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1924 Montana

4–⁠4 (0–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Earl Clark.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1924, game by game: won vs. Carroll (Montana) 40–7; lost at Idaho 13–41; lost at Washington 7–52; won at Montana Tech 106–6; lost vs. Gonzaga 14–20; won vs. Pacific (Oregon) 61–7; lost at Stanford 3–41; won vs. Whitman 20–0+100−45Won 40–7 vs. Carroll (Montana)+33Carroll (Montan…Lost 13–41 at Idaho-28IdahoLost 7–52 at Washington-45WashingtonWon 106–6 at Montana Tech+100Montana TechLost 14–20 vs. Gonzaga-6GonzagaWon 61–7 vs. Pacific (Oregon)+54Pacific (Oregon)Lost 3–41 at Stanford-38StanfordWon 20–0 vs. Whitman+20Whitman
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4vsCarroll (Montana)W 40–⁠784%
Oct 11atIdahoL 13–⁠4130%
Oct 18atWashingtonL 7–⁠5219%
Oct 25atMontana TechW 106–⁠668%
Nov 1vsGonzagaL 14–⁠2050%
Nov 8vsPacific (Oregon)W 61–⁠782%
Nov 15atStanfordL 3–⁠4121%
Nov 22vsWhitmanW 20–⁠077%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Whitman 20–⁠0; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The tied 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
4–⁠4
Conference
0–⁠3 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
264–⁠174
Coach
Earl Clark
Elo
1403 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.9 No. 88 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

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

1924 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford3–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
California2–⁠0–⁠28–⁠0–⁠2
Washington3–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠1
Idaho4–⁠25–⁠2–⁠1
USC2–⁠19–⁠2
Oregon2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠3
Oregon State1–⁠43–⁠5
Washington State0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠5–⁠2
Montana0–⁠34–⁠4

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