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1924 Princeton Tigers football team

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1924 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–1
Head coach
CaptainEd Stout
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

The 1924 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1924 college football season. Playing six of its seven games at home, the team finished with a 4–2–1 record under 11th-year head coach Bill Roper.[1] No Princeton players were consensus honorees on the 1924 College Football All-America Team, but two players received first-team honors from at least one selector. They are: end Edmond Stout (Football World and All-Sports Magazine magazines),[2][3] and tackle Bob Beattie (NEA, Billy Evans and Walter Eckersall),[2][4][5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4 AmherstW 40–6
October 11 Lehigh
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
T 0–0
October 18 Navy
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 17–14
October 25 Notre Dame
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 0–1240,000[6]
November 1 Swarthmore
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 21–6
November 8at Harvard W 34–0
November 15 Yale
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
L 0–10[7]

References

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  1. ^ "1924 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156
  3. ^ "Hancock Honored on All-American By 'All-Sports'". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 5, 1924.
  4. ^ "Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 11, 1924.
  5. ^ "WALTER ECKERSALL'S ALL-AMERICAN ELEVEN HONORS NOTRE DAME". The Washington Post. December 15, 1924.
  6. ^ Harry Schumacher (October 26, 1924). "Notre Dame, Columbia Win: Hoosiers Tame the Tigers Speedy Game, 12-0". New York Daily News. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Harry Schumacher (November 16, 1924). "Yale Wins: Bulldog Pulls Tigers' Tail to The Tune of 10-0". New York Daily News. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.