The 1924 Pottsville Maroons season was their 5th season in existence. The club played in the Anthracite League would go on to post a 12-1-1 record and claim the League Championship. The team allowed just two touchdowns all year and did not lose until their 14th and final game of the year, a 10âÂÂ7 loss to the Rochester Jeffersons of the National Football League (NFL). For the year Pottsville outscored their opponents by a cumulative score of 303 to 17.
Head coach was Stan Cofall, a 1916 All-American halfback from Notre Dame who had spent time in the NFL as a player and coach with the 1920 Cleveland Tigers the first iteration of the New York Giants in 1921.
The Maroons would themselves join the NFL in 1925.
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