1920 Rock Island Independents (APFA) |
| 4th place • 4-2-1 .667 |
| Head Coach: Rube Ursella |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sun | 9/26/1920 | H | St. Paul Ideals | 48 | 0 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 800 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1920 | H | Muncie Flyers | 45 | 0 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 3100 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1920 | H | Hammond Pros | 26 | 0 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 2554 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1920 | H | Decatur Staleys | 0 | 7 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1920 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 0 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1920 | H | Chicago Tigers | 20 | 7 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sun | 11/7/1920 | H | Akron Pros | - | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||||
| Sun | 11/7/1920 | H | Decatur Staleys | 0 | 0 | T | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 4991 | |
| Thu | 11/11/1920 | N | Chicago Thorn-Tornadoes | 7 | 7 | T | Monmouth, IL | Monmouth College Athletic Park | ||
| Sun | 11/14/1920 | H | Dayton Triangles | 0 | 21 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | ||
| Sun | 11/28/1920 | A | Canton Bulldogs | - | Canton, OH | Lakeside Athletic Park | ||||
| Sun | 11/28/1920 | H | Wheeling Collegians | 48 | 7 | W | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 1/9/1921 | A | Chicago Pullman Original Thorns | 14 | 7 | W | Chicago, IL | Dexter Park Pavilion | 3500 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/7/1920 | Akron Pros | Canceled |
| 11/7/1920 | Decatur Staleys | Moved from Decatur |
| 11/28/1920 | Canton Bulldogs | Canceled; Postponed from 11/21 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Walt Buland | 2 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 213 | 28 | none | 3 | 3 |
| Fred Chicken | 9 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 183 | 32 | none | 5 | 5 |
| Fred Denfeld | 14 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 186 | 22 | Navy | 3 | 2 |
| Freeman Fitzgerald | 11 | C-MG-ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 195 | 29 | Notre Dame | 7 | 6 |
| Frank Garden | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 188 | 27 | none | 1 | 0 | |
| Harry Gunderson | 15/20 | C-MG | 6-2 | 203 | 30 | none | 3 | 2 |
| Ed Healey | 1 | LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Dartmouth | 6 | 3 |
| Francis Jordan | ROH-RDH | 168 | 23 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Polly Koch | 14 | ROG-LOT-RDG-LDT | 5-11 | 181 | 25 | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 |
| Waddy Kuehl | 5 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-QB-S | 5-9 | 165 | 27 | St. Ambrose | 7 | 2 |
| Dewey Lyle | 6 | ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 196 | 29 | none | 6 | 6 |
| Jerry Mansfield | 10 | FB-LB-ROE-RDE-ROH-RDH | 5-8 | 160 | 28 | none | 6 | 3 |
| Bobby Marshall | 17/14 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 195 | 40 | Minnesota | 7 | 7 |
| Charlie Mockmore | 16 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 181 | 29 | Iowa | 5 | 1 |
| Sid Nichols | 4 | QB-S-ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-7 | 177 | 25 | Illinois | 6 | 3 |
| Eddie Novak | 3 | LOH-LDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 174 | 23 | none | 6 | 5 |
| Paddy Quinn | 15 | LOH-LDH | 5-7 | 160 | 30 | none | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Riddell | 15 | ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
| Ed Shaw | 16 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Nebraska | 7 | 7 |
| Oke Smith | 7 | LOE-LDE-FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-2 | 185 | 25 | Drake | 7 | 4 |
| Rube Ursella | 12 | QB-S | 5-9 | 170 | 30 | none | 5 | 4 |
| Harry Webber | 15 | LOE-LDE | 173 | 28 | Morningside | 2 | 2 | |
| Obe Wenig | 15 | LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Morningside | 1 | 1 |
| Pudge Wyland | 8 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Iowa | 7 | 5 |
| Arnie Wyman | 17/18 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 172 | 25 | Minnesota | 6 | 6 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 30 | 14 | 27 | 98 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Wyman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Fred Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Waddy Kuehl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Rube Ursella | 1 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Sid Nichols | 1 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jerry Mansfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Bobby Marshall | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Harry Webber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 14 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 98 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Ursella | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 25 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Sid Nichols | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Harry Webber | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 1 | 25 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Chicken | 3 | ||||
| Waddy Kuehl | 2 | ||||
| Sid Nichols | 1 | ||||
| Rube Ursella | 1 | ||||
| Arnie Wyman | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Wyman | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sid Nichols | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waddy Kuehl | 1 | ||||
| Jerry Mansfield | 1 | ||||
| Arnie Wyman | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Wyman | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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