1924 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season

1924 Princeton Tigers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 4–2–1
Head coach|

* Bill Roper (11th season)

Captain| Ed Stout
Home stadium| Palmer Stadium

Seasons

<- 1923

1925 ->

1924 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 9 Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 1
No. 3 Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 2
No. 8 Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 1
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 2
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 1
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 3
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Springfield |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Franklin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1924 college football season. The team finished with a 4–2–1 record under 11th-year head coach Bill Roper.[1] No Princeton players were consensus honorees on the 1924 College Football All-America Team, but two players received first-team honors from at least one selector. They are: end Edmond Stout (Football World and All-Sports Magazine magazines),[2][3] and tackle Bob Beattie (NEA, Billy Evans and Walter Eckersall),[2][4][5]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 4|  Amherst|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 40–6| |
October 11|  Lehigh|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| T 0–0| |
October 18|  Navy|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 17–14| |
October 25|  Notre Dame|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| L 0–12| 40,000| [6]
November 1|  Swarthmore|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| W 21–6| |
November 8| at Harvard |

* Harvard Stadium
* Boston, MA (rivalry)

| W 34–0| |
November 15|  Yale |

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ (rivalry)

| L 0–10| | [7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1924 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. ^ a b ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156
3. ^ "Hancock Honored on All-American By 'All-Sports'". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 5, 1924.
4. ^ "Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 11, 1924.
5. ^ "WALTER ECKERSALL'S ALL-AMERICAN ELEVEN HONORS NOTRE DAME". The Washington Post. December 15, 1924.
6. ^ Harry Schumacher (October 26, 1924). "Notre Dame, Columbia Win: Hoosiers Tame the Tigers Speedy Game, 12-0". New York Daily News. p. 58 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Harry Schumacher (November 16, 1924). "Yale Wins: Bulldog Pulls Tigers' Tail to The Tune of 10-0". New York Daily News. p. 58 - via Newspapers.com.

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Princeton Tigers football

Venues|

* University Field (1876–1913)
* Palmer Stadium (1914–1996)
* Powers Field at Princeton Stadium (1998–present)

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* Legacy Bowl
* Harvard
* Penn
* Rutgers
* Yale

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* First American football game (painting)
* 1922 Chicago game
* Poe brothers
* The Tiger
* "Princeton Cannon Song"
* Winged football helmet

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