1924 Utah Utes football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1924
| team = Utah Utes
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Rocky Mountain Conference
| short_conf = RMC
| record = 3–4–1
| conf_record = 2–2–1
| head_coach = Thomas M. Fitzpatrick
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium = Cummings Field
}}
{{1924 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings}}
The 1924 Utah Utes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1924 college football season. Led by Thomas M. Fitzpatrick in his sixth and final season as head coach, the Utes compiled an overall of record of 3–4–1 with a mark of 2–2–1 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the RMC.
Prior to the 1924 season, Fitzpatrick announced his intention to retire and pursue other business opportunities, but he agreed to coach through the end of the 1924 season. Utah opened the season at home on October 4 against Drake, their first opponent from east of the Rocky Mountains. Ike Armstrong, and assistant coach for Drake, expressed interest in the head coaching position at Utah and was hired.{{cite book | last=Hinckley | first=Shane | title=University of Utah Football Vault : The History of the Utes | page=27 | year=2010 | publisher=Whitman Publishing, LLC | location=Atlanta, GA | isbn=0-7948-2797-7}} He coached the Utes for 25 season and had a record of 141–55–15.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=62 |title=Ike J. Armstrong Records by Year |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=July 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213181234/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=62 |archive-date=February 13, 2010 }}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Drake
| site_stadium = Cummings Field
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 14–33
| source = {{cite news|title=Crimson Victim of Drake Strategy in Bitter Encounter|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=October 5, 1924|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32267432/crimson_victim_of_drake_strategy_in/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1924|team=Colorado College Tigers|title=Colorado College}}
| site_stadium = Cummings Field
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 0–9
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Arizona
| site_stadium = Cummings Field
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 32–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = w
| opponent = BYU
| site_stadium = Cummings Field
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 35–6
| source = {{cite news|title=Fitzpatrick's Warriors Crush B.Y.U. Cougars in Great Game|newspaper=The Salt Lake Telegram|date=October 26, 1924|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120005470/fitzpatricks-warriors-crush-byu/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Colorado
| site_stadium = Colorado Stadium
| site_cityst = Boulder, CO
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–3
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 0–30
| attend = 5,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111747609/stanford-humbles-utah-by-30-to-0-count/|work=The San Francisco Examiner|title=Stanford humbles Utah by 30 to 0 count|date=November 9, 1924|accessdate=October 21, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = w
| opponent = Wyoming
| site_stadium = Cummings Field
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 28–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 27
| w/l = t
| opponent = Utah Agricultural
| site_stadium = Cummings Field
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–7
| attend = 11,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Utah Elevens Battle To Tie Score|newspaper=The Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=November 28, 1924|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104794320/utah-elevens-battle-to-tie-score/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}