The 1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an

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team that represented the

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as an independent during the

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. In their seventh season under head coach

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, the Fighting Irish compiled a perfect 10–0 record, defeated

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in the 1925 Rose Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 285 to 54. The team was led by the legendary backfield known as the " Four Horsemen" consisting of quarterback

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, halfbacks Don Miller and

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, and fullback Elmer Layden. There were no polls in 1924 to determine a national championship. In later analyses, Notre Dame was rated as the consensus 1924 national champion by the Berryman QPRS system,

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, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, Poling System, and Jeff Sagarin. Three of the Four Horsemen, Stuhldreher, Crowley, and Layden, were consensus first-team picks on the 1924 All-America college football team. Other notable players included tackle Joe Bach and center Adam Walsh. The Four Horsemen, Walsh, and coach Rockne were all later inducted into the

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. The 1925 Rose Bowl was Notre Dame's last bowl appearance until the

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season. The Fighting Irish played their home games at

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Schedule

2014 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football media guide
Retrieved July 12, 2015.

Personnel

Depth chart

The following chart provides a visual depiction of Notre Dame's lineup during the 1924 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics a Notre Dame Box on offense.

Line

Backfield

Subs

References

Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish football seasons College football national champions Rose Bowl champion seasons College football undefeated seasons

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