1924 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1924 Purdue Boilermakers football
1924 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–2 (2–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	James Phelan (3rd season);
Captain	Ralph Claypool
Home stadium	Stuart Field; Ross–Ade Stadium
	Seasons ← 1923 1925 →

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 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1924 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third season under head coach James Phelan, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–2 record, finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 2–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 137 to 46.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 27	Wabash*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 21–7
October 4	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–7	^[3]
October 11	Rose-Hulman*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 41–3
October 18	at Northwestern	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 7–3
November 1	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	L 6–19
November 8	DePauw*	Stuart Field West Lafayette, IN	W 36–0
November 22	Indiana	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 26–7
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
^ "1924 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ "Buckeyes Win, Lead Big 10 For Week at Least". Chicago Tribune. October 5, 1924. p. 2:3. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 82. Retrieved January 29, 2023.