| 1924Stanford football | |
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PCC co-champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 7–1–1 (3–0–1 PCC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Double-wing |
| Captain | Jim Lawson |
| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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| No. 5Stanford ^ + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2California + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7USC | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1924 Stanford football team representedStanford University as a member of thePacific Coast Conference (PCC) during1924 college football season. Led by first-year head coach wasPop Warner, Stanford compiled an overall record of 7–1–1 with a mark of 3–0–1 in conference play, winning the program's first PCC title as co-champions with California. Stanford made its secondbowl game appearance, losing toNotre Dame 27–10 in theRose Bowl.
Warner was hired from theUniversity of Pittsburgh, where he had led thePanthers to threenational championships.Andrew Kerr, who had been Stanford's head coach the previous two season, remained with the team as an assistant coach under Warner.Claude E. Thornhill was the team's line coach.Ernie Nevers starred atfullback and was later inducted into both theCollege Football Hall of Fame and thePro Football Hall of Fame. Stanford was undefeated in the regular season and
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 4 | Occidental* | W 20–6 | [1] | ||
| October 11 | Olympic Club* |
| W 7–0 | [2] | |
| October 18 | Oregon |
| W 28–13 | [3] | |
| October 25 | vs.Idaho | W 3–0 | [4] | ||
| October 31 | Santa Clara* |
| W 20–0 | [5] | |
| November 8 | vs.Utah* | W 30–0 | 5,000 | [6] | |
| November 15 | Montana |
| W 41–3 | [7] | |
| November 22 | atCalifornia |
| T 20–20 | 98,000 | [8] |
| January 1, 1925 | vs.Notre Dame* | L 10–27 | 60,000 | [9] | |
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The team played its home games atStanford Stadium inStanford, California, but had the unusual circumstance of playing an additional "home" game atCalifornia Memorial Stadium inBerkeley, California, home of rivalCalifornia. The situation occurred after Stanford and California, convinced that fellow PCC memberUSC was guilty of recruiting violations, announced they would sever athletic ties with USC. In response, USC canceled its upcoming away game at Stanford, leaving Stanford with a hole in its schedule. Concerned that one fewer game would jeopardize the team's chance to win the conference, Stanford hurriedly scheduled a last-minute game withUtah. However, sinceStanford Stadium was already reserved by the freshman team, California agreed to let Stanford play the game in Berkeley, which Stanford dominated, 30–0.[10]
Stanford returned to Berkeley as the visiting team two weeks later for theBig Game to determine the PCC championship, facing off against defending PCC championCalifornia, who was also undefeated and had won the past five Big Games. In fact, Stanford had not won a Big Game since 1914, when both teams were still playingrugby instead of football. Stanford rallied from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to force a 20–20 tie and win the conference co-championship.[11][12]
After winning the PCC, Stanford facedNotre Dame in the1925 Rose Bowl. Eight turnovers doomed Stanford to a 27–10 loss to the Irish, which was led by coachKnute Rockne and the backfield known asThe Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. This was the first meeting of the teams, which began arivalry series that continues to this day.
The Pacific Coast intercollegiate football conference today decided upon assignment of the Schwabacher trophy, emblematic of the Coast championship. California and Stanford wil each hold the torphy for six months, a flip of the coin to determine which team shall have it first.