1924 Stanford

7–⁠1–⁠1 (3–⁠0–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Pop Warner.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1924, game by game: won vs. Occidental 20–6; won vs. Olympic Club 7–0; won vs. Oregon 28–13; won vs. Idaho 3–0; won vs. Santa Clara 20–0; won vs. Utah 30–0; won vs. Montana 41–3; tied at California 20–20; lost vs. Notre Dame 10–27+38−17Won 20–6 vs. Occidental+14OccidentalWon 7–0 vs. Olympic Club+7Olympic ClubWon 28–13 vs. Oregon+15OregonWon 3–0 vs. Idaho+3IdahoWon 20–0 vs. Santa Clara+20Santa ClaraWon 30–0 vs. Utah+30UtahWon 41–3 vs. Montana+38MontanaTied 20–20 at California0CaliforniaLost 10–27 vs. Notre Dame-17Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4vsOccidentalW 20–⁠691%
Oct 11vsOlympic ClubW 7–⁠089%
Oct 18vsOregonW 28–⁠1367%
Oct 25vsIdahoW 3–⁠059%
Nov 1vsSanta ClaraW 20–⁠092%
Nov 8vsUtahW 30–⁠066%
Nov 15vsMontanaW 41–⁠379%
Nov 22atCaliforniaT 20–⁠2031%
Jan 1vsNotre DameRose BowlL 10–⁠2728%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 27–⁠10 in the Rose Bowl; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

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.

Pacific Coast Conference champions3–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference, shared with California

Consensus All-AmericanJim Lawson, E

Record
7–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠0–⁠1 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
179–⁠69
Coach
Pop Warner
Elo
1585 +65 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.9 No. 7 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jim Lawson
Offense
Double-wing

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Jim LawsonEUP-1; PW-1; GV-1
  • H. ShipkeyOTPW-1; GV-1
  • Fred H. SwanOGUP-1; PW-2

Second team

  • Murray CuddebackRBPW-2; GV-2
  • Ted ShipkeyEPW-2
  • BakerCPW-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 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.