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Army Football Team History

Army Black Knights

United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
Founded: 1802
Stadium: Michie Stadium
Capacity: 39,929
Colors: Black, Gray & Gold
Coach: Charles D. Daly
Conference: Independent-

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1890 <-- 1919 <- 1920 -> 1921 --> 2024

1920 Season Highlights

Charles D. Daly enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Army.

1920 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 2	vs. Union (NY)	35	0	W
Sat., Oct. 2	vs. Marshall	38	0	W
Sat., Oct. 9	vs. Middlebury	27	0	W
Sat., Oct. 16	vs. Springfield	26	7	W
Sat., Oct. 23	vs. Tufts	28	6	W
Sat., Oct. 30	vs. Notre Dame	17	27	L
Sat., Nov. 6	vs. Lebanon Valley	53	0	W
Sat., Nov. 13	vs. Bowdoin	90	0	W
Sat., Nov. 27	Navy	0	7	L	@ New York, NY

1920 Season Totals
Record	7-2
Points Scored	314
Scoring Average	34.9
Points Allowed	47
Defense Average	5.2
Opponents Record	15-10
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	7-1
Away Record	0-0

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.