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1924 NYU Violets football team

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1924 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio 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

The 1924 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In their third year under head coach Tom Thorp, the team compiled a 3–3–1 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4St. Stephen's CollegeW 19–0[1]
October 11Union (NY)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 6–6[2]
October 18CCNY
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 7–010,000[3]
October 25Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 12–0[4]
November 1vs. FordhamL 0–2711,000[5]
November 8at Columbia
L 0–40[6]
November 15Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 3–41[7]

References

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  1. ^ "N.Y.U. conquers St. Stephens, 19–0 in opening game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 5, 1924. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. and Union grid teams play 6 to 6 tie". Times Union. October 12, 1924. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tom Thorp's N.Y.U. team beats plucky City College eleven by lone touchdown". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 19, 1924. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Trinity holds New York University to single touchdown". The Hartford Daily Courant. October 26, 1924. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Graham leads Fordham to assault on weak N.Y.U. eleven for 27–0 defeat". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 2, 1924. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Columbia runs wild and beats N.Y.U. 40 to 0". The Brooklyn Citizen. November 9, 1924. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rutgers, without Benkert, trounces N.Y.U. in slow game, 41 to 3". The Daily Home News. November 16, 1924. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.