The 1920 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1920 college football season . The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost . The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field .
Schedule [ ]
Date
Time
Opponent
Site
Result
Attendance
October 9, 1920*
Case
Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI
W 35–0
10,000
October 16, 1920*
Michigan Agricultural
Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI
W 35–0
20,000
October 23, 1920
Illinois
Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI
L 6–7
30,000
October 30, 1920*
Tulane
Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI
W 21–0
November 6, 1920
at Ohio State
Ohio Field • Columbus, OH
L 7–14
November 13, 1920†
Chicago
Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI
W 14–0
25,000
November 20, 1920
at Minnesota
Northrop Field • Minneapolis, MI
W 3–0
22,000
*Non-Conference Game. † Homecoming. All times are in Eastern Time .
Players [ ]
Varsity letter winners [ ]
File:Crowd awaits return of Little Brown Jug at Ann Arbor train station 1920.png Crowd at Ann Arbor train station awaits return of the Little Brown Jug, November 1920
The following 16 players received their "M" letter for their play on the 1920 football team.
Ted Bank , Flint, Michigan - started 3 games at quarterback
Franklin Cappon , Holland, Michigan - started 7 games at left end
Abe Cohn , Spokane, Washington - started 1 game at left halfback
John Dunn, Ann Arbor, Michigan - started 4 games at quarterback
Robert J. Dunne , Chicago, Illinois - started 7 games at left guard
Paul G. Goebel , Grand Rapids, Michigan - started 7 games at right end
Angus Goetz , Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan - started 7 games at left tackle
James Edwards Johns, Lansing, Michigan - started 2 games at right tackle
Viggo O. Nelson, Ann Arbor, Michigan[1] - started 7 games at fullback
John S. Perrin, Escanaba, Michigan[2] - started 2 games at right halfback
Frank Steketee , Grand Rapids, Michigan - started 3 games at right halfback, 1 game at left halfback
Eddie Usher , Toledo, Ohio - started 6 games at left halfback, 1 game at right halfback
William J. Van Orden, Ann Arbor, Michigan - guard (not listed as starter in any games)
Ernie Vick , Toledo, Ohio - started 7 games at center
Elton Wieman , Los Angeles, California - started 5 games at right tackle
Hugh E. Wilson, Grand Rapids, Michigan[3] - started 6 games at right guard
aMa letter winners [ ]
File:Angus Goetz attempting to block punt (1920).png Team captain Angus Goetz leaps in effort to block punt by Hellstrom of Illinois
The following 13 players were awarded "aMa" letters for their work as backups on the 1920 team:
Grenville Andrews,[4] St. Louis, Missouri - halfback
Allen R. Bailey, Cedar Falls, Iowa - halfback
William Fortune , Springfield, Illinois - guard
George M. Gilmore, Ann Arbor, Michigan - tackle
Louis C. Lehman, Newark, New Jersey - end
Charles C. Kreis, Detroit, Michigan
Meyer Paper,[5] St. Paul, Minnesota - halfback
Charles C. Petro, Elyria, Ohio[6] - guard
George E. Planck, Lansing, Michigan - guard
Richard H. Rowland, Buffalo, New York - end
John G. Searle, Evanston, Illinois - quarterback
Charles E. Trout, Toledo, Ohio
Horace Wachter,[7] Toledo, Ohio - guard
Awards and honors [ ]
Coaching staff [ ]
File:Derrill Pratt (1920).png Derrill Pratt was a Major League Baseball player.
Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
Assistant coaches: Prentiss Douglass , A. J. Sturzenegger , Robert Watson, Edwin Mather , Derril Pratt
Trainer: Archie Hahn , William Fallon
Manager: Robert E. McKean
References [ ]
↑ Viggo O. Nelson, born January 16, 1895, Racine, Wisconsin . He was the son of Danish parents. In 1930, he was the secretary at the YMCA in Ann Arbor. Died February 1971, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
↑ John Stephenson Perrin, born February 4, 1898, Escanaba, Michigan . Died June 1969, Detroit, Michigan.
↑ Hugh Edward Wilson, born June 14, 1899. In 1930, he was a lawyer living in Ionia, Michigan .
↑ Grenville Andrews, born April 24,1899, died October 1973, SSN issued Illinois, last address Des Moines, Iowa
↑ Meyer Paper, born April 28, 1899, died June 1980, SSN issued Minnesota, last address, St. Paul, MN
↑ Charles C. Petro, born September 25, 1900, Ohio. Died August 10, 1986, Westlake, Ohio .
↑ Horace Wachter, born November 26, 1900, died January 1982, SSN issued Ohio, last address Toledo, Ohio
↑ "Camp Names Gridiron Stars". Post-Standard (Syracuse). 1920-12-15.
↑ "Perry Selects the Best Foot Ball Players". Lebanon Daily News. 1920-12-02.
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