1924 Chicago Maroons football team
| 1924 Chicago Maroons football | |
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Big Ten champion | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 4–1–3 (3–0–3 Big Ten) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Frank Gowdy |
| Home stadium | Stagg Field |
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| No. 11 Chicago $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Illinois | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Iowa | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1924 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1924 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 33rd season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 4–1–3 record, won the Big Ten Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 88 to 40.[1][2]
Notable players on the 1924 Chicago team included guard Joe Pondelik and tackle Frank Gowdy. Pondelik was a consensus first-team All-American in 1924.[3] Gowdy was selected as a first-team All-American by several selectors, including Football World,[4] Liberty magazine,[4] and All-Sports Magazine.[5]
Fritz Crisler was an assistant coach on the team.
This was the seventh and final Big Ten championship won by the Maroons.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 4 | Missouri* | L 0–3 | |||||
| October 11 | Brown* |
| W 19–7 | 26,000 | [6] | ||
| October 18 | Indiana |
| W 23–0 | ||||
| October 25 | at Ohio State | T 3–3 | 40,000 | [7] | |||
| November 1 | Purdue |
| W 19–6 | ||||
| November 8 | Illinois |
| T 21–21 | 32,543 | |||
| November 15 | Northwestern |
| W 3–0 | ||||
| November 22 | Wisconsin |
| T 0–0 | ||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1924 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
- ^ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ a b ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156
- ^ "Lawson Named For Post On All-American". Oakland Tribune. December 7, 1924.
- ^ "Brown's Invasion Of The West A Failure". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 12, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Ohio State and Chicago Battle to 3-3 Deadlock". The South Bend Tribune. October 26, 1924. p. 11. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
