The 1920 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1920 college football season. The team was coached by second-year head coach Henry Schulte and played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. The team competed as an independent. Schulte departed shortly after the end of the season, though he remained at the school to coach track until 1939.
Schedule
Coaching staff
Henry Schulte Head coach 1919 Michigan Paul J. Schissler Assistant coach 1918 Jack Best Trainer 1890 Nebraska
Roster Bassett, Henry T Dale, Fred FB Dana, Herbert E Day, William C Hartley, Harold FB Henry, Stanley HB Howarth, Harry QB Hoy, George HB Kellogg, Sam T Moore, Vern H Munn, Monte G Munn, Wade G Newman, Richard Q Pucelik, John G Russell, Robert QB Schellenberg, Elmer HB Scherer, Leo E Schissler PLAYER Schoeppel, Andrew E Schulte PLAYER Swanson, Clarence E Thomsen, Fred E Tripplett, Richard E Weller, Raymond T Wenke, Adolph G Wilder, Harold T Wright, Floyd HB Young, Farley G
Game summaries
Washburn
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Nebraska rested many key players in its season-opening shutout of Washburn, the final meeting between the teams.
Colorado Agricultural
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Nebraska edged out Colorado Agricultural (now Colorado State University) in the first meeting between the teams.
Notre Dame
Nebraska took a lead into the second quarter but did not score again. Notre Dame and head coach Knute Rockne controlled time of possession in the second half through a series of low-risk, lengthy drives. The Irish pulled ahead to win largely due to the efforts of George Gipp, who rushed for 218 yards despite Notre Dame netting only 174 yards.
South Dakota
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Rutgers
Nebraska dominated Rutgers in what was NU's farthest-ever trip east. This was the only meeting between the schools until Rutgers joined the Big Ten in 2014.
At Penn State
At Kansas
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NU led 20–0 at halftime, but Kansas responded with twenty unanswered points in the second half and the game ended in a draw.
MAC
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Washington State
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Nebraska blew a twenty-point halftime lead for the second time in 1920, losing to Washington State 21–20. This was the first meeting between Nebraska and Washington State.
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