1924 Notre Dame

10–⁠0, coached by Knute Rockne.

Notre Dame, 1924
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Notre Dame in 1924, game by game: won vs. Lombard 40–0; won vs. Wabash 34–0; won at Army 13–7; won at Princeton 12–0; won vs. Georgia Tech 34–3; won at Wisconsin 38–3; won vs. Nebraska 34–6; won at Northwestern 13–6; won at Carnegie Mellon 40–19; won vs. Stanford 27–10+40Won 40–0 vs. Lombard+40LombardWon 34–0 vs. Wabash+34WabashWon 13–7 at Army+6ArmyWon 12–0 at Princeton+12PrincetonWon 34–3 vs. Georgia Tech+31Georgia TechWon 38–3 at Wisconsin+35WisconsinWon 34–6 vs. Nebraska+28NebraskaWon 13–6 at Northwestern+7NorthwesternWon 40–19 at Carnegie Mellon+21Carnegie MellonWon 27–10 vs. Stanford+17Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4vsLombardW 40–⁠094%
Oct 11vsWabashW 34–⁠093%
Oct 18atArmyW 13–⁠754%
Oct 25atPrincetonW 12–⁠060%
Nov 1vsGeorgia TechW 34–⁠374%
Nov 8atWisconsinW 38–⁠367%
Nov 15vsNebraskaW 34–⁠672%
Nov 22atNorthwesternW 13–⁠682%
Nov 29atCarnegie MellonW 40–⁠1981%
Jan 1vsStanfordRose BowlW 27–⁠1072%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 27–⁠10 in the Rose Bowl.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Photographs from 1924

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. 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.

National championsa title the school claims

3 consensus All-AmericansHarry Stuhldreher, QB; Jim Crowley, RB; Elmer Layden, FB

Record
10–⁠0
Conference
1–⁠0 shared first in the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (Wikipedia)
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
285–⁠54
Coach
Knute Rockne
Elo
1779 +134 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
29.3 No. 1 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Adam Walsh
Offense
Notre Dame Box
Defense
7–⁠2–⁠2