1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1920 college football season,[1] led by third-year head coach Knute Rockne. The team won all nine games and was selected retroactively as national champion by the Billingsley Report and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[2]

1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record9–0
Head coachKnute Rockne (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainFrank Coughlin
Home stadiumCartier Field
Uniform
1920 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Michigan State Normal   –    6 –2 –0
Haskell   –    3 –1 –1
St. Ignatius (OH)   –    4 –2 –0
Iowa State Teachers   –    4 –2 –1
Valparaiso   –    5 –3 –0
Nebraska   –    5 –3 –1
Central Michigan   –    4 –3 –1
Akron   –    4 –4 –0
Wabash   –    3 –4 –0
Western State (MI)   –    3 –4 –0
North Dakota Agricultural   –    2 –3 –1
Michigan Agricultural   –    4 –6 –0
Earlham   –    2 –3 –0
Fairmount   –    2 –5 –2
Dayton   –    2 –4 –0
Kent State   –    1 –2 –0
Saint Louis   –    3 –6 –0
Bowling Green   –    1 –4 –0
Toledo   –    0 –3 –0

Senior back George Gipp was a consensus All-American, but died on December 14 due to a streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Kalamazoo
W 39–05,000
October 9Western State
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
W 42–03,500
October 16at Nebraska
W 16–79,000
October 23Valparaiso
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN
W 28–38,000
October 30at Army
W 27–1710,000
November 6Purdue
  • Cartier Field
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 28–012,000
November 13vs. IndianaIndianapolis, INW 13–1014,000
November 20at Northwestern
W 33–720,000
November 25at Michigan Agricultural
W 25–08,000[4]

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References
  1. http://www.archives.nd.edu/Football/Football-1920.pdf
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  3. "Gipp will be buried Thursday". Milwaukee Sentinel. December 15, 1920. p. 10.
  4. "Notre Dame Triumphs Over Aggies in Stubborn Fight". The Lansing State Journal. November 26, 1920. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  6. "Notre Dame Football :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics". und.com.


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