1924 Southwestern Lynx football team

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1924 Southwestern Lynx football
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Head coach
Home stadiumShearen Field
Seasons
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1924 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Quantico Marines  – 7 –0 –1
Tennessee Docs  – 9 –1 –0
Centenary  – 8 –1 –0
West Virginia  – 8 –1 –0
West Virginia Wesleyan  – 9 –2 –0
Davidson  – 7 –2 –1
Wake Forest  – 7 –2 –0
George Washington  – 6 –3 –1
William & Mary  – 5 –2 –1
Delaware  – 4 –3 –1
Texas Mines  – 3 –2 –1
Mississippi State Teachers  – 3 –3 –2
Birmingham–Southern  – 4 –4 –1
Spring Hill  – 4 –4 –1
Georgetown  – 4 –4 –0
Marshall  – 4 –4 –0
Duke  – 4 –5 –0
Western Kentucky State Normal  – 4 –5 –0
East Tennessee State Normal  – 3 –4 –1
Loyola (LA)  – 3 –4 –2
Louisville  – 3 –5 –1
Southwestern  – 3 –6 –0
Union (TN)  – 3 –6 –0
Richmond  – 2 –6 –1
Navy  – 2 –6 –0
Catholic University  – 1 –5 –2
Georgia Normal  – 1 –3 –0
West Tennessee State Normal  – 1 –7 –1
Middle Tennessee State Normal  – 1 –7 –0
Delaware State  – 0 –1 –0
Erskine  – 0 –7 –0

The 1924 Southwestern Presbyterian football team represented Southwestern, The College of the Mississippi Valley (now known as Rhodes College) during the 1924 college football season. In Jess Neely's first year coaching, he led the Lynx to a record of three wins and six losses. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at Sewanee
L 0–7 [2]
October 4at Tennessee Docs
L 0–34 [3]
October 11at Ole Miss
L 0–7 [4]
October 17 Bryson College
W 10–0 [5]
October 25 Ogden College
  • Shearen Field
  • Clarksville, TN
W 37–0 [6]
November 1at Millsaps
L 0–6 [7]
November 7 Evansville
  • Shearen Field
  • Clarksville, TN
W 13–9 [8]
November 14at Birmingham–Southern
L 6–19 [9]
November 27at Bethel (TN) McKenzie, TN L 6–19 [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "From football standout to athletics director, Jess Neely left a legacy at Vanderbilt". October 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Purple eleven hands S.P.U. 7 to 0 defeat". Nashville Banner. September 28, 1924. Retrieved December 11, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Powerful Doctors run over Southwestern in easy style". The Commercial Appeal. October 5, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Ole Miss barely defeats S.P.U." The Atlanta Journal. October 12, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "S.P.U. fights hard to defeat Bryson". The Commercial Appeal. October 18, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "S.P.U. slaughters Ogden College team". The Nashville Tennessean. October 25, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Majors win over S.P.U. here Saturday by scoring touchdown with less than minute to play". The Clarion-Ledger. November 2, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Purple makes big stand against S'Western U." The Evansville Press. November 8, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Panthers easily win from S.P.U. Tigers". The Birmingham News. November 15, 1924. Retrieved September 5, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Lynx defeated by Bethel 19–6". Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle. November 28, 1924. Retrieved December 12, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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