1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainFrank Coughlin
Home stadiumCartier Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Notre Dame   –   9 – 0 – 0
Butler   –   7 – 1 – 0
St. Xavier   –   7 – 1 – 0
Detroit   –   8 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Haskell   –   7 – 2 – 1
St. Ignatius (OH)
   –   4 – 2 – 0
Iowa State Teachers
   –   4 – 2 – 1
South Dakota State   –   4 – 2 – 1
Indiana State   –   3 – 2 – 0
Valparaiso
   –   5 – 3 – 0
Nebraska   –   5 – 3 – 1
Central Michigan   –   4 – 3 – 1
Akron
   –   4 – 4 – 0
Wabash   –   3 – 4 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   3 – 4 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   2 – 3 – 1
Michigan Agricultural   –   4 – 6 – 0
Earlham   –   2 – 3 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Dayton
   –   2 – 4 – 0
Kent State   –   1 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis   –   3 – 6 – 0
Bowling Green   –   1 – 4 – 0
Toledo   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their third year under head coach Knute Rockne, the team compiled a perfect 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 251 to 44.[1][2]

There was no contemporaneous system in 1919 for determining a national champion. However, Notre Dame was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[3]

Senior halfback

United Press) and Roger Kiley (first-team from International News Service); and tackle Frank Coughlin (second-team from International News Service and Walter Eckersall
).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2
Kalamazoo
W 39–05,000[2][6]
October 9Western State Normal
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 42–03,500[2][7][8]
October 16at Nebraska
W 16–78,000–10,000[2][9]
October 23
Valparaiso
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 28–38,000–10,000[2][10][11]
October 30at Army
W 27–1710,000[2][12]
November 6Purdue
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 28–012,210[2]
November 13vs. Indiana
W 13–1014,000[2][13][14]
November 20at Northwestern
W 33–720,000[2][15]
November 25at Michigan Agricultural
W 25–08,000[2][16]

Personnel

Players

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Coaching staff

References

  1. ^ "1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "The Season's Review 1920" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  3. ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "Gipp will be buried Thursday". Milwaukee Sentinel. December 15, 1920. p. 10.[permanent dead link]
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  11. ^ "Irish Play Reserves in Half of Contest". South Bend News-Times. October 24, 1920. p. 7. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
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  13. ^ "Notre Dame Favorite as Big Teams Line Up". Indianapolis News. November 13, 1920. p. 10. Retrieved November 14, 2020 – via Hoosier State Chronicles.
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