Shaughnessy also introduced to Tulane the Minnesota shift, an innovation created by his former coach Henry L.
[16] Sources:[16] The Rice Owls fought Tulane to a scoreless tie in a game shifted to Heinemann Park.
[16] On Oct. 20, 1920, Earl Sparling, the editor of the Tulane Hullabaloo, wrote a football song which was printed in the newspaper.
[16] The season's first loss was 21–0 to the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor,[18] succumbing to the northern foes by the second half.
[21] Sources:[22] In what the yearbook called "the critical game of the season,"[16] Tulane won 6–0 over the Mississippi Aggies.
The feature of the contest twas Johnny Wight's punt returns, which set up the game's only score.