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1924 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football
Dixie Classic champion
Dixie Classic, W 9–7 vs. SMU
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
Seasons← 19231925 →
1924 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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
Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   1 – 5 – 0
West Tennessee State Normal   –   1 – 7 – 1
Delaware State   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1924 West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football team represented West Virginia Wesleyan College as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Bob Higgins, the Bobcats compiled a 9–2 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 182 to 78. On September 27. West Virginia Wesleyan was defeated by the West Virginia Mountaineers in the first game played at the new Mountaineer Field The Bobcats were invited to the 1925 Dixie Classic, their first and only bowl game appearance in program history, where they defeated SMU, 9 to 7.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at West VirginiaL 6–21
October 3at BroaddusBuckhannon, WVW 34–6
October 10SalemClarksburg, WVW 41–0
October 18at MariettaParkersburg, WVW 20–0
October 25at NavyW 10–7
November 1WaynesburgClarksburg, WVL 0–14
November 8at SyracuseW 7–3
November 22Bethany (WV)Clarksburg, WVW 19–6
November 27at Davis & ElkinsElkins, WVW 12–7
December 6KentuckyW 24–7
January 1, 1925at SMUW 9–77,000

References

  1. "West Virginia Wesleyan Game by Game Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  2. "'Cats suffer bad breaks in postseason tilt with Wesleyan and lose, 24–7". The Courier-Journal. December 7, 1924. Retrieved August 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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