The 1920 Yale Bulldogs football team represented

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in the

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. The Bulldogs finished with a 5–3 record under third-year head coach

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. Yale guard Tim Callahan was a consensus selection for the

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, receiving first team honors from

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, the

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, and the

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. Yale's other guard, John Acosta, also received first-team All-America honors from

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