1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National Champions
Rose Bowl, W 27–10 vs. Stanford
Conference	Independent
1924 record	10–0
Head coach	Knute Rockne (7th year)
Offensive scheme	Notre Dame Box
Base defense	7–2–2
Home stadium	Cartier Field

The 1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1924 college football season. Coached by Knute Rockne and featuring the "Four Horsemen" backfield of Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden, Notre Dame completed an undefeated, 10–0 season with a victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl, and were recognized as national champions. It would be 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, 1924	Lombard	Cartier Field • Notre Dame, IN	W 40–0
October 11, 1924	Wabash	Cartier Field • Notre Dame, IN	W 34–0
October 18, 1924	at Army	Polo Grounds • New York, NY	W 13–7
October 25, 1924	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	W 12–0
November 1, 1924	Georgia Tech	Cartier Field • Notre Dame, IN	W 34–3
November 8, 1924	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 38–3
November 15, 1924	Nebraska	Cartier Field • Notre Dame, IN	W 34–6
November 22, 1924	at Northwestern	Municipal Grant Park Stadium • Chicago, IL	W 13–6	35,000
November 29, 1924	at Carnegie Tech	Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, PA	W 40–19
January 1, 1925	vs. Stanford	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 27–10	53,000
Homecoming. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—national champions

Joe Bach Chuck Collins Jim Crowley Ed Hunsinger Noble Kizer Elmer Layden Don Miller Edgar Miller Harry Stuhldreher Adam Walsh John Weibel Head coach: Knute Rockne Assistant coaches: George Keogan Tom Lieb George Vergara

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1929) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Michigan Michigan State (Megaphone Trophy) Navy (Rip Miller Trophy) Northwestern (Shillelagh Trophy 1930–c. 1973) Purdue (Shillelagh Trophy) Stanford (Legends Trophy) USC (Jeweled Shillelagh)

Culture and lore	All-time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni 1928 "Tall Grass Game" 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" 1988 "Catholics vs. Convicts" 1993 "Game of the Century" 2005 "Bush Push" 2007 "Navy ends the drought" Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees

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