1920 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

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1920 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumFrazer Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Talladega     ? 0 0
Trinity (NC)     4 0 1
Abilene Christian
    4 0 1
North Texas State Normal     7 1 0
Presbyterian     5 1 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 1 0
Navy     6 2 0
Spring Hill     6 2 0
Birmingham–Southern     6 3 0
Mississippi Normal     4 2 1
Southwest Texas State     4 2 1
East Tennessee State Normal     3 2 0
West Virginia     5 4 1
Oglethorpe     4 4 1
Delaware     3 5 1
Texas Mines     2 4 0
Marion     2 5 0
Wake Forest     2 7 0
Sam Houston Normal     1 4 2
Western Kentucky State Normal     0 1 0
West Tennessee State Normal     0 5 0
Marshall     0 8 0

The 1920 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented Delaware College (later renamed the University of Delaware) in the 1920 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Burton Shipley, the Blue Hens compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by a total of 201 to 55.[1][2] The team played its home games at Frazer Field in Newark, Delaware.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at PennL 0–35
October 1
Ursinus
W 14–0
October 9at George Washington
W 14–7[3]
October 16
St. John's (MD)
  • Frazer Field
  • Newark, DE
W 20–0
October 23Haverford
  • Frazer Field
  • Newark, DE
L 0–14
November 6at StevensHoboken, NJL 0–48
November 13at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAL 0–62
November 20
Dickinson
Newark, DEL 7–35
November 25at
Pennsylvania Military
Chester, PAT 0–0

References

  1. ^ "Delaware Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "2012 Blue Hens Football Media Guide". University of Delaware. 2012. p. 156. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  3. Newspapers.com
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