1924 Michigan Wolverines football team

1924 Michigan Wolverines football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainHerb Steger
Home stadiumFerry Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Chicago $ 3 0 3 4 1 3
No. 4 Illinois 3 1 1 6 1 1
No. 6 Iowa 3 1 1 6 1 1
Michigan 4 2 0 6 2 0
Purdue 2 2 0 5 2 0
Minnesota 1 2 1 3 3 2
Ohio State 1 3 2 2 3 3
Indiana 1 3 0 4 4 0
Northwestern 1 3 0 4 4 0
Wisconsin 0 2 2 2 3 3
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1924 Big Ten Conference football season. Coached by George Little in his first and only year as Michigan's head football coach, the team compiled a record of 6–2, outscored opponents 155–54, and finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference standings.

After starting the season with shutouts against Miami (55–0) and Michigan Agricultural (7–0), Michigan lost to Illinois (39–14), as Red Grange scored five touchdowns and gained 402 yards. After the loss to Illinois, Michigan rebounded with four consecutive victories over Big Ten opponents, before losing to Iowa in the final game of the season. In all eight games during the 1924 season, the Wolverines played before 340,000 spectators, reported to be "possibly a 1924 attendance record equaled by only Yale."[1]

Halfback Herb Steger was the team captain, and left tackle Edliff Slaughter was selected as a first-team All-American. With 77 points, quarterback Tod Rockwell scored almost half of Michigan's 155 points and was the second-leading scorer in the Big Ten Conference, trailing Red Grange by one point.[2] College Football Hall of Fame inductee Benny Friedman also made his debut as a starter for Michigan, playing at the halfback position in 1924.

  1. ^ "Attendance Big at Michigan". The Christian Science Monitor. November 28, 1924. p. 12. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
  2. ^ "Grange, Rockwell, Baker One, Two, Three in Big Ten Scoring". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 23, 1924. p. A2. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.