1924 Big Ten Conference football season

August 2023 1924 Big Ten Conference football season Football 10 Chicago Champion Red Grange Football 1923 1925 The 1924 Big Ten Conference football season was the 29th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1924 college football season. The Big Ten Conference champion for 1924 was Chicago which, in Amos Alonzo Stagg's 33rd year as head coach, compiled a 4–1–3 record (3–0–3 against Big Ten opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 88 to 40.1924 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football January 3, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/chicago/1924-schedule.html Notable players on the 1924 Chicago team included guard Joe Pondelik and tackle Frank Gowdy. Pondelik was a consensus first-team All-American in 1924.2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2014 August 16, 2014 5 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf November 26, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf dead Gowdy was selected as a first-team All-American by several selectors, including Football World,ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156 Liberty magazine, and All-Sports Magazine.Lawson Named For Post On All-American Oakland Tribune 1924-12-07 Red Grange of Illinois received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the conference. Season overview Results and team statistics Conf. RankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG1ChicagoAmos A. Stagg4–1–33–0–311.05.02 (tie)IllinoisRobert Zuppke6–1–13–1–125.58.92 (tie)IowaBurt Ingwersen6–1–13–1–113.36.34MichiganFielding H. Yost6–24–219.46.85PurdueJames Phelan5–22–219.66.66MinnesotaWilliam H. Spaulding3-3-21-2-18.57.97Ohio StateJohn Wilce2–3–31–3–25.05.68 (tie)IndianaBill Ingram4–41–318.412.58 (tie)NorthwesternGlenn Thistlethwaite4–41–313.68.310WisconsinJohn J. Ryan2–3–30–2–28.311.8 Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game1924 Big Ten Conference Year Summary Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football January 3, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/western/1924.html Regular season Bowl games No Big Ten teams participated in any bowl games during the 1924 season. All-Big Ten players the complete All-Western selections 1924 All-Big Ten Conference football team Thirteen players received first-team honors on the 1924 All-Big Ten Conference football team from at least three of the following eight selectors: Billy Evans (BE),Billy Evans' All-Western Conference Selections The News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan) December 1, 1924 5 https://www.newspapers.com/image/51085025/?terms=parkin%2Bbaker%2Bgrange Bill Ingram (BI), Indiana head football coach,Ingram Names Two Hawks On All-Conference Iowa City Press-Citizen November 25, 1924 11 https://www.newspapers.com/image/16094786/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin Daily Illini (DI),Illinois Student Paper Picks All Conference Team The Journal News (Hamilton, Ohio) December 1, 1924 34 https://www.newspapers.com/image/19372179/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin Hank Casserly (HC), sporting editor of the Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin,Sports Writers Pick Stars of Big Ten Season: Capital Times Dopester Fails to Name Single Badger on First Squad The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) November 26, 1924 17 https://www.newspapers.com/image/20711269/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin The Indianapolis News (IN)W. F. Fox, Jr. The News' All Conference Selections, 1924 The Indianapolis News November 29, 1924 16 https://www.newspapers.com/image/36037886/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin Larry Dailey (LD),Larry Dailey Grange Only Illini on Dailey's All-Conference Eleven Decatur Herald November 30, 1924 26 https://www.newspapers.com/image/90163277/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin and Walter Eckersall (WE).Eckie Selects Big 10 Honor Grid Teams Chicago Tribune November 30, 1924 http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1924/11/30/page/25/article/notre-dame-and-army-teams-triumph Cookie Cunningham, end, Ohio State (BE, BI, DI, IN, LD) Lowell Otte, end, Iowa (BE, BI, HC, IN, WE) Franklin Gowdy, tackle, Chicago (BE, BI, DI, IN, LD, WE) John W. Hancock, tackle, Iowa (BE, HC, IN, LD) Ted Cox, tackle, Minnesota (BI, WE, DI, HC) Joe Pondelik, guard, Chicago (BE, BI, DI, HC, IN, LD, WE) George Abramson, guard, Minnesota (DI, IN, LD, WE) Edward Slaughter, guard, Michigan (BE, BI, HC) Ralph Claypool, center, Purdue (IN, DI, LD, WE) Leland Parkin, quarterback, Iowa (BE, BI, HC, IN, LD, WE) Ralph Baker, halfback, Northwestern (BE, DI, HC, IN, LD, WE) Red Grange, halfback, Illinois (BE, BI, DI, HC, IN, LD, WE) Cully Lidberg, fullback, Minnesota (BE, HC, LD) All-Americans the complete All-America selections 1924 College Football All-America Team Two Big Ten players were consensus first-team picks on the 1924 College Football All-America Team. They were: Red Grange, halfback, Illinois Joe Pondelik, guard, Chicago References