The 1923–24 American Cup was the thirty–second edition of the annual challenge cup held by the American Football Association. The Secretary of the AFA, Andrew Beveridge received entries up to September 29, 1923.
Preliminary round Matches were due to be completed by October 28, 1923. The following teams drew byes for this round: Abbot Worsted (Forge Village), Bethlehem Steel, Brooklyn, Crompton, Fairhill (Philadelphia), Fairlawn Rovers (Pawtucket), Falco (Holyoke), Fall River, Fleischer Yarn (Philadelphia), Fore River (Quincy), General Electric United (Lynn), J. & P. Coats (Pawtucket), Morell Mills (Philadelphia), National Giants (NY), New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Prospect Hill (Pawtucket), Sayles Finishing (Pawtucket), West End Polish (Crompton), and Weypoyset.
Northern Massachusetts
Southern New England
replay
Connecticut and New York
New Jersey District
replay
Pennsylvania District
First round Matches were due to be completed by November 25, 1923. The Fore River–G.E. United match was called on account of rain after one half and was replayed on Thanksgiving Day.
Northern Section
replay
Southern Section
Second round Matches were due to be completed by January 20, 1924. Prospect Hill forfeited their match with Fore River."Another Round For American Cup". (January 25, 1924). Boston Globe, p.9 col.4
Northern section
Southern section
Third round Northern section
Southern section
Semifinals
Final
The final took place on May 11, 1924 at the Jersey City baseball grounds. Bethlehem Steel, by their victory, broke up a near treble by Fall River who had previously won the National Challenge Cup in March and finished first in the American Soccer League which wrapped up in June. For their part, Bethlehem Steel was a semifinalist in the National Cup and finished second in the ASL.
See also 1923–24 American Soccer League 1923–24 National Challenge Cup 1924 National Amateur Cup
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