1924 Football Team

Overall Record: 6-2 Conference Record: 4-2
Conference Finish: 4th place
Coach: George Little
Captain: Herb F. Steger
All-Americans: Edliff R. Slaughter
Trainer: Charles Hoyt, William Fallon
Assistant coaches: Elton Wieman,Harvey Emery, Frank Hayes, Edwin Mather, Ray Fisher, Fielding Yost (Advisory Coach)
Manager: William B. Etheridge, Glenn Donaldson (ass't)
OpponentDateSiteResult Attend.
Miami (Ohio) 10/04 H W 55-0 14,000
Michigan Agr. 10/11 A W 7-0 22,000
Illinois 10/18 A L 14-39 66,609
Wisconsin 10/25 A W 21-0 44,000
Minnesota 11/01 A W 13-0 50,000
Northwestern 11/08 H W 27-0 30,000
Ohio State 11/15 A W 16-6 70,000
Iowa (HC) 11/22 H L 2-9 47,000
Totals155-54344,609
Starting Lineups                  
PositionPlayer
left end James Miller (4)
Philip Marion (2)
Charles Grube (2)
left tackle Thomas Edwards (7)
Dick Babcock
left guard Edliff Slaughter (8)
center Robert Brown (8)
right guard Harold Steele (6)
Harry Hawkins (2)
right tackle Harry Hawkins (3)
Dick Babcock (3)
Walter Kunow (2)
right end William Flora (5)
Charles Grube (2)
Philip Marion
quarterback Ferdinand Rockwell (7)
Herb Steger
fullback Philip Marion (5)
James Miller (3)
left halfback Herb Steger (5)
William Herrnstein (2)
Ferdinand Rockwell
right halfback Benny Friedman (5)
Carl Stamman
William Herrnstein

View full 1924 roster (from all-time roster database, includes non-lettermen and freshmen)

1924 Team Photo
1924 team photo
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Back Row
Fred Parker, Dick Babcock, Walter Kunow, Syd Dewey, Vic Domhoff, Bruce Gregory
Third Row
William Flora, Harry Hawkins, Harold Steele, Edliff Slaughter, Tom Edwards, Charles Grube, Carl Stamman
Second Row
ass't coach Elton Wieman, Phillip Marion, Director Fielding Yost, captain Herb Steger, Robert Brown, Coach George Little, James K. Miller, Trainer Charles Hoyt
Front Row
Benny Friedman, F.A. Rockwell, William Herrnstein

View full squad photo (from half-tone in Wisconsin game progam)

View Freshman squad photo, from game program