1924 Utah Utes football team

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1924 Utah Utes football
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
1924 record3–4–1 (2–2–1 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCummings Field
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado $ 5 0 1 8 1 1
Montana State 2 1 1 5 1 1
Colorado Agricultural 4 2 0 4 2 0
Colorado College 4 3 0 5 3 0
Utah Agricultural 3 2 1 4 2 1
Denver 3 2 2 4 2 2
Utah 2 2 1 3 4 1
Colorado Mines 3 4 1 4 4 1
Wyoming 2 6 0 2 6 0
BYU 1 3 1 2 3 1
Colorado Teachers 0 4 0 2 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1924 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 1924 college football season. Utah played Drake, which was the first time Utah played a team east of the Rocky Mountains. One of the assistant coaches for Drake was Ike Armstrong. Armstrong expressed his interest in the head coaching position at Utah and was hired.[1] Armstrong ended-up coaching the Utes for twenty-five years, and had a record of 141–55–15.[2]

Before the season[]

Prior to the 1924 season, Coach Fitzpatrick announced his intention to retire and pursue other business opportunities, but he agreed to coach through the end of the 1924 season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 4Drake*
L 14–33
October 11Colorado College
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
L 0–9
October 18Arizona*dagger
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
W 32–7
October 25BYU
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, Utah (rivalry)
W 35–6
November 1at Colorado
L 0–3
November 8vs. Stanford*L 0–30
November 15Wyoming
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
W 28–0
November 27Utah Agricultural
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, Utah (rivalry)
T 7–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Hinckley, Shane (2010). University of Utah Football Vault : The History of the Utes. Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, LLC. p. 27. ISBN 0-7948-2797-7.
  2. ^ "Ike J. Armstrong Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  3. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  4. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game Thomas M. Fitzpatrick 1924". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
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