1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Headcoach
OffensiveschemeSingle-wing
Quick facts Notre Dame Fighting Irish football, National champion (Billingsley)Co-national champion (Davis) ...
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 
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1920 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Notre Dame  900
Michigan Mines  200
Butler  710
St. Xavier  710
Detroit  820
Marquette  720
Haskell  721
St. Ignatius (OH)  420
Iowa State Teachers  421
South Dakota State  421
Indiana State  320
Valparaiso  530
Nebraska  531
Central Michigan  431
Akron  440
Wabash  340
Western State Normal  340
North Dakota Agricultural  231
Michigan Agricultural  460
Earlham  230
Northern Illinois State  350
Dayton  240
Kent State  120
Saint Louis  360
Bowling Green  140
Toledo  030
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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 George Gipp was a consensus pick on the 1920 All-America college football team.[4] He died on December 14, 1920, due to a streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia.[5] Other Notre Dame players who received 1920 All-America honors included: ends Eddie Anderson (first-team from 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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2KalamazooW 39–05,000[6]
October 92:15 p.m.Western State Normal
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 42–03,500[7][8][9]
October 16at NebraskaW 16–78,000–10,000[10]
October 23Valparaiso
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 28–38,000–10,000[11][12]
October 30at ArmyW 27–1710,000[13]
November 6Purdue
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 28–012,210
November 13vs. IndianaW 13–1014,000[14][15]
November 20at NorthwesternW 33–720,000[16]
November 25at Michigan AgriculturalW 25–08,000[17]
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