1924 Oberlin Congregationalists football team

1924 Oberlin Congregationalists football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record8–0 (8–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainButler
1924 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Oberlin $ 8 0 08 0 0
Wittenberg 6 1 07 1 0
Ohio Wesleyan 4 1 07 2 0
Case 6 2 16 2 1
Wooster 5 2 16 2 2
Akron 3 2 05 3 0
Western Reserve 3 2 25 2 2
Heidelberg 3 2 23 3 2
Mount Union 4 3 15 4 1
Ohio Northern 3 3 14 3 1
St. Xavier 1 1 12 5 1
Kenyon 3 4 14 4 1
Denison 3 4 03 4 1
Ohio 2 4 04 4 0
Otterbein 2 5 02 5 0
Muskingum 2 5 02 6 0
Cincinnati 1 4 02 6 1
Baldwin–Wallace 1 4 01 7 0
Miami (OH) 1 5 02 6 0
Hiram 0 7 01 7 0
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The 1924 Oberlin Congregationalists football team was an American football team that represented Oberlin College of Oberlin, Ohio, in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1924 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach William L. Hughes, the Congregationalists compiled a perfect 8–0 record (8–0 in conference games), won the OAC championship, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 151 to 16. It was the first of two consecutive undefeated seasons, as the 1925 team compiled a 7–0–1 record. The undefeated streak continued for 22 games, ending on November 13, 1926. In the four seasons from 1924 to 1927, Oberlin lost only two games.

Four Oberlin players received first- or second-team honors on the All-OAC football teams: senior fullback Mox Weber (Coaches-1, INS-1, CPD-1, DDN-1); senior Lyle Butler at end (Coaches-1, INS-1, CPD-1, DDN-1); Appel at guard (INS-1); Harold McPhee at halfback (CPD-2).

At the end of the undefeated 1924 season, a campaign was approved to build a stadium on Oberlin's campus with seating for 5,200 persons.