1924 Dartmouth Indians football team

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1924
Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
CaptainHenry Bjorkman
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
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 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jesse Hawley, the Indians compiled a 7–0–1 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 225 to 31.[1]

Dartmouth's 1924 season was part of a 22-game unbeaten streak that began in November 1923 and continued until October 1926.[2]

Henry Bjorkman was the team captain. Andy Oberlander was the team's leading scorer with 60 points scored on 10 touchdowns. R. B. Hall added 42 points on 7 touchdowns.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27
Norwich
W 40–0[4]
October 4
McGill
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 52–0[5]
October 11Vermont
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 38–0[6]
October 18at YaleT 14–1442,000[7]
October 25at HarvardW 6–051,000
November 1Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 10–3[8]
November 8Boston University
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 38–0[9]
November 15vs. CornellW 27–14[10]

References

  1. ^ "1924 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Varsity Football 1924" (PDF). Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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