1924 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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]

1924 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumTech Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27DaytonPittsburgh, PAW 14–3
October 4at ThielGreenville, PAW 22–0
October 11ToledoPittsburgh, PAW 54–0[2]
October 18Washington & JeffersonPittsburgh, PAL 0–10
October 25Pittsburgh
W 6–025,000[3]
November 1Western MarylandPittsburgh, PAW 27–0
November 8at Penn StateL 7–227,000
November 222:30 p.m.Quantico Marines
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–3[4][5]
November 29Notre DamePittsburgh, PAL 19–4030,000[6]

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References

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  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.