1924 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

1924 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Walter Steffen (10th season)
Home stadium	Tech Field

1924 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
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 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team was an American football team that represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) during the 1924 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Walter Steffen, Carnegie Tech compiled a record of 5–4.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27		Dayton	Pittsburgh, PA	W 14–3
October 4		at Thiel	Greenville, PA	W 22–0
October 11		Toledo	Pittsburgh, PA	W 54–0		[2]
October 18		Washington & Jefferson	Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–10
October 25		Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–0	25,000	[3]
November 1		Western Maryland	Pittsburgh, PA	W 27–0
November 8		at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	L 7–22	7,000
November 22	2:30 p.m.	Quantico Marines	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–3		[4][5]
November 29		Notre Dame	Pittsburgh, PA	L 19–40	30,000	[6]

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References

1. "1924 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
2. "Carnegie Tech Wins Easily From Toledo, 54 to 0". The Pittsburgh Sunday Post. October 12, 1924. p. III-3 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Hannum, Max E. (October 26, 1924). "Lone Touchdown Wins For Tartans". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Peet, William (November 22, 1924). "Carnegie Battles Marines in Only College Grid Game Here Today". The Pittsburgh Post. p. 11. Retrieved February 11, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
5. White, William A. (November 23, 1924). "Carnegie Holds Quantico Marines To 3-0 Score". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 12. Retrieved February 11, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
6. "Notre Dame Downs Carnegie, 40-19, After Tartans Take Lead: Skibos Shatter Rockne's Line in Opening Quarter as 30,000 Wildly Cheer". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh. November 30, 1924. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Carnegie Mellon Year-By-Year scores" (PDF). cmu.athletics.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.