1920 Chicago Maroons football team

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1920 Chicago Maroons football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–4 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home stadiumStagg Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
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 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.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 9 Purdue W 20–0
October 16 Wabash*
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 41–0
October 23 Iowa
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 10–0
October 30 Ohio State
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 6–7
November 6 Illinois
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 0–3
November 13at MichiganL 0–1425,000[3]
November 20 Wisconsin
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 0–3
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1920 Chicago Maroons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "University of Chicago Football Media Guide". University of Chicago. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Harry Bullion (November 14, 1920). "Maize And Blue Waves Over Maroon On Crust Covered Turf Of Ferry Field". Detroit Free Press. pp. 25, 28 – via Newspapers.com.