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1 Conference and program changes  



1.1  Conference establishments  





1.2  Membership changes  







2 Bowl games  





3 Conference standings  



3.1  Major conference standings  





3.2  Independents  





3.3  Minor conferences  





3.4  Minor conference standings  







4 Awards and honors  



4.1  All-Americans  





4.2  Statistical leaders  







5 References  














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The 1920 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing California, Georgia, Harvard, Notre Dame, and Princeton as national champions.[1] Only California and Princeton claim national championships for the 1920 season. Andy Smith's Pacific Coast Conference champion California "Wonder Team" was the first national champion from the Pacific Coast.[2] Princeton and Harvard were undefeated and with one tie to each other. Notre Dame was led by its first Walter Camp All-American, George Gipp, who died before the year was over.[3]

In the south, fans of either side in Georgia were happy. Georgia and Georgia Tech were both undefeated in Southern play. Georgia Tech lost to Pitt, which was undefeated with two ties. No team scored through Georgia's line, and its backfield was known as the "ten second backfield".[4] Jimmy LeechofVMI's "Flying Squadron" led the nation in scoring. One writer claimed "he is one of the greatest broken field runners the country has ever seen."[5]

The Southwest Conference saw an undefeated Texas team with the same 9-0 record as the champions cited above. Texas shut out six of the nine teams they faced and scored 282 points while allowing only 13.[6] The final game of the year for Texas against Texas A&M was cited as the real beginning of the storied rivalry between the two schools, which dates back to 1894 and featured 118 contests, in which Texas won 75 and tied 5.[7][8]

In the Rose Bowl, Cal defeated Ohio State 28–0. Brick Muller completed a 53-yard touchdown pass to Brodie Stephens after receiving a toss from Pesky Sprott, at the time thought impossible.[9]

Conference and program changes

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Conference establishments

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Membership changes

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School 1920 Conference 1921 Conference
Indiana State Normal Fightin' Teachers Program Re-Established Independent
Kent State Normal Silver Foxes Program Established Independent
Oklahoma Sooners Southwest Missouri Valley
Phillips Haymakers Independent Southwest
UCLA Bruins Independent SCIAC

Bowl games

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California defeated Ohio State, 28–0, in the 1921 Rose Bowl. The first and only Fort Worth Classic was held on January 1, 1921, with Centre defeating TCU.

Conference standings

[edit]

Major conference standings

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For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.

1920 Big Ten Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Ohio State $ 5 0 0 7 1 0
    Wisconsin 4 1 0 6 1 0
    Indiana 3 1 0 5 2 0
    Illinois 4 2 0 5 2 0
    Iowa 3 2 0 5 2 0
    Michigan 2 2 0 5 2 0
    Northwestern 2 3 0 3 4 0
    Chicago 2 4 0 3 4 0
    Purdue 0 4 0 2 5 0
    Minnesota 0 6 0 1 6 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Oklahoma $ 4 0 1 6 0 1
    Missouri 5 1 0 7 1 0
    Kansas 3 2 0 5 2 1
    Iowa State 3 2 0 4 4 0
    Drake 1 3 1 4 5 1
    Washington University 1 4 0 4 4 0
    Grinnell 0 2 1 3 3 1
    Kansas State 0 3 1 3 3 3
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    California $ 3 0 0 9 0 0
    Stanford 2 1 0 4 3 0
    Oregon 1 1 1 3 2 1
    Washington State 1 1 0 5 1 0
    Oregon Agricultural 1 2 1 2 2 2
    Washington 0 3 0 1 5 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Colorado Agricultural $ 6 0 1 6 1 1
    Colorado College 4 1 1 5 1 1
    Colorado 3 1 2 4 1 2
    Utah Agricultural 2 1 1 4 2 1
    Denver 2 4 0 2 4 0
    Utah 1 2 1 1 5 1
    Wyoming 2 5 1 4 5 1
    Colorado Mines 0 6 0 0 6 0
    Montana State 0 0 1 4 1 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    VMI $ 5 0 0 9 0 0
    Maryland 4 0 0 7 2 0
    Washington and Lee 3 0 0 5 3 0
    Georgetown 3 1 0 6 4 0
    Virginia 3 1 0 5 2 2
    NC State 4 2 0 7 3 0
    Richmond 2 2 0 6 2 0
    Davidson 2 2 0 5 5 0
    VPI 2 4 0 4 6 0
    Catholic University 1 3 0 3 5 0
    George Washington 0 1 0 1 6 1
    St. John's (MD) 0 1 0 0 1 0
    Johns Hopkins 0 2 0 0 3 0
    William & Mary 0 4 0 4 5 0
    North Carolina 0 5 0 2 6 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Georgia + 7 0 0 8 0 1
    Tulane + 5 0 0 6 2 1
    Georgia Tech + 4 0 0 8 1 0
    Alabama 6 1 0 10 1 0
    Centre 4 1 0 8 2 0
    Furman 3 1 0 9 1 0
    South Carolina 3 1 0 5 4 0
    Tennessee 5 2 0 7 2 0
    Auburn 4 2 0 7 2 0
    Mississippi A&M 4 2 0 5 3 0
    Sewanee 3 3 1 4 3 1
    Vanderbilt 3 3 0 4 3 1
    Transylvania 2 2 0 3 4 0
    Howard (AL) 2 3 0 3 5 1
    Mississippi College 2 4 0 3 5 0
    Florida 1 2 0 6 3 0
    Clemson 2 6 0 4 6 1
    LSU 1 3 0 5 3 1
    Chattanooga 1 3 0 3 4 1
    The Citadel 1 4 0 2 6 0
    Ole Miss 0 2 0 4 3 0
    Kentucky 0 3 1 3 4 1
    Georgetown (KY) 0 2 0 0 3 0
    Millsaps 0 3 0 0 3 0
    Mercer 0 4 0 2 6 0
    Wofford 0 4 0 0 8 1
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1920 Southwest Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Texas $ 5 0 0 9 0 0
    Texas A&M 5 1 0 6 1 1
    Arkansas 2 0 1 3 2 2
    Rice 2 2 1 4 2 2
    Baylor 1 2 1 4 4 1
    SMU 0 4 1 3 5 2
    Phillips 0 3 0 4 4 2
    Oklahoma A&M 0 3 0 0 7 1
    • $ – Conference champion

    Independents

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    1920 Eastern college football independents records
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  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Boston College     8 0 0
    Harvard     8 0 1
    Princeton     6 0 1
    Penn State     7 0 2
    Pittsburgh     6 0 2
    Army     7 2 0
    Dartmouth     7 2 0
    Cornell     6 2 0
    Syracuse     6 2 1
    Geneva     5 2 1
    New Hampshire     5 2 1
    Brown     6 3 0
    Bucknell     6 3 0
    Washington & Jefferson     6 3 1
    Penn     6 4 0
    Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
    Lafayette     5 3 0
    Holy Cross     5 3 0
    Williams     5 3 0
    Yale     5 3 0
    Fordham     4 3 0
    Franklin & Marshall     3 2 2
    Boston University     4 3 1
    Columbia     4 4 0
    Duquesne     3 3 1
    Vermont     3 5 0
    NYU     2 5 1
    Rhode Island State     0 4 4
    Tufts     2 6 0
    Rutgers     2 7 0
    Buffalo     1 4 0
    Colgate     1 5 2
    Villanova     1 5 1
    Drexel     0 6 0
    1920 Midwestern college football independents records
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Notre Dame     9 0 0
    Michigan Mines     2 0 0
    Butler     7 1 0
    St. Xavier     7 1 0
    Detroit     8 2 0
    Marquette     7 2 0
    Haskell     7 2 1
    St. Ignatius (OH)     4 2 0
    Iowa State Teachers     4 2 1
    South Dakota State     4 2 1
    Indiana State     3 2 0
    Valparaiso     5 3 0
    Nebraska     5 3 1
    Central Michigan     4 3 1
    Akron     4 4 0
    Wabash     3 4 0
    Western State Normal (MI)     3 4 0
    North Dakota Agricultural     2 3 1
    Michigan Agricultural     4 6 0
    Earlham     2 3 0
    Northern Illinois State     3 5 0
    Dayton     2 4 0
    Kent State     1 2 0
    Saint Louis     3 6 0
    Bowling Green     1 4 0
    Toledo     0 3 0
    1920 Southern college football independents records
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Talladega     ? 0 0
    Trinity (NC)     4 0 1
    Abilene Christian     4 0 1
    North Texas State Normal     7 1 0
    Presbyterian     5 1 1
    Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 1 0
    Navy     6 2 0
    Spring Hill     6 2 0
    Birmingham–Southern     6 3 0
    Mississippi Normal     4 2 1
    Southwest Texas State     4 2 1
    East Tennessee State Normal     3 2 0
    West Virginia     5 4 1
    Oglethorpe     4 4 1
    Delaware     3 5 1
    Texas Mines     2 4 0
    Marion     2 5 0
    Wake Forest     2 7 0
    Sam Houston Normal     1 4 2
    Western Kentucky State Normal     0 1 0
    West Tennessee State Normal     0 5 0
    Marshall     0 8 0
    1920 Western college football independents records
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  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Nevada     7 3 1
    USC     6 0 0
    Arizona     6 1 0
    Hawaii     6 2 0
    New Mexico A&M     5 1 1
    Santa Clara     5 1 0
    Idaho     4 2 0
    Gonzaga     4 3 0
    Montana     4 3 0
    Chico State     3 3 0
    New Mexico     3 3 0
    University Farm     3 4 0
    Pacific (CA)     1 2 1
    Saint Mary's     0 3 0

    Minor conferences

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    Conference Champion(s) Record
    Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association No champion
    Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin Oshkosh Normal 4–0–1
    Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Friends (KS)
    Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Unknown
    Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Albion 4–0
    Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hamline 2–1–1
    Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference Unknown
    Ohio Athletic Conference Wooster 7–0
    Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Tulsa 6–0–1
    Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pomona 5–0
    Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Morehouse
    Tri-Normal League Spokane

    Minor conference standings

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    1920 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Howard 5 0 0 7 0 0
    Virginia Union 1 1 0 6 2 0
    Shaw 2 2 0 2 2 1
    Hampton 2 3 0 4 3 1
    Lincoln (PA) 1 2 0 3 2 0
    Virginia Normal 0 3 0 3 4 0
    1920 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Carthage 0 4 1 1 5 1
    1920 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Washburn + 4 0 2 4 2 3
    Friends + 7 1 0 7 1 0
    College of Emporia 6 1 1 6 1 1
    St. Mary's (KS) 4 2 0 6 2 0
    Baker 4 3 0 5 4 0
    Bethany (KS) 4 3 1 4 3 1
    Fairmount 4 3 2 4 3 2
    Pittsburg Normal 3 3 0 5 4 1
    Kansas State Normal 2 3 1 2 4 2
    Hays Normal 2 3 1 2 5 1
    Southwestern (KS) 2 5 1 2 5 2
    Ottawa 1 6 0 1 6 0
    Kansas Wesleyan 0 3 2 0 5 3
    Sterling 0 7 1 0 7 1
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1920 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Albion $ 4 0 1 4 2 2
    Kalamazoo 3 1 0 5 3 1
    Hillsdale 2 1 1 6 1 1
    Michigan State Normal 1 2 0 6 2 0
    Olivet 1 2 0 1 5 0
    Alma 0 5 0 0 7 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Carleton 3 1 0 4 1 2
    Hamline $ 2 1 1 4 3 1
    Macalester 2 1 1 3 2 2
    St. Olaf 3 2 0 5 2 0
    St. Thomas (MN) 1 3 0 2 5 1
    Gustavus Adolphus 0 3 0 1 3 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Kirksville + 6 0 0 8 0 0
    William Jewell + 5 0 2 5 1 2
    Missouri Mines + 4 0 0 4 4 0
    Missouri Wesleyan * 3 1 2 4 2 2
    Warrensburg 4 3 0 5 3 1
    Springfield (MO) 2 4 0 2 6 0
    Tarkio 1 2 1 3 3 1
    Missouri Valley 2 4 0 3 4 0
    Drury 1 3 0 1 5 0
    Westminster (MO) 1 4 1 1 4 2
    Central (MO) 1 5 0 1 6 0
    Maryville (MO) 0 2 0 0 3 0
    Cape Girardeau 0 2 0 0 5 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – Missouri Wesleyan forfeited a win over Kirksville
    † – Drury forfeited wins over William Jewell and Missouri Mines
  • 1920 Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Grand Island 6 0 1 6 0 2
    Doane 5 0 1 5 1 1
    Nebraska Wesleyan 4 0 1 6 2 2
    Omaha 5 0 0 7 1 0
    Hastings 5 2 1 5 2 1
    Peru Normal 5 4 0 5 4 0
    Midland 3 6 0 3 6 0
    York (NE) 2 5 0 2 5 0
    Wayne Normal 1 3 0 1 4 1
    Cotner 1 6 0 1 6 0
    Kearney Normal 1 7 0 1 7 0
    Nebraska Central 0 6 0 0 6 0
    Championship: Grand Island 0, Nebraska Wesleyan 0
    1920 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Wooster $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
    Wittenberg 5 0 0 8 0 0
    Ohio State 2 0 0 7 1 0
    Denison 5 1 1 6 1 1
    Oberlin 5 2 0 5 2 0
    Heidelberg 3 2 0 7 2 0
    Cincinnati 3 2 0 4 5 0
    Miami (OH) 3 2 1 5 2 1
    Mount Union 3 3 0 6 3 0
    Ohio Wesleyan 3 3 0 4 3 0
    Ohio Northern 2 3 0 3 4 0
    Akron 2 4 0 4 4 0
    Case 2 5 1 2 8 1
    Ohio 1 3 0 4 3 0
    Kenyon 1 6 1 2 5 1
    Western Reserve 1 6 0 2 8 0
    Hiram 0 6 0 0 9 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Yankton $ 4 0 1 5 1 2
    Dakota Wesleyan 3 1 0 4 3 0
    Huron 2 1 1 2 2 1
    Northern Normal 1 1 0 3 2 0
    Sioux Falls 1 2 0 1 3 0
    South Dakota Mines 0 1 0 5 1 0
    Columbus (SD) 0 5 0 1 5 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 Southern California Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Pomona $ 5 0 0 6 1 0
    Occidental 3 2 0 4 3 0
    Whittier 3 2 0 3 2 0
    Caltech 2 2 1 3 3 1
    Redlands 1 3 1 2 4 1
    Southern Branch 0 5 0 0 5 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1920 Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Oshkosh Normal $ 4 0 1 6 1 1
    Eau Claire Normal 2 0 0 4 0 0
    River Falls Normal 2 1 1 3 1 3
    La Crosse Normal 3 2 0 4 2 1
    Milwaukee Normal 2 2 0 3 4 1
    Stevens Point Normal 1 1 1 3 2 1
    Whitewater Normal 1 3 0 2 4 0
    Platteville Normal 0 3 1 3 4 2
    Superior Normal 0 3 0 1 3 0
    Stout Institute 0 0 0 2 2 0
    • $ – Conference champion

    Awards and honors

    [edit]

    All-Americans

    [edit]

    The consensus All-America team included:

    Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
    QB Donold Lourie 5'11" 164 Sr. Peru, Illinois Princeton
    HB Gaylord Stinchcomb 5'8" 157 Sr. Sycamore, Ohio Ohio State
    HB Charley Way 5'8" 144 Sr. Embreeville, Pennsylvania Penn State
    FB George Gipp 6'1" 180 Sr. Laurium, Michigan Notre Dame
    E Chuck Carney 6'1" 190 Jr. Chicago, Illinois Illinois
    E Bill Fincher 6'0" 182 Sr. Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech
    T Stan Keck 5'11" 206 Jr. Greensburg, Pennsylvania Princeton
    G Tim Callahan Sr. Lawrence, Massachusetts Yale
    G Tom Woods Sr. Boston, Massachusetts Harvard
    C Herb Stein 6'1" 186 Jr. Warren, Ohio Pittsburgh
    G Iolas Huffman 5'11" 228 Jr. Chandlersville, Ohio Ohio State
    T Ralph Scott 6'2" 235 Sr. Dewey, Wisconsin Wisconsin
    E Luke Urban 5'8" 165 Sr. Fall River, Massachusetts Boston College

    Statistical leaders

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ Official 2013 Football Bowl Subdivision Records Book (PDF). The National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 76–77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  • ^ "Football Championship History". NCAA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  • ^ "Notre Dame Archives: George Gipp". Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
  • ^ Garbin, Patrick (2008). About Them Dawgs!. ISBN 9780810860407.
  • ^ "A Matter of Geography". The Washington Herald. December 14, 1920. p. 11. Retrieved March 2, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  • ^ "1920 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results".
  • ^ "Great Games and Moments: Pre-1940s".
  • ^ "Winsipedia - Texas Longhorns vs. Texas A&M Aggies football series history games list".
  • ^ "Athlete, Officer in Law Enforcement and Administration, Governor of the Virgin Islands: Walter Gordon". www.oac.cdlib.org. p. 75. Retrieved November 4, 2015.

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