1920 Army Cadets football team

1920 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
1920 record	7–2
Head coach	Charles Dudley Daly (2nd year of 2nd stint; 6th overall season)
Home stadium	The Plain

The 1920 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1920 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled a 7–2 record, shut out five of their nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 314 to 47.^[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 7 to 0 score. The Cadets also defeated Lebanon Valley College by a 53 to 0 score and Bowdoin College by a 90 to 0 score.^[2]

Two Army players were recognized on the 1920 College Football All-America Team. Fullback Walter French was selected as a first-team All-American by Football World magazine and as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp and the United Press. Guard Fritz Breidster was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Eckersall and a third-team player by Walter Camp.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 2	Union (NY)	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 35–0
October 2	Marshall	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 38–0
October 9	Middlebury	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 27–0
October 16	Springfield (MA)	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 26–7
October 23	Tufts	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 28–6
October 30	Notre Dame	The Plain • West Point, NY (Rivalry)	L 17–27
November 6	Lebanon Valley	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 53–0
November 13	Bowdoin	The Plain • West Point, NY	W 90–0
November 27	vs. Navy	Polo Grounds • New York, NY (Army–Navy Game)	L 0–7
All times are in Eastern Time.

↑ "Army Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
↑ "1920 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
↑ "Camp Names Gridiron Stars". Post-Standard. Syracuse, NY. December 15, 1920.
↑ "Weston on Second All-American Team". Janesville Daily Gazette. December 13, 1920.
↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1154

Army Black Knights football
Venues	The Plain (1890–1923) Michie Stadium (1924–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Navy: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy; Thompson Cup) Notre Dame
Culture & lore	Army Mule Black Death Award "On, Brave Old Army Team" "The Army Goes Rolling Along" 1946 "Game of the Century"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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