1920 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1920 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1920 record1–6 (0–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainNeal Arnston
Home stadiumNorthrop Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Big Ten Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
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
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "1920 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ General Alumni. History. p. 160.
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