1920 Notre Dame

9–⁠0, coached by Knute Rockne.

Notre Dame, 1920
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Notre Dame in 1920, game by game: won vs. Kalamazoo 39–0; won vs. Western Michigan 42–0; won at Nebraska 16–7; won vs. Valparaiso 28–3; won at Army 27–17; won vs. Purdue 28–0; won vs. Indiana 13–10; won at Northwestern 33–7; won at Michigan State 25–0+42Won 39–0 vs. Kalamazoo+39KalamazooWon 42–0 vs. Western Michigan+42Western MichiganWon 16–7 at Nebraska+9NebraskaWon 28–3 vs. Valparaiso+25ValparaisoWon 27–17 at Army+10ArmyWon 28–0 vs. Purdue+28PurdueWon 13–10 vs. Indiana+3IndianaWon 33–7 at Northwestern+26NorthwesternWon 25–0 at Michigan State+25Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Michigan State 25–⁠0.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1920.

Record
9–⁠0
Conference
—
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
251–⁠44
Coach
Knute Rockne
Elo
1699 +96 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
24.8 No. 3 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Frank Coughlin
Offense
Single-wing
Defense
7–⁠2–⁠2

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1920 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).