1920 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels

The 1920 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1920 college football season. In their third non-consecutive season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Normalites compiled a record of 6–2 (1–2 against Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association opponents) and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 132 to 86. William Hansor was the team captain.

Independent

The 1920 VPI Gobblers football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1920 college football season. The team was led by their head coach Stanley Sutton and finished with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6).

1920 Connecticut Aggies football team

South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association

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Grand Prix

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Oglethorpe University Field

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The 1920 Williams Ephs football team represented Williams College during the 1920 college football season. Benny Boynton led Eastern scorers.

France

Northwestern Purple

The 1920 Earlham Quakers football team represented Earlham College during the 1920 college football season.

New England

SIAA

Australia

Snext

Virginia Cavaliers

MIAA

Williams Ephs

Chicago Cardinals

1920 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

SWC

The 1920 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1920 college football season. In their 29th season under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, the Maroons compiled a 3–4 record, finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 77 to 27.

1920s Florida land boom

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The 1920 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1920 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach George "Sandy" Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored by their opponents, 132 to 32. The team's two victories were against Maryland (6-0) and Virginia Tech (19-6). The losses included games against Nebraska (0-28) and West Virginia (0-17). Coach Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

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The 1920 Western State Hilltoppers football team represented Western State Normal School (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their 14th season under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored by their opponents, 131 to 119. End Grant Westgate was the team captain.

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The 1920 Washington and Lee Generals football team represented the Washington and Lee Generals of Washington and Lee during the 1920 college football season.

The 1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in the sport of American football during the 1920 college football season. This was one of the first of Oglethorpe's seasons with a grown up program; they joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association after the season. Oglethorpe proved itself against some of the toughest opponents.

Western State Hilltoppers

Southwest Conference

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1920s Florida Land Boom

Grand Prix season

1920 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1920 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team

TCU Horned Frogs

Fair Grounds

1920 Tulsa Orange and Black football team

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The 1920 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1920 college football season. In their first season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 231 to 68. No Cornell players received honors on the 1920 College Football All-America Team. Coach Dobie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

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Purdue Boilermakers

The 1920 Currie Cup was the 12th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.The tournament was won by Western Province for the tenth time.

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association

BEL

The 1920 Paris–Roubaix was the 21st edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 4 April 1920 and stretched 280 km (174 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was the Belgian Paul Deman.

The 1920 North Dakota blizzard was a severe blizzard that killed 34 people from March 15 – March 18, 1920 in the state of North Dakota. It is considered among the worst blizzards on record in North Dakota. High winds and an eight-inch (20 cm) snowfall stopped rail service in Bismarck, North Dakota and only one telephone line functioned between Fargo, North Dakota. and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Telephone service was out between Devils Lake, North Dakota and Fargo, North Dakota. Among the victims were five country school students, including Hazel Miner and Adolph, Ernest, Soren, and Herman Wohlk. Also killed were a young mother, Mrs. Andrew Whitehead, Charles Hutchins, north of Douglas, North Dakota; the twelve-year-old son of Matt Yashenko, who lived five miles south of Ruso, North Dakota; and "Chicken Pete" Johnson, a Minot eccentric, who was found dead in his dug-out on South Hill in Minot, North Dakota.

South Africa

Oklahoma Sooners

Ray B. Mowe

The 1920 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1920 college football season as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Jordan Field in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Ewald O. “Jumbo” Stiehm, in his fifth year as head coach.

1920 Cornell Big Red football team

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The 1920 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1920 college football season. In their first year under head coach Elmer McDevitt, the Purple compiled a 3–4 record (2–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.

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1920 Dartmouth Indians football team

1920 Chicago Maroons football team

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The 1920 Maryland Aggies football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1920 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Curley Byrd, the Aggies compiled a 7–2 record, 4–0 against South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association opponents, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents 149 to 55. The team's victories included games against Virginia Tech (7–0), North Carolina (10–0), Syracuse (10–7), and Johns Hopkins (24–7). The losses were sustained against Rutgers (0–6) and Princeton (0–35).The 1920 season was Maryland's last as a member of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA). In December 1920, Maryland's coach Byrd was one of the prime movers in the founding of the Southern Conference.

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Kansas State Wildcats

Big Ten Conference

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Fleming Field

Earlham Quakers

Big Ten

Week 2: Florida Southern at Florida

Cheek Field

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

George Frizzell Parrish

1920 Uruguayan Primera División season

The 1920 Mercer Baptists football team represented Mercer University in the 1920 college football season.

The 1920 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1920 college football season.

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1920s fashion

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1920 VPI Gobblers football team

Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference

Illinois Fighting Illini

Week 7: Florida at Georgia

Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

The 1920 County Championship was the 27th officially organised running of the County Championship. Middlesex County Cricket Club won their second championship title.The method used in the table reverted to that of 1914 except that in drawn matches, two points were awarded for the first innings winners and no points to the first innings losers. The match between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire was abandoned without a ball being bowled and is included in the NR column.

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Wilson Field

The 1920 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1920 college football season.

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Trinity

The 1920 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1920 college football season. Detroit shut out six of ten opponents, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 279 to 32, and finished with an 8–2 record in their third year under head coach James F. Duffy.

The 1920 Rice Owls football team represented Rice University during the 1920 college football season.

Detroit Titans

Indiana Hoosiers

Bulldogs

Danville, KY

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1920 in Italy

The 1920 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State Agricultural College in the 1920 college football season.

U.S. Census Bureau Seal

Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference champion

1920 Mercer Baptists football team

Athletic League of New England State Colleges

1920 Virginia Cavaliers football team

Grant Westgate

Rice Owls

Manly Field

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.

Sanford Field

The 1920 Southwest Texas State Normal School Bobcats football team represented Southwest Texas State Normal School in the 1920 college football season. This was the ninth year for Texas State football. The 1920 Texas State team adopted the nickname Bobcats after The University Star had an editorial campaign to adopt an athletic mascot. Prior to this season Texas State had no nickname.

1920 Currie Cup

The 1920 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team represented the Mississippi A&M Aggies of Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi during the 1920 college football season.

1920 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1920 TCU Horned Frogs football team

Storrs, CT

Clark Field

1920 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1920 Untied States Census

West Virginia Mountaineers

San Marcos Academy

1920 Svenska Masterskapet

The 1920 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1920 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 9–1 overall. The team was coached by Bill Driver in his first year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games at Clark Field, which was located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Mercer Bears

Arnhem, Netherlands

Oglethorpe

Independents

Democratic

The 1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in the sport of American football during the 1920 college football season. This was one of the first of Oglethorpe's seasons with a grown up program; they joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association after the season. Oglethorpe proved itself against some of the toughest opponents. Despite a loss to Georgia Tech, Oglethorpe was still able to boast that it was the only team to hold Tech from scoring on their touchdown line and were able to make a stop. Other impressive games were wins over Florida and Mercer.

Co-national champion

Miles Field

The 1920 Connecticut Aggies football team represented Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in the 1920 college football season. The Aggies were led by first year head coach Ross Swartz, and completed the season with a record of 1–6–1.

Tulane
Paul Baker

1920 CE

The Melrose Park-Wilmette tornado originated about 12.15 p. m. in Will County, north of the village of Channahon and southwest of Joliet. The funnel-shaped tornado cloud was first seen and damage was first noted at the farm of John Dison...

Mississippi A&M Aggies

Kentucky Wildcats

Tulsa Orange and Black

Palmer Stadium

O.W. Strahan

Gardner Dow Athletic Fields

Neilson Field

1920 County Championship

Chicago Tigers

Gainesville, Florida

Indianapolis, IN

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1920 Edinburgh North by-election

1920 Cleveland Indians (NFL) season

Athens, GA

Netherlands

Antwerp

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Georgia

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Cornell Big Red

Midwestern and Southern United States

Great Britain

1920 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Daniel Baker
Southwest Texas State Bobcats

Monthly Weather Review

Southern
Fleming Field, Gainesville, FL

Missouri Valley Conference

Pittsburgh Panthers

Centre Praying Colonels

Memorial Stadium

1920 Northwestern Purple football team

1920 Earlham Quakers football team

BDC

Columbus, GA

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Maryland Terrapins

1920 NCAA football season

Virginia Tech Hokies

Princeton, NJ

Fort Worth, TX

1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team

The 1920 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented the West Virginia Mountaineers during the 1920 college football season.

1920 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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Washington and Lee Generals

Dartmouth Indians

1920 Detroit Titans football team

Jordan Field

The 1920 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1920 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Robert Zuppke, the Illini compiled a 5–2 record and finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference.

Chicago Maroons

1920 Southwest Texas State Bobcats football team

1920 Washington and Lee Generals football team

The 1920 Maryland Aggies football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1920 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach Curley Byrd, the Aggies compiled a 7–2 record, 4–0 against South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association opponents, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents 149 to 55. The team's victories included games against Virginia Tech (7–0), North Carolina (10–0), Syracuse (10–7), and Johns Hopkins (24–7).

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The 1920 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the Kentucky Wildcats of the University of Kentucky during the 1920 college football season.

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William Hansor

Norman, OK

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1920 Buffalo Prospects season

Johnny Knox

1920 Rice Owls football team

1920 Western State Hilltoppers football team

1920 Scottish Cup Final

The 1920 International Cross Country Championships was held in Belfast, Ireland, at the Belvoir Park on April 3, 1920. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.Complete results, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.

Florida Gators

1920 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

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1920 Kendall Orange and Black football team

Bloomington, IN

1920 Kansas State Wildcats football team

The 1920 North Dakota blizzard was a severe blizzard that killed 34 people from March 15 – March 18, 1920 in the state of North Dakota. It is considered among the worst blizzards on record in North Dakota. High winds and an eight-inch (20 cm) snowfall stopped rail service in Bismarck, North Dakota and only one telephone line functioned between Fargo, North Dakota. and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Telephone service was out between Devils Lake, North Dakota and Fargo, North Dakota.

1920 Williams Ephs football team

Connecticut Aggies

1920 Maryland Aggies football team

Michigan State Normal Normalites

Route of the 1920 Tour de France

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Tigers

Princeton Tigers

The 1920 Tulsa Orange and Black football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1920 college football season. In their second year under head coach Francis Schmidt, the Orange and Black compiled a 10–0–1 record, won the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 621 to 21. The team won its first two games by scores of 121-0 over St. Gregory's and 151-0 over Northeastern State and shut out nine of eleven opponents. Head coach Francis Schmidt was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

MVIAA

The 1920 Tulsa Orange and Black football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1920 college football season. In their second year under head coach Francis Schmidt, the Orange and Black compiled a 10–0–1 record, won the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 621 to 21. The team won its first two games by scores of 121-0 over St. Gregory's and 151-0 over Northeastern State and shut out nine of eleven opponents.

East Texas

1920 Mississippi A&M Aggies football team