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1920 Marquette Hilltoppers football team

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1920 Marquette Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Notre Dame     9 0 0
Michigan Mines     2 0 0
Butler     7 1 0
St. Xavier     7 1 0
Detroit     8 2 0
Marquette     7 2 0
Haskell     7 2 1
St. Ignatius (OH)     4 2 0
Iowa State Teachers     4 2 1
South Dakota State     4 2 1
Indiana State     3 2 0
Valparaiso     5 3 0
Nebraska     5 3 1
Central Michigan     4 3 1
Akron     4 4 0
Wabash     3 4 0
Western State Normal     3 4 0
North Dakota Agricultural     2 3 1
Michigan Agricultural     4 6 0
Earlham     2 3 0
Northern Illinois State     3 5 0
Dayton     2 4 0
Kent State     1 2 0
Saint Louis     3 6 0
Bowling Green     1 4 0
Toledo     0 3 0

The 1920 Marquette Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach John J. Ryan, the team compiled a 7–2 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Carroll (WI)Milwaukee, WIW 31–0
October 9at DetroitDetroit, MIL 14–21[1]
October 16RiponMilwaukee, WIW 23–9
October 23Western State NormalMilwaukee, WIW 46–7[2][3]
October 30at CreightonOmaha, NEW 13–0[4]
November 6HaskellMilwaukee, WIL 3–616,000[5]
November 13at Saint LouisW 49–14[6]
November 22North DakotaMilwaukee, WIW 10–0
November 25at WabashCrawfordsville, INW 21–7

References

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  1. ^ "Marquette Is Hard To Beat". Detroit Free Press. October 10, 1920. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Normal Loses To Marquette Score 46-7". Kalamazoo Gazette. Kalamazoo, Michigan. October 24, 1920. p. 19. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Marquette Bumps Kalamazoo Hard". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. October 25, 1920. p. 12. Retrieved March 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Marquette Backs Tear Up Creighton's Line". Sunday World-Herald. October 31, 1920. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Haskell Won a Hard Game At Milwaukee". The Lawrence Daily Journal World. Lawrence, Kansas. November 8, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ John E. Wray (November 15, 1920). "Billikens Weaken in Last Half; Marquette Men Romp Across Goal Line 7 Times". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 12.