1924 Duke Blue Devils Football Team
The 1924 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Howard Jones, the team compiled a 4–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 99. Jones was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Schedule References Duke Duke Blue Devils football seasons Duke Blue Devils football The Duke Blue Devils football team represents Duke University in the sport of American football. The Blue Devils compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of th ...

Howard Jones (American Football Coach)
Howard Harding Jones (August 23, 1885 – July 27, 1941) was an American football player and coach who served as the head coach at Syracuse University (1908), Yale University (1909, 1913), Ohio State University (1910), the University of Iowa (1916–1923), Duke University (1924) and the University of Southern California (1925–1940), compiling a career record of 194–64–21. His 1909 Yale team, 1921 Iowa team, and four of his USC teams ( 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939) won national championships. Jones coached USC in five Rose Bowls, winning all of them. Before coaching, Jones played football at Yale (1905–1907), where he played on three national title-winning teams. He was a member of the inaugural class of inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951; his younger brother, Tad, joined him as a member in 1958. Early life and playing career Jones was born in Excello, Ohio, near Middletown. He played football for three seasons at Yale University, from ...
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Boshamer Stadium
Cary C. Boshamer Stadium is a baseball stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is the home of the North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team. History The previous home of the Tar Heels was a multi-use venue called Emerson Field, which sat some 2,400 people. The combination baseball/football field was opened in 1916 on the site of the existing athletic field (ca. 1900) and named for a university benefactor, Captain Isaac E. Emerson, best known as the inventor of Bromo-Seltzer. The football team left Emerson for Kenan Memorial Stadium in 1927. Emerson would continue as the home of the baseball team for another 45 seasons. Its site is now occupied by Davis Library. Boshamer Stadium first opened on March 21, 1972, near the tail end of the 1972 season. It is named for Cary C. Boshamer (class of 1917), a textile industrialist from Gastonia whose donation made the new stadium possible. Although many Tar Heels players and fans speak of the stadium as "the Bosh", apparently the family ...
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1924 Davidson Wildcats Football Team
The 1924 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson College as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In their second year under head coach William L. Younger William Lee "Monk" Younger (November 16, 1894 – June 30, 1977) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Davidson College in 1915 and at Vi ..., the team compiled a 7–2–1 record. Schedule References Davidson Wildcats Davidson Wildcats football seasons Davidson Wildcats football {{collegefootball-1924-season-stub ...
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1924 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football Team
The 1924 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1924 college football season The 1924 college football season was the year of the Four Horsemen as the Notre Dame team, coached by Knute Rockne, won all of its games, including the Rose Bowl, to be acclaimed as the best team in the nation. Notre Dame and Stanford were bot .... In its second season under head coach Hank Garrity, the team compiled a 7–2 record. Schedule References {{Wake Forest Demon Deacons football navbox Wake Forest Wake Forest Demon Deacons football seasons Wake Forest Demon Deacons football ...
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Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Virginia, third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake, and the List of United States cities by population, 94th-largest city in the nation. Norfolk holds a strategic position as the historical, urban, financial, and cultural center of the Hampton Roads region, which has more than 1.8 million inhabitants and is the thirty-third largest Metropolitan Statistical area in the United States. Officially known as ''Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA'', the Hampton Roads region is sometimes called "Tidewater" and "Coastal Virginia"/"COVA," although these are broader terms that also include Virginia's Eastern Shor ...
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1924 William & Mary Indians Football Team
The 1924 William & Mary Indians football team represented the College of William & Mary as an independent during the 1924 college football season. Led by second-year head coach J. Wilder Tasker, the Indians compiled a record of 5–2–1. Schedule References William and Mary William & Mary Tribe football seasons William William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conq ...

Richmond Times-Dispatch
The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' (''RTD'' or ''TD'' for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, the capital of Virginia, and the primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia. Circulation The ''Times-Dispatch'' has the second-highest circulation of any Virginia newspaper, after Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk's ''The Virginian-Pilot''. In addition to the Richmond area (Petersburg, Virginia, Petersburg, Chester, Virginia, Chester, Hopewell, Virginia, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, Virginia, Colonial Heights and surrounding areas), the ''Times-Dispatch'' has substantial readership in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg, and Waynesboro, Virginia, Waynesboro. As the primary paper of the state's capital, the ''Times-Dispatch'' serves as a newspaper of record for rural regions of the state that lack large local papers. The ''Times-Dispatch'' lists itself as "Virginia's News Leader" on its Nameplate (publishing), masthead. History and notable ac ...
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Richmond, Virginia
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1924 Richmond Spiders Football Team
The 1924 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond as an independent during the 1924 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach, Frank Dobson, Richmond compiled a record of 2–6–1. Schedule References {{Richmond Spiders football navbox Richmond Richmond Spiders football seasons Richmond Spiders football Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina)
The Victory Bell is the traveling trophy given to the winner of the annual football game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels The North Carolina Tar Heels are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the ''Tar Heel .... The game was worth two points in the now-defunct, yearlong Carlyle Cup between the two schools. History North Carolina and Duke first met in football in 1888, and the series has been renewed annually since 1922. In the fall of 1948, UNC Head Cheerleader Norman Sper along with Loring Jones of Duke, likely inspired by other traveling trophies in college football, came up with the idea for the Victory Bell. Jones designed the frame and Sper obtained an old railway bell from the Southern Railway. North Carolina won possession of the first-ever Victory B ...
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, Orange, Durham County, North Carolina, Durham and Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, making Chapel Hill the List of municipalities in North Carolina, 17th-largest municipality in the state. Chapel Hill, Durham, North Carolina, Durham, and the state capital, Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh, make up the corners of the Research Triangle (officially the Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area), with a total population of 1,998,808. The town was founded in 1793 and is centered on Franklin Street (Chapel Hill), Franklin Street, covering . It contains several districts and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care are a major part of the economy and town influence. Local artists have created Murals of Chapel Hill, ...
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1924 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Team
The 1924 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina (now known as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) during the 1924 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Tar Heels were led by head coaches Bob Fetzer and Bill Fetzer in their fourth season and finished with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5 overall, 2–3 in the SoCon). Schedule References North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels football seasons North Carolina Tar Heels football The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the sport of American football or Gridiron football, Gridiron Football. The Tar Heels play in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ...