –0 $ – Conference champion | 1924 Iowa Conference football standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L TW L T Simpson (IA) $ 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall TeamW L TW L T 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 vteConf.Overall 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 New England Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 –01 –7 –0 Chattanooga 0 –5 –01 –7 –1 + – Conference co-champions* – co-member of SoCon | 1924 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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 vteConf.Overall 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

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 | 5-11 | 215 | Sr. | Cicero, Illinois | Chicago |
| T | Ed McGinley | 5'11" | 185 | Sr. | Swarthmore, Pennsylvania | Penn |
| E | Richard Luman | 6-1 | 176 | Sr. | Pinedale, Wyoming | Yale |

## Statistical leaders

* Player scoring most points: Heinie Benkert, Rutgers, 100 (16 touchdowns and four extra points)
* Total offense leader: Red Grange, Illinois, 1176