1924 Colgate football team

1924 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Dick Harlow (3rd season)
Captain	Saville Crowther
Home stadium	Whitnall 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 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its third season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 218 to 94. Saville Crowther was the team captain.^[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Alfred	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 35–0
October 11	Clarkson	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 41–0
October 18	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 7–33
October 25	Hobart	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 49–0
November 1	Providence College	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 42–0
November 8	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 2–34		[3]
November 15	Springfield	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 33–0		[4]
November 22	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 3–7	30,000
November 27	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	L 6–20		[5][6]

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "1924 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "Colgate's defense crumbles before West Virginians". Buffalo Courier. November 9, 1924. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Colgate Wins Easily". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. November 16, 1924. p. 51. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Keefer Stars As Brown Wins, 20-6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 28, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Keefer Stars As Brown Wins, 20-6 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 28, 1924. p. 20. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .