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1920 Rock Island Independents
Record: 6-2-2, Finished 4th in APFA
APFA Season Summary
Scored 201 points (20.1/g), 3rd of 14 in the APFA.
Allowed 49 points (4.9/g), 7th.
Differential of 152 points (15.2/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 9.7-0.3.
Coached by Rube Ursella (6-2-1)
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1920 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Fred Chicken | 32 | Rook | 5 | ||
| FB | Arnie Wyman | 25 | Rook | 6 | ||
| BB | Rube Ursella | 30 | Rook | 4 | ||
| WB | Eddie Novak+ | 23 | Rook | 5 | ||
| LE | Oak Smith+ | 26 | Rook | 4 | ||
| LT | Ed Shaw | 25 | Rook | 7 | ||
| LG | Pudge Wyland | 29 | Rook | 5 | ||
| C | Freeman Fitzgerald | 29 | Rook | 6 | ||
| RG | Dewey Lyle+ | 29 | Rook | 6 | ||
| RT | Walt Buland | 28 | Rook | 3 | ||
| RE | Bobby Marshall | 40 | Rook | 7 | ||
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Walt Buland | 28 | Rook | 3 | ||
| P | Walt Buland | 28 | Rook | 3 | ||
| PR | Walt Buland | 28 | Rook | 3 | ||
| KR | Walt Buland | 28 | Rook | 3 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Buland | 28 | T-G | 5 | 3 | 213 | 6-1 | none | 2/7/1892 | Rook | ||
| Fred Chicken | 32 | TB | 6 | 5 | 185 | 5-10 | none | 4/5/1888 | Rook | ||
| Fred Denfeld+ | 22 | G-T | 5 | 2 | 198 | 6-0 | Navy | 10/26/1898 | Rook | ||
| Mark Devlin | 26 | BB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Holy Cross,St. Ambrose | 12/5/1894 | Rook | ||
| Freeman Fitzgerald | 29 | C-G | 9 | 6 | 195 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 8/21/1891 | Rook | ||
| Frank Garden | 22 | E | 2 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | none | 6/3/1898 | Rook | ||
| Harry Gunderson | 33 | C-G | 4 | 2 | 203 | 6-2 | Iowa | 11/9/1887 | Rook | ||
| Ed Healey | 26 | T-G-E | 7 | 3 | 207 | 6-1 | Dartmouth | 12/28/1894 | Rook | ||
| Tom Henry | 50 | WB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | LSU | 0/0/0 | Rook | ||
| Frank Jordan | 23 | WB | 3 | 1 | 168 | Bucknell,Villanova | 12/5/1897 | Rook | |||
| Polly Koch | 25 | G-T | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 1/27/1895 | Rook | ||
| Waddy Kuehl | 27 | B | 10 | 2 | 165 | 5-9 | Dubuque,St. Ambrose | 2/12/1893 | Rook | ||
| Dewey Lyle+ | 29 | G-E-T | 8 | 6 | 196 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 3/23/1891 | Rook | ||
| George Magerkurth | 32 | T | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | none | 12/30/1888 | Rook | ||
| Jerry Mansfield | 50 | FB-E-HB | 8 | 3 | 160 | 5-8 | none | 0/0/0 | Rook | ||
| Bobby Marshall | 40 | E | 9 | 7 | 195 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 3/12/1880 | Rook | ||
| Charlie Mockmore | 29 | G | 7 | 1 | 192 | 5-11 | Iowa | 11/7/1891 | Rook | ||
| Sid Nichols | 25 | BB | 7 | 3 | 177 | 5-7 | Illinois | 4/15/1895 | Rook | ||
| Eddie Novak+ | 23 | B | 9 | 5 | 175 | 5-9 | none | 8/3/1897 | Rook | ||
| Paddy Quinn | 30 | HB | 3 | 0 | 170 | 5-7 | none | 2/5/1890 | Rook | ||
| Speed Riddell | 24 | E | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 6/17/1896 | Rook | ||
| Loyal Robb | 30 | T | 1 | 0 | 184 | 5-9 | none | 7/11/1890 | Rook | ||
| Ed Shaw | 25 | T-FB-WB-G | 7 | 7 | 203 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 8/7/1895 | Rook | ||
| Oak Smith+ | 26 | E-FB-WB | 9 | 4 | 185 | 6-2 | Drake | 2/27/1894 | Rook | ||
| Sullivan | 50 | FB | 1 | 0 | none | 0/0/0 | Rook | ||||
| John Synhorst | 25 | T | 2 | 0 | Iowa | 11/13/1895 | Rook | ||||
| Rube Ursella | 30 | B | 7 | 4 | 172 | 5-9 | none | 1/11/1890 | Rook | ||
| Harry Webber | 28 | E | 3 | 2 | 173 | Morningside | 10/18/1892 | Rook | |||
| Obe Wenig | 25 | E | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Morningside | 12/23/1895 | Rook | ||
| Pudge Wyland | 29 | G | 9 | 5 | 180 | 5-10 | Iowa | 6/5/1891 | Rook | ||
| Arnie Wyman | 25 | FB-HB | 6 | 6 | 172 | 5-11 | Minnesota | 8/20/1895 | Rook | ||
| Team Total | 29.6 | 10 | 173.7 | 5-1.7 | 0.0 |