1924 Lombard Olive football team

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1924 Lombard Olive football
IIAC co-champion
Conference Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–4 (5–0 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLombard Stadium
Seasons
  1923
1925  
1924 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lombard + 5 0 05 4 0
Knox (IL) + 4 0 07 1 0
Bradley 7 1 08 1 0
Eastern Illinois 5 2 06 2 0
McKendree * 4 2 04 4 0
Millikin 4 2 04 4 0
Monmouth (IL) 5 3 15 4 1
Shurtleff 3 2 03 3 0
Wheaton (IL) 3 2 04 3 0
Western Illinois 3 3 04 3 0
Illinois College 4 4 05 4 0
Illinois Wesleyan 4 4 04 4 0
Eureka 3 4 13 4 1
Carthage 2 3 13 4 1
Mount Morris 2 3 05 5 0
Illinois State Normal 2 4 22 4 2
Southern Illinois 1 2 06 2 0
St. Viator1 2 01 5 2
Northern Illinois State 1 3 04 4 0
Augustana (IL) 2 7 02 7 0
Lake Forest 1 4 01 6 0
Lincoln (IL) 1 5 12 5 1
Blackburn 0 4 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – McKendree finished the season 5–0–1 in conference play, but forfeited a tie with Illinois College and a win over Eastern Illinois.
    † – St. Viator finished the season 2–1 in conference play, but forfeited a win over Illinois Wesleyan.

The 1924 Lombard Olive football team represented Lombard College in the 1924 college football season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Notre Dame *L 0–409,000 [2]
October 17 Bradley
W 7–0
October 25at Illinois Wesleyan Bloomington, IN W 34–0
November 1at John Carroll * Cleveland, OH L 0–17
November 8 Mount Morris
  • Lombard Stadium
  • Galesburg, IN
W 76–3
November 15 Lake Forest
  • Lombard Stadium
  • Galesburg, IN
W 44–0
November 22 Valparaiso
  • Lombard Stadium
  • Galesburg, IN
W 14–7
November 27at Tennessee Docs *L 7–40 [3]
December 4at Centenary *
L 0–38 [4]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Team Records Game by Game". September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "N. D. Starts with 40 to 0 Victory: Beats Lombard With Ease in Season Opener". The South Bend Tribune. October 5, 1924. pp. 1, Sport 2 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Lamb injured as Lombard tastes defeat in South". Chicago Tribune. November 28, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Centenary Gentlemen close 1924 season with victory over Lombard". The Shreveport Times. December 5, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com.