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Notre Dame Football Team History

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
Founded: 1842
Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium
Capacity: 80,225
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Knute Kenneth Rockne
Conference: Independent-

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1887 <-- 1919 <- 1920 -> 1921 --> 2024

1920 Season Highlights

Knute Kenneth Rockne enters his 3rd season as Head Coach at Notre Dame.

1920 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 2	vs. Kalamazoo	39	0	W
Sat., Oct. 9	vs. Western Michigan	42	0	W
Sat., Oct. 16	@ Nebraska	16	7	W
Sat., Oct. 23	vs. Valparaiso	28	3	W
Sat., Oct. 30	@ Army	27	17	W
Sat., Nov. 6	vs. Purdue	28	0	W
Sat., Nov. 13	vs. Indiana	13	10	W	@ Indianapolis, IN
Sat., Nov. 20	@ Northwestern	33	7	W
Thu., Nov. 25	@ Michigan State	25	0	W

1920 Season Totals
Record	9-0
Points Scored	251
Scoring Average	27.9
Points Allowed	44
Defense Average	4.9
Opponents Record	29-26
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	4-0

1920 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1920 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Mexico	3-3	105	91					Roy W. Johnson
Connecticut	1-6-1	69	126					Ross Swartz
Notre Dame	9-0	251	44					Knute Kenneth Rockne
Boston College	8-0	181	16					Frank W. Cavanaugh
Army	7-2	314	47					Charles D. Daly
Nevada	7-3-1	186	167					R.O. William Courtright
North Texas	7-1	227	44					Theron J. Fouts
Penn State	7-0-2	159	35					Hugo F. Bezdek
Arizona	6-1	381	65					James F. Pop McKale
Hawaii	6-2	158	31					Raymond Elliot
Jacksonville State	6-1-1	177	26					J.W. Stephenson
Navy	6-2	164	43					Robert C. Bob Folwell
Pittsburgh	6-0-2	146	44					Glenn Scobey Pop Warner
Syracuse	6-2-1	201	27					John F. Chick Meehan
Louisiana State	5-3-1	206	63					Branch Bocock
New Mexico State	5-1-1	159	62					Arthur J. Bergman
Southern Mississippi	5-2-1	182	82					B.B. OMara
West Virginia	5-4-1	169	113					Mont H. McIntire
Akron	4-4	99	93					Fred Sefton
Central Michigan	4-3-1	166	41					Joe Simmons
Duke	4-0-1	53	20					Floyd J. Egan
Michigan State	4-6	270	166					George M. Potsy Clark
Middle Tennessee State	4-1	126	54					Alfred B. Miles
Arkansas State	3-3	56	97					Foy Hammons
Western Michigan	3-4	119	132					William H. Bill Spaulding
Rutgers	2-7	32	132					George Foster Sanford
Texas El Paso	2-7	45	288					Henderson E. Van Surdam
Wake Forest	2-7	98	196					J.L. White
Bowling Green	1-3	35	128					Walter Jean
Buffalo	1-4	17	60					Art Powell
Kent State	1-2	1	13					Paul G. Chandler
Sam Houston State	1-3-2	50	99					Mutt Gee
Marshall	0-8	0	247					Herbert Cramer
Memphis	0-5	7	143					Elmore George
Toledo	0-3	7	67					Walt Hobt
Western Kentucky	0-1	0	13					L.T. Smith

1920 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1920 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.