1924 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

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1924 Furman Purple Hurricane football
State champion
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1924 record5–5 (1–2 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumManly Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre + 1 0 0 5 1 1
Oglethorpe + 5 0 0 6 3 1
Mississippi College 2 0 1 2 5 1
Newberry 4 1 0 8 2 0
Mercer 4 1 1 5 3 2
Sewanee* 2 1 0 6 4 0
The Citadel 4 2 0 6 4 0
Louisville 2 1 0 3 4 1
Millsaps 1 1 0 3 5 1
Georgetown (KY) 1 1 0 1 4 0
Transylvania 1 2 0 6 2 0
Furman 1 2 0 5 5 0
Wofford 2 4 0 3 7 0
Howard (AL) 1 3 0 3 5 1
Presbyterian 1 3 0 1 6 1
Vanderbilt* 0 1 0 6 3 1
Louisiana College 0 1 0 0 1 0
Western Kentucky 0 2 0 4 6 0
Erskine 0 4 0 0 7 0
Chattanooga 0 5 0 1 7 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – co-member of SoCon

The 1924 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1924 college football season. In their tenth season under head coach Billy Laval, Furman compiled a 5–5 record.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27Newberry
W 14–0
October 4Alabama*
  • Manly Field
  • Greenville, SC
L 0–20[2]
October 11Mercer
  • Manly Field
  • Greenville, SC
L 0–23[3]
October 18vs. Georgia*Augusta, GAL 0–23
October 22vs. Davidson*Columbia, SCW 6–0
October 25at The Citadel
L 0–6
November 1Georgetown*
  • Manly Field
  • Greenville, SC
L 0–20
November 8at South Carolina*
  • University Field
  • Columbia, SC
W 10–0[4]
November 15Ole Miss*
  • Manly Field
  • Greenville, SC
W 7–2
November 27at Clemson*W 3–0
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1924 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Tide of Crimson snuffs Hurricane". The State. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. October 5, 1924.
  3. ^ "Mercer scores big upset, beating Furman, 23–0". The Greenville News. October 12, 1924. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Furman's Purple Hurricane defeats Carolina, 10–0". The Greenville News. November 9, 1924. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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