In
this 1924 file photo, Notre Dame's backfield, "The Four Horsemen"
--
from left, Don Miller, Elmer Layden, Jim Crowley and Harry Stuhldreherare -- pose
on the practice field in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame, led by the famed Four
Horsemen, finished 10-0 in 1925. No national champion was declared at the
time, but two years later University of Illinois economics professor Frank
Dickinson devised a mathematical point system to determine a champion. Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne persuaded Dickinson to
retroactively determine a national champion for the 1925 (Dartmouth) and 1924
seasons.
AP photo (Click on photo
for larger image.)
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