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1920’s: The Tempestuous Twenties

  
1925 University of Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 
 
Bold denotes home games at Frazier Field (Newark, DE)
 
1929
(0-7-1)    
Head Coach:  A.B. “Gus” Ziegler 
Captain:  Irwin S. Taylor
 
10/5/29          Rutgers                               0-19
10/12/29        Ursinus                               0-0
10/19/29        Susquehanna                      0-6
10/26/29        Mt. St. Mary’s                    0-39
11/2/29          Swarthmore                      6-19
11/9/29          Drexel                                6-21
11/16/29        Penn. Military College       6-18
11/27/29        Haverford                           6-20
 
 
1928
(2-6) 
Head Coach:  Joseph J. Rothrock 
Captain:  Max Glasser
 
10/6/28         Drexel                                 0-19
10/13/28       Mt. St. Mary’s                   0-31
10/20/28       Ursinus                                 0-7
10/27/28       Rutgers                                0-34
11/3/28         Swarthmore                         0-20
11/10/28       Gallaudet                           25-0
11/17/28       St. Joseph’s                        0-26
11/24/28       Haverford                          19-7
 
 
1927
(2-5-1)
Head Coach:  Joseph J. Rothrock 
Captain:  William Reybold, Jr.
 
10/1/27          St. Joseph’s                              6-0
10/8/27          Ursinus                                     0-7
10/15/27        Hampden-Sydney                    0-20
10/22/27        St. John’s                                 0-0
10/29/27        Johns Hopkins                         0-36
11/5/27          Swarthmore                             0-7
11/12/27        Gallaudet                                 12-7
11/19/27        Haverford                                 0-27
 
 
1926
(3-5)
Head Coach:  R.M. “Frank” Forstburg
Captain:  William G. Lohmann
 
10/2/26        Drexel                                           6-7
10/9/26        Ursinus                                          6-0
10/16/26      Springfield                                     3-0
10/23/26      St. John’s                                       3-13
10/30/26      Rutgers                                           0-21
11/6/26        Swarthmore                                    7-47
11/13/26      Gallaudet                                      10-7
11/20/26      Haverford                                     6-27
 
 
1925
(4-4)
Head Coach:  R.M. “Frank” Forstburg 
Captain:  Lewis “Huck” Kramer
 
10/3/25          St. Joseph’s                                  14-6
10/9/25          Ursinus                                          6-2
10/17/25        Swarthmore                                  0-2
10/24/25        St. John’s                                      6-7
10/31/25        Upsala                                           24-7
11/7/25          Juniata                                          13-6
11/14/25        Haverford                                     0-18
11/26/25        Dickinson                                      0-23
 
 
1924
(4-3-1)
Head Coach:  William J. McAvoy 
Captain:  William D. McKelvie
 
10/4/24          St. Joseph’s                                   6-0
10/11/24        Ursinus                                           0-0
10/18/24        Villanova                                       3-17
10/25/24        St. John’s                                       0-6
11/1/24          Stevens College                            21-0
11/8/24          Haverford                                      8-7
11/15/24        George Washington                      6-0
11/22/24        Dickinson                                       0-15
 
 
1923
(5-3-1)
Head Coach:  William J. McAvoy 
Captain:  James H. Donalson
 
9/29/23          St. Joseph’s                                    0-4
10/6/23          Muhlenberg                                   6-0
10/13/23        Ursinus                                         14-7
10/20/23        C.C.N.Y.                                       18-0
10/27/23        St. John’s                                       0-0
11/3/23          Haverford                                      19-6
11/10/23        William & Mary                            0-14
11/17/23        George Washington                     19-7
11/27/23        Dickinson                                        0-7
                      (Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA)
 
 
1922
(6-3)
Head Coach:  William J. McAvoy 
Captain:  John D. Williams
 
9/30/22          St. Joseph’s                                    7-6
10/7/22          Muhlenberg                                    0-12
10/14/22        Ursinus                                          12-0
10/21/22        Rhode Island State                          0-7
10/28/22        Penn. Military College                    2-6
11/4/22          Stevens College                               7-0
11/11/22        Haverford                                      28-7
11/18/22        Washington College                       7-3
11/25/22        Dickinson                                          21-0
                       (Harlan Field, Wilmington, DE)
 
 
1921
(5-4)
Head Coach:  Sylvester R. Derby 
Captain:  Ernest S. Wilson
 
9/24/21          Pennsylvania                                 0-89
10/1/21          Muhlenberg                                 0-21
10/8/21          Johns Hopkins                               0-27
10/15/21        New York Aggies                        49-0
10/22/21        Haverford                                      13-0
10/29/21        Washington College                    47-0
11/5/21          Western Maryland                      48-6
11/12/21        Lafayette                                        0-44
11/19/21        Penn. Military College                    6-0
                      (Harlan Field, Wilmington, DE)
 
 
 
1920
(3-5-1)
Head Coach:  Howard B. Shipley 
Captain:  Hugh McCaughan
 
9/24/20          Pennsylvania                                  0-35
10/1/20          Ursinus                                          14-0
10/9/20          George Washington                       14-7
10/16/20        St. John’s                                      20-0
10/23/20        Haverford                                      0-14
11/6/20          Stevens College                              0-48
11/13/20        Swarthmore                                    0-63
11/20/20        Dickinson                                       7-35
11/25/20        Penn. Military College                     0-0