1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference Independent
1920 record 9–0
Head coach Knute Rockne (3rd season)
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Base defense 7–2–2
Captain Frank Coughlin
Home stadium Cartier Field
Uniform
1920 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Notre Dame   –    9 –0 –0
USC   –    6 –0 –0
Penn State   –    7 –0 –2
Army   –    7 –2 –0
Dartmouth   –    7 –2 –0
Navy   –    6 –2 –0
Idaho   –    4 –2 –0
Montana   –    4 –3 –0
Drexel   –    0 –6 –0

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]

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

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
October 2 Kalamazoo Cartier Field • South Bend, IN W 39–0   5,000
October 9 Western State Cartier Field • South Bend, IN W 42–0   3,500
October 16 at Nebraska Nebraska Field • Lincoln, NE W 16–7   9,000
October 23 Valparaiso Cartier Field • South Bend, IN W 28–3   8,000
October 30 at Army The Plain • West Point, NY (rivalry) W 27–17   10,000
November 6 Purdue Cartier Field • South Bend, IN (rivalry) W 28–0   12,000
November 13 vs. Indiana Indianapolis, IN W 13–10   14,000
November 20 at Northwestern Northwestern Field • Evanston, IL (rivalry) W 33–7   20,000
November 25 at Michigan Agricultural Old College Field • East Lansing, MI (rivalry) W 25–0   8,000

Source:[4][5]

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. ↑ "1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ "Notre Dame Football :: UND.COM :: The Official Site of Notre Dame Athletics". und.com.
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