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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
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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
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1920 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Notre Dame – 9–0–0
Michigan Mines – 2–0–0
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 – 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
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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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