The 1920 Rock Island Independents seasonleague and their 14th season overall. The team finished 7-2-2,[1]
1920 Rock Island Independents season
Head Coach Rube Ursella
Home Field
Results
Record 6-2-2
Place 4th APFA
Playoff Finish No playoffs until 1932
Timeline
Previous season
Next season
1919
1921
Schedule [ ]
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
1
September 26, 1920
St. Paul Ideals
W 48-0
2
October 3, 1920
Muncie Flyers
W 45-0
3
October 10, 1920
Hammond Pros
W 26-0
4
October 17, 1920
Decatur Staleys
L 7-0
5
October 24, 1920
Chicago Cardinals
W 7-0
6
October 31, 1920
Chicago Tigers
W 20-7
7
November 7, 1920
Decatur Staleys
T 0-0
8
November 11, 1920
at Thorn Tornadoes
T 7-7
9
November 14, 1920
Dayton Triangles
L 21-0
10
November 28, 1920
Washington & Jefferson
W 48-7
11
January 9, 1921
Chicago Pullman Thorns
W 14-7
Game summaries [ ] Week 1: vs. St. Paul Ideals [ ]
Week 1: St. Paul Ideals 0, Rock Island Independents 48
1
2
3
4
Total
Ideals
0
0
0
0
0
Independents
14
14
14
6
48
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : September 26, 1920Game time : N/AGame weather : N/AGame attendance : 800[2] Referee : N/ARI Independents Site[3] Journal Herald [4]
Game information
RI – Eddie Novak 10 yard run (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Fred Chicken 2 yard Run (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Eddie Novak 2 yard run (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Gerald Mansfield 18 yard run (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Ray Kuehl 82 yard interception return (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Gerald Mansfield 5 yard run (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Ray Kuehl 27 yard run (Sidney Nichols missed)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 2: vs. Muncie Flyers [ ]
Week 2: Muncie Flyers 0, Rock Island Independents 45
1
2
3
4
Total
Flyers
0
0
0
0
0
Independents
21
10
7
7
45
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : October 3, 1920Game time : 3:04 PMGame weather : N/AGame attendance : 3,110Referee : N/ARI Independents Site[5]
Game information
RI – Pudge Wyman 35 yard blocked punt return (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Pudge Wyman blocked punt recovered in the end zone (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Rube Ursella 1 yard run (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Rube Ursella 25 yard field goal
RI – Pudge Wyman 86 yard kickoff return (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Sidney Nichols 5 yard run (Bobby Marshall kick)
RI – Ray Kuehl 7 yard run (Bobby Marshall kick)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 3: vs. Hammond Pros [ ]
Week 3: Hammond Pros 0, Rock Island Independents 26
1
2
3
4
Total
Pros
0
0
0
0
0
Independents
0
13
0
13
26
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : October 10, 1920Game time : 3:20 PMGame weather : N/AGame attendance : 2,554Referee : N/ARI Independents Site[6]
Game information
RI – Fred Chicken 1 yard run (Rube Ursella kick)
RI – Ray Kuehl 5 yard run (Rube Ursella missed)
RI – Ray Kuehl 35 yard pass from Pudge Wyman (Bobby Marshall kick)
RI – Gerald Mansfield 20 yard pass from Pudge Wyman (Bobby Marshall missed)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 4: vs. Decatur Staleys [ ]
Week 4: Decatur Staleys 7, Rock Island Independents 0
1
2
3
4
Total
Staleys
0
7
0
0
7
Independents
0
0
0
0
0
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : October 17, 1920Game time : N/AGame weather : N/AGame attendance : 7,000Referee : N/ARI Independents Site[7] Decatur Herald [8]
Game information
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 5: vs. Chicago Cardinals [ ]
Week 5: Chicago Cardinals 0, Rock Island Independents 7
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinals
0
0
0
0
0
Independents
0
7
0
0
7
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : October 24, 1920Game time : N/AGame weather : N/AGame attendance : 4,000Referee : N/ARI Independents Site[9]
Game information
RI – Pudge Wyman 6 yard pass from Sidney Nichols (Sidney Nichols kick)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 6: vs. Chicago Tigers [ ]
Week 6: Chicago Tigers 7, Rock Island Independents 20
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
7
0
0
7
Independents
6
0
7
7
20
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : October 31, 1920Game time : N/AGame weather : N/AGame attendance : 4,000Referee : N/ARI Independents Site[10]
Game information
RI – Fred Chicken 2 yard run (Bobby Marshall missed)
CHT – Dunc Annan 2 yard run (Neil Mathews kick)
RI – Fred Chicken 2 yard run (Sidney Nichols kick)
RI – Pudge Wyman 4 yard run (Sidney Nichols kick)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 7: vs. Decatur Staleys [ ]
Week 7: Decatur Staleys 0, Rock Island Independents 0
1
2
3
4
Total
Staleys
0
0
0
0
0
Independents
0
0
0
0
0
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : November 7, 1920Game time : N/AGame weather : N/AGame attendance : 4,991Referee : N/ARI Independents Site[11] Decatur Herald [12]
Game information
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 8: at Chicago Thorn-Tornadoes [ ]
Week 8: Rock Island Independents 7, Chicago Thorn-Tornadoes 7
1
2
3
4
Total
Independents
0
0
0
7
7
Tornadoes
0
0
0
7
7
at Monmouth College Athletic Park, Monmouth, Illinois
Date : November 11, 1920Game time : N/AGame weather : N/AGame attendance : N/AReferee : N/ARI Independents Site[13]
Game information
CTT – Mooney 20 yard fumble return (Len Charpier kick)
RII – Eddie Novak 2 yard run (Rube Ursella kick)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 8: vs. Dayton Triangles [ ]
Week 8: Dayton Triangles 21, Rock Island Independents 0
1
2
3
4
Total
Triangles
7
0
0
14
21
Independents
0
0
0
0
0
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : November 14, 1920Game time : N/AGame weather : N/AGame attendance : 4,992Referee : N/ARI Independents Site[14] Journal Herald [15]
Game information
Passing Rushing Receiving
Week 10: vs. Pittsburgh All-Collegians [ ]
Week 10: Pittsburgh All-Collegians 7, Rock Island Independents 48
1
2
3
4
Total
Collegians
0
0
7
0
7
Independents
14
20
7
7
48
at Douglas Park , Rock Island, Illinois
Date : November 28, 1920Game time : N/AGame weather : N/AGame attendance : N/AReferee : N/ARI Independents Site[16]
Game information
RI – Ervine Wenig blocked punt recovered in the end zone (Ervine Wenig kick)
RI – Sullivan 7 yard run (Ervine Wenig kick)
RI – Dewey Lyle 17 yard fumble return (Ervine Wenig missed)
RI – Ervine Wenig 15 yard pass from Mark Devlin (Ervine Wenig kick)
RI – Ray Kuehl 24 yard run (Ervine Wenig kick)
PIT – O'Donnell blocked punt recovered in the end zone (Lentz kick)
RI – Mark Devlin 3 yard run (Ervine Wenig kick)
RI – Tom Henry 28 yard interception return (Ervine Wenig kick)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Standings [ ] Exhibition games [ ]
Exhibition: Rock Island Independents 14, Chicago Pullman Thorns 7
1
2
3
4
Total
Independents
0
7
7
0
14
Pullman Thorns
0
7
0
0
7
at Dexter Park , Chicago , Illinois
Date : January 9, 1921Game attendance : 3,500Referee : DavenportRI Independents Site[17]
Game information
CPT – Edward Sternaman run (Edward Sternaman kick)
RI – Ray Kuehl 1 yard run (Guido Wyland kick)
RI – Oke Smith 29 yard pass from Mark Devlin (Guido Wyland kick)
Passing Rushing Receiving
Roster [ ]
Rock Island Independents 1920 roster
Blocking Backs [a] Backs
Fred Chicken TB *Tom Henry WBFrank Jordan WBRay Kuehl BGerald Mansfield FB/E/HBBobby Marshall RE *21 Eddie Novak WB *
Patrick Quinn HBOke Smith LE *Sullivan FB
Pudge Wyman FB *Linemen
Walt Buland RT *Fred Denfeld G/TFreeman Fitzgerald C *Arthur Gunderson C/GEd Healey T/G/EPolly Koch G/TDewey Lyle RG *George Magerkurth TCharles Mockmore GTed Riddell EEd Shaw LT/FB/WB/G *Ben Synhorst THarry Webber EErvine Wenig EGuido Wyland LG *Coaching Staff
* = starter [18] [19] [20]
All-APFA selections [ ] Fred Denfeld – Rock Island Argus [21] Dewey Lyle – Rock Island Argus : 1st Team All-APFA[21] Eddie Novak – Rock Island Argus : 1st Team All-APFA[21] Ed Shaw – Rock Island Argus : 2nd Team All-APFA[21] Oke Smith – Rock Island Argus : 1st Team All-APFA[21] Ervine Wenig – Rock Island Argus : 2nd Team All-APFA[21] Notes [ ] See also [ ] References [ ] 