1924 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team

1924 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
1924 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
Conference	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	4–4 (1–3 IIAC)
Head coach	William Muir (2nd season);
Captain	Pete Ball
Home stadium	Glidden Field
	Seasons ← 1923 1925 →

1924 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Lombard +	5	–	0	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Knox (IL) +	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Bradley	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Eastern Illinois	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
McKendree *	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Millikin	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Monmouth (IL)	5	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Shurtleff	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	0
Wheaton (IL)	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Western Illinois	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Illinois College	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Illinois Wesleyan	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Eureka	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Carthage	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Mount Morris	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Illinois State Normal	2	–	4	–	2	2	–	4	–	2
Southern Illinois	1	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
St. Viator †	1	–	2	–	0	1	–	5	–	2
Northern Illinois State	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Augustana (IL)	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Lake Forest	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Lincoln (IL)	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	5	–	1
Blackburn	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	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 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1924 college football season. The team competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which was also known as the Little Nineteen. They were led by second-year head coach William Muir and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The Teachers finished the season with a 4–4 record and an 1–3 record in conference play. Pete Ball was the team's captain.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 4	Elmhurst*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 45–0	^[2]
October 9	Milton*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 17–7	^[3]
October 17	at DePaul*	Chicago, IL	L 6–9	^[4]
October 25	at Illinois State Normal	Normal, IL	L 6–9	^[5]
November 1	at Mount Morris	Mount Morris, IL	L 0–37	^[6]
November 8	at St. Joseph's (IN)*	Rensselaer, IN	W 42–0	^[7]
November 15	Wheaton (IL)	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 33–14	^[8]
November 22	Eureka	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	L 7–9	^[9]
*Non-conference game