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1920 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1920 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ohio State $ 5 0 0 7 1 0
Wisconsin 4 1 0 6 1 0
Indiana 3 1 0 5 2 0
Illinois 4 2 0 5 2 0
Iowa 3 2 0 5 2 0
Michigan 2 2 0 5 2 0
Northwestern 2 3 0 3 4 0
Chicago 2 4 0 3 4 0
Purdue 0 4 0 2 5 0
Minnesota 0 6 0 1 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1920 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1920 college football season. In their 21st year under head coach Henry L. Williams, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1–6 record (0–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and were outscored by their opponents by a combined score of 92 to 62.[1] The team suffered the program's first ever six-game losing streak,[2] and it finished tied for last place in the conference.

Guard Festus Tierney and halfback Arnold Oss were selected as first-team player on the 1920 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

Schedule

October 2North Dakota*

W 41–310,000 October 9at Northwestern

L 0–1710,000 October 16Indiana

  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 7–2112,000 October 30at Illinois

L 7–1715,265 November 6Wisconsin

  • Northrop Field
  • Minneapolis, MN (Rivalry)

L 0–322,000 November 13at Iowa

L 7–2813,000 November 20Michigandagger

L 0–322,000–23,000

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ General Alumni. History. p. 160.