1924 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1924 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–4 (1–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Glenn Thistlethwaite (3rd season)
Captain	Robert Wienecke[1]
Home stadium	Northwestern Field
Uniform

1924 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Chicago $	3	–	0	–	3			4	–	1	–	3
No. 4 Illinois	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
No. 6 Iowa	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Michigan	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Purdue	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Ohio State	1	–	3	–	2			2	–	3	–	3
Indiana	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	2	–	2			2	–	3	–	3
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1924 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, the Wildcats compiled a 4–4 record (1–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2]

Schedule

Game against Notre Dame at Grant Park Memorial Stadium (today's Soldier Field) on November 22, 1924

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	South Dakota*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 28–0
October 11	Cincinnati*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 42–0
October 18	Purdue	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	L 3–7
October 25	Michigan Agricultural*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 13–9
November 1	Indiana	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 17–7
November 8	at Michigan	Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–27	30,000
November 15	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 0–3
November 22	vs. Notre Dame*	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	L 6–13	35,000	[3]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "1924 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
3. Wallace Abbey (November 23, 1924). "N. Dame Held To 13-6 Win By Purple: Speedy Baker's Tribe Slows Up Famed Cavalry; 35,000 Watch Thrilling Struggle". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.