1920 East Tennessee State Normal football team

The 1920 East Tennessee State Normal School football team was an American football team that represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 1920 college football season. It was very the first season of East Tennessee State (Then known as East Tennessee State Normal School) football. They were coached by William R. Windes, a 1917 UT graduate who taught agriculture and biology at the school. He was assisted by English Professor Willis Beeler "Bull" Bible, brother of Dana X. Bible, and by fellow teacher coach A.V. McFee. The first team for East Tennessee State consisted of 11 first-string players and 4 substitutes.[1] There is dispute on the final record for this season, however ETSU officially credits the 1920 team with a 0-2 record (with three non-countable wins).[2] The schedule was mix of regional colleges and high schools (as they were not a member of a conference), and started the early rivalry against Milligan College. Initially, the school began to consider football as early as 1915, but could not find field a team until 1920 due to funding and finding enough men to play for the team. In 1920, the East Tennessee State Normal School team did not go by one nickname, but rather several nicknames including the "Normalites", "Wolves", or "Huskies".[2]

1920 East Tennessee State football
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record0–2 (3-2 with non-countable games)
Head coachW.R. Windes (1st season)
Home stadiumnone
1920 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Talladega   –    ? –0 –0
Trinity (NC)   –    4 –0 –1
Presbyterian   –    5 –1 –1
Middle Tennessee   –    4 –1 –0
Navy   –    6 –2 –0
Spring Hill   –    6 –2 –0
Southwest Texas   –    4 –2 –1
East Tennessee   –    3 –2 –0
West Virginia   –    5 –4 –1
Oglethorpe   –    4 –4 –1
Delaware   –    3 –5 –1
Texas Mines   –    2 –4 –0
Wake Forest   –    2 –7 –0

Schedule
OpponentSiteResult
Carson-Newman
L 0-55
Milligan
  • N/A
  • Johnson City, TN
L 0–30
Greeneville High School
  • N/A
  • Johnson City, TN
W N/A
Washington College
  • N/A
  • Johnson City, TN
W N/A
Johnson City High School
  • N/A
  • Johnson City, TN
W N/A
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References
  1. "East Tennessee State University Football by L. Thomas Roberts, Jerry Robertson, and the Buc Football and Friends Foundation, Foreword by Jack Higgs | Arcadia Publishing Books". Arcadiapublishing.com. 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  2. "Records" (PDF). cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com.
  3. "Records" (PDF). cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com.
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