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 decades, Notre Dame was rated as 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.

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.

Backfield

18Jim CrowleyhalfbackGreen Bay, WisconsinEast5' 11"160
5Elmer LaydenfullbackDavenport, IowaDavenport5' 11"162
16Don MillerhalfbackDefiance, OhioDefiance5' 11"160
32Harry StuhldreherquarterbackMassillon, OhioWashington5' 7"151

Subs

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