1920 Central Michigan Normalites football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1920

| team = Central Michigan Normalites

| sport = football

| image = JFSimmons.png

| image_size = 150

| caption = Coach Joe Simmons from The Chippewa (1921)

| conference = Independent

| record = 4–3–1

| head_coach = Joe Simmons

| hc_year = 1st

| captain =

| stadium =

}}

{{1920 Midwestern college football independents records}}

The 1920 Central Michigan Normalites football team represented Central Michigan Normal School, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joe Simmons, the Central Michigan football team compiled a 4–3–1 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 166 to 41. The team's victories were against {{cfb link|year=1920|team=Ferris Institute|title=Ferris Institute}} (80–0 and 34–0), {{cfb link|year=1920|team=Olivet Crimson|title=Olivet}} (7–0), and {{cfb link|year=1920|team=Hope Flying Dutchmen|title=Hope}} (17–0), and the tie was with Detroit Junior College (6–6). The team lost to Michigan State Normal (7–6), the Michigan Agricultural freshmen (14–6), and {{cfb link|year=1920|team=Hillsdale Dales|title=Hillsdale}} (14–10).{{cite web|title=Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide|publisher=Central Michigan University|accessdate=July 24, 2016|pages=100, 107|year=2015|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026171041/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Coach Simmons was a recent graduate of Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he earned 16 varsity letters in four sports. He later coached high school football in Milwaukee.{{cite news |author= |title=Former Prep Coach Simmons Dead at 76. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ac0wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sBEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7358,1030558& |newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |date=March 6, 1973 |access-date=July 22, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}