1920 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1920

| team = Illinois Fighting Illini

| sport = football

| image = 1920 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.jpg

| image_size = 285

| conference = Big Ten Conference

| short_conf = Big Ten

| record = 5–2

| conf_record = 4–2

| head_coach = Robert Zuppke

| hc_year = 8th

| captain = J. C. Depler

| stadium = Illinois Field

| uniform = 20silliniuniform.png

}}

{{1920 Big Ten Conference football standings}}

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.{{cite web|title=1920 Illinois Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 16, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/illinois/1920-schedule.html}} Center J. C. Depler was the team captain.{{cite web|title=Fighting Illini Football Record Book|publisher=University of Illinois|year=2015|access-date=December 28, 2016|page=156|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/fightingillini.com/documents/2015/8/3/3_History_7_30.pdf}}

Schedule

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|October 9||Drake|Illinois Field|Champaign, IL|W 41-0|4,435|{{cite news|title=Illini Crushes Drake, 41 to 0, in Ragged One-Sided Contest|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 10, 1920|page=II-3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121870043/illini-crushes-drake-41-to-0-in/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 16||Iowa|Illinois Field|Champaign, IL|W 20-3|10,480|

|October 23|at|Michigan|Ferry Field|Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)|W 7-6|27,655|{{cite news|title=Illinois Beats Wolverines by Small Margin|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Harry Bullion|date=October 24, 1920|pages=1, 19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20925140/illinois_beats_wolverines_by_small/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 30||Minnesota|Illinois Field|Champaign, IL|W 17-7|15,265|

|November 6|at|Chicago|Stagg Field|Chicago, Illinois|W 3-0|27,545|{{cite news|title=Illinois Field Goal Beats Maroons|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=Albon Holden|date=November 7, 1920|page=II-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115269895/illinois-field-goal-beats-maroons/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 13|at|Wisconsin|Camp Randall Stadium|Madison, WI|L 9-14|20,257|

|November 20||Ohio State|Illinois Field|Champaign, IL (rivalry)|L 0-7|19,921|

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Awards and honors

References

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