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1924 Minnesota

3–⁠3–⁠2 (1–⁠2–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by William Spaulding.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1924, game by game: won vs. North Dakota 14–0; won vs. Haskell 20–0; tied at Wisconsin 7–7; lost at Iowa 0–13; lost vs. Michigan 0–13; tied vs. Iowa State 7–7; won vs. Illinois 20–7; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–16+20−16Won 14–0 vs. North Dakota+14North DakotaWon 20–0 vs. Haskell+20HaskellTied 7–7 at Wisconsin0WisconsinLost 0–13 at Iowa-13IowaLost 0–13 vs. Michigan-13MichiganTied 7–7 vs. Iowa State0Iowa StateWon 20–7 vs. Illinois+13IllinoisLost 0–16 vs. Vanderbilt-16Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4vsNorth DakotaW 14–⁠094%
Oct 11vsHaskellW 20–⁠088%
Oct 18atWisconsinT 7–⁠739%
Oct 25atIowaL 0–⁠1337%
Nov 1vsMichiganL 0–⁠1341%
Nov 8vsIowa StateT 7–⁠756%
Nov 15vsIllinoisW 20–⁠733%
Nov 22vsVanderbiltL 0–⁠1645%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Vanderbilt 16–⁠0; 6th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1924

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1924.

Record
3–⁠3–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠2–⁠1 6th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
68–⁠63
Coach
William Spaulding
Elo
1505 −17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.9 No. 42 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ted Cox

All-Big Ten

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ted CoxOTBI; LD-2; WE-1; BE-2; DI-1; HC-1; IN-3
  • George AbramsonOGBE-2; DI-1; IN-1; LD-1; WE-1
  • Malcolm GrahamQBDI-1
  • Cully LidbergFBBE-1; HC-1; LD-1
  • Clarence SchutteFB

Second team

  • Fred JustEIN-2
  • Louis GrossOTHC-2

From Wikipedia’s 1924 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1924 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Chicago3–⁠0–⁠34–⁠1–⁠3
Illinois3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Iowa3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Michigan4–⁠26–⁠2
Purdue2–⁠25–⁠2
Minnesota1–⁠2–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Ohio State1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠3–⁠3
Indiana1–⁠34–⁠4
Northwestern1–⁠34–⁠4
Wisconsin0–⁠2–⁠22–⁠3–⁠3

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.