1924 Colorado Silver and Gold football team
| 1924 Colorado Silver and Gold football | |
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RMC champion | |
| Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
| Record | 8–1–1 (5–0–1 RMC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Fred Hartshorn |
| Home stadium | Gamble Field, Colorado Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Agricultural | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Agricultural | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1924 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1924 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach Myron E. Witham, the team compiled an 8–1–1 record (5–0–1 against RMC opponents), won the conference championship, was not scored upon during the regular season, lost a postseason game to undefeated Hawaii in the Poi Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 237 to 13.[1] The team's string of nine consecutive shutouts remains the longest in program history.[2]
On October 11, 1924, the team played its first game at the newly-constructed
Regis by a 39–0 score in that game.[3]
The team's leading players included
Hatfield Chilson and George Wittemeyer. On October 18, 1924, Chilson completed a pass to Wittemeyer that was good for 70 yards. It remained the longest passing play in program history until 1985.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 4 | Western State (CO)* | W 31–0 | |||||
| October 11 | Regis* |
| W 39–0 | [3] | |||
| October 18 | at Colorado College | W 26–0 | |||||
| October 25 | at Wyoming |
| W 21–0 | ||||
| November 1 | Utah |
| W 3–0 | ||||
| November 8 | Colorado Mines |
| W 38–0 | ||||
| November 15 | at Denver | Denver, CO | T 0–0 | ||||
| November 22 | Colorado Agricultural |
| W 36–0 | ||||
| December 25 | at Pearl Harbor Navy* |
| W 43–0 | [5] | |||
| January 1, 1925 | at Hawaii* |
| L 0–13 | 10,000 | [6] | ||
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References
- ^ "2018 Colorado Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Colorado. 2018. pp. 154, 172. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ 2018 Colorado Football Media Guide, p. 254.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ 2018 Colorado Football Media Guide, p. 196.
- Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1924 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "1924 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
- ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 11. Retrieved October 23, 2023.