1924 Tennessee Docs football team

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1924 Tennessee Docs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–1
Head coach
Home stadium Russwood Park
Seasons
←  1923
1925  →
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 Tennessee Docs football team (variously "Docs", "UT Doctors" or the "Tennessee Medicos") represented the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis in the 1924 college football season. The team gave Centenary its season's only loss. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4 Southwestern (TN)
W 34–0 [2]
October 11 Cumberland (TN)
  • Russwood Park
  • Memphis, TN
W 19–0 [3]
October 18 Union (TN)
  • Russwood Park
  • Memphis, TN
W 33–0 [4]
October 25at Centenary
W 7–6 [5]
November 1 Tulsa
  • Russwood Park
  • Memphis, TN
W 43–0 [6]
November 8at Loyola (LA)
W 26–0 [7]
November 112:15 p.m.vs. West Tennessee State Normal
  • Russwood Park
  • Memphis, TN
W 58–0 [8] [9]
November 15 Dallas
  • Russwood Park
  • Memphis, TN
W 33–0 [10]
November 21at Russellville Russellville, AR L 0–3 [11]
November 27 Lombard
  • Russwood Park
  • Memphis, TN
W 40–7 [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Glory Years of Football, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1922-1942". Centenary College of Louisiana. 2000.
  2. ↑ "Powerful Doctors run over Southwestern in easy style". The Commercial Appeal. October 5, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "U. of T. Doctors beat Cumberland, 19 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. October 12, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tennessee Doctors slaughter Union". The Nashville Tennessean. October 19, 1924. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Doctors beat Centenary by margin of one point". The Commercial Appeal. October 26, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Doctors overwhelm Tulsa in one-sided game 43 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 2, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Phil White's great air attack gives Tennessee Docs victory over Loyola". The Shreveport Times. November 9, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Bloom, David (October 31, 1924). "Doctors and Normal Play Armistice Day Feature". The Commercial Appeal . Memphis, Tennessee. p. 18. Retrieved May 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  9. ↑ "Doctors have field day at expense of Normal Tigers". The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Doctors defeat Dallas Univ. on muddy field 33 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 16, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "U-T Doctors Meet Their Waterloo". Knoxville News Sentinel . Knoxville, Tennessee. November 22, 1924. p. 2. Retrieved August 26, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  12. ↑ "Lamb injured as Lombard tastes defeat in South". Chicago Tribune. November 28, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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