# 1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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. 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. In 1926 the team was retroactively awarded the Rissman Trophy for this ranking.
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.
Three of the Four Horsemen, Stuhldreher, Crowley, and Layden, were consensus first-team picks on the 1924 All-America college football team. 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.
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 |
| October 4 | Lombard | Cartier FieldNotre Dame, IN | W 40–0 | 8,000–9,000 |
| October 11 | Wabash | Cartier FieldNotre Dame, IN | W 34–0 | 10,000–13,000 |
| October 18 | vs. Army | Polo GroundsNew York, NY (rivalry) | W 13–7 | 50,000–55,000 |
| October 25 | at Princeton | Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ | W 12–0 | 40,000 |
| November 1 | Georgia Tech | Cartier FieldNotre Dame, IN (rivalry) | W 34–3 | 22,000–24,000 |
| November 8 | at Wisconsin | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | W 38–3 | 28,425 |
| November 15 | Nebraska | Cartier FieldNotre Dame, IN (rivalry) | W 34–6 | 22,000–26,000 |
| November 22 | vs. Northwestern | Municipal Grant Park StadiumChicago, IL (rivalry) | W 13–6 | 35,000–45,000 |
| November 29 | at Carnegie Tech | Forbes FieldPittsburgh, PA | W 40–19 | 30,000–35,000 |
| January 1, 1925 | vs. Stanford | Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) | W 27–10 | 53,000–60,000 |
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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.
* LE
* Chuck Collins
* Clem Crowe
* Larry Keefe
* Clarence Reilly
| LT | LG | C | RG | RT |
| Joe Bach | John Weibel | Adam Walsh | Noble Kizer | Edgar Miller |
| Joe Boland | Vince Harrington | Joe Harmon | Herb Eggert | John McManmon |
| John McMullan | Charles Glueckert | Russ Arndt | Joe 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 | Hometown | High school | Height | Weight |
| 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 | Hometown | High school | Height | Weight |
| 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 | Hometown |
| 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 |