1920 Tulane Green Wave football team

Before the season

In the prior year of 1919, coach Clark Shaughnessy guided Tulane to a then-school record of seven consecutive wins, and had transformed Tulane into a competitor among Southern collegiate teams.

Though he was famous for later using the T formation, at Tulane Shaughnessy employed the single wing. Shaughnessy also introduced to Tulane the Minnesota shift, an innovation created by his former coach Henry L. Williams.

Germany Schulz was hired to take over duties as athletic director.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Southwestern Louisiana

The season opened with a 79–0 victory over Southwestern Louisiana. One full quarter was played by the substitutes.

Mississippi College

The Mississippi College Choctaws and Goat Hale fell to Tulane 29–0.

Rice

New Orleans, LA Sources: The Rice Owls fought Tulane to a scoreless tie in a game shifted to Heinemann Park.

On Oct. 20, 1920, Earl Sparling, the editor of the Tulane Hullabaloo, wrote a football song which was printed in the newspaper. The song was titled "The Rolling Green Wave." Although the name was not immediately adopted, it began to receive acceptance.

Ole Miss

Tulane beat Ole Miss, 32–0. Coach Shaughnessy introduced a new shift in the first half, and the players had trouble implementing it. By the second period, Tulane played conventional football instead.

Michigan

The season's first loss was 21–0 to the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor, succumbing to the northern foes by the second half.

Florida

Tampa, FL Sources: In Tampa, Tulane beat the Florida Gators 14–0. Dwyer went over right tackle for the first touchdown. After B. Brown cut loose for a 30-yard run, Richcoon scored the last.

The starting lineup was Beaulau (left end), Unsworth (left tackle), Fitz (left guard), Reed (center), Killinger (right guard), Payne (right tackle), Wight (right end), Richeson (quarterback), Dwyer (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), McGraw (fullback).

Mississippi A&M

New Orleans, LA Sources: In what the yearbook called "the critical game of the season,"

The starting lineup was Weigan (left end), Payne (left tackle), Fit (left guard), Reed (Center), Bellieu (left guard), Palermo (right tackle), Wight (right end), Richeson (quarterback), Dwyer (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Smith (fullback).

LSU

Tulane triumphed 21–0 over rival LSU. The starting lineup was Wiegand (left end), Payne (left tackle), Fitz (left guard), Reed (center), Unsworth (right guard), Beallieu (right tackle), Wight (right end), Richeson (quarterback), Dwyer (left halfback), Brown (right halfback), Smith (fullback).

Detroit

Sources: On a muddy field, the Detroit Titans beat Tulane 7–0. Detroit opened up with passes early, leading to Lauer's off tackle touchdown. The starting lineup was Smith (left end), Payne (left tackle), Unsworth (left guard), Reed (center), Palermo (right guard), Fitz (right tackle), Wight (right end), Richeson (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Dwyer (right halfback), Beaullieu (fullback).

Players

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Backfield

References

Additional sources

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