1920 Central Michigan Normalites football team

The 1920 Central Michigan Normalites football team represented Central Michigan Normal School, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joe Simmons, the Central Michigan football team compiled a 4–3–1 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 166 to 41. The team's victories were against Ferris State (80–0 and 34–0), Olivet (7–0), and Hope (17–0), and the tie was with Detroit City College (6–6). The team lost to the 1920 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team (6–7), the Michigan Agricultural frosh team (6–14), and Hillsdale (10–14).[1][2]

1920 Central Michigan Normalites football
Coach Joe Simmons from "The Chippewa" (1921)
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record4–3–1
Head coachJoe Simmons (1st season)
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
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

Coach Simmons was a recent graduate of Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he earned 16 varsity letters in four sports. He later coached high school football in Milwaukee.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 9 Ferris Institute Mount Pleasant, MIW 80–0
October 16at Michigan State Normal Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry)L 6–7
October 23 Olivet Mount Pleasant, MIW 7–0
October 30at Ferris Institute Big Rapids, MIW 34–0
November 6 Michigan Agricultural frosh Mount Pleasant, MIL 6–14
November 13at Hillsdale Hillsdale, MIL 10–14
November 20at Hope Holland, MIW 17–0
November 24at Detroit Junior College DetroitT 6–6

References

  1. "Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Central Michigan University. 2015. pp. 100, 107. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  2. "Central Michigan Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  3. "Former Prep Coach Simmons Dead at 76". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. March 6, 1973. Retrieved July 22, 2016.


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