1920 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1920 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1920 record2–5 (0–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainF. J. Birk
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 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1920 college football season. In their third season under head coach A. G. Scanlon, the Boilermakers compiled a 2–5 record, finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference with an 0–4 record against conference opponents, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 103 to 36. F. J. Birk was the team captain.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2DePauw*
W 10–0
October 9at Chicago
L 0–20
October 16at Ohio State
L 0–17
October 30Wabash*
  • Stuart Field
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 19–14
November 6at Notre Dame *
L 0–28
November 13at Northwestern
L 0–14
November 20Indiana
L 7–10
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1920 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "2016 Boilermaker Football Media Guide" (PDF). Purdue University. 2016. p. 89.
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