1920 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1920 Harvard Crimson football Harvard team rosebowl 1920.jpg 285 Harvard team that played the 1920 Rose Bowl Independent 8–0–1 Bob Fisher 2nd Harvard Stadium Co-national champion (Boand) The 1920 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its second year under head coach Bob Fisher, the Crimson compiled an 8–0–1 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 208 to 28.1920 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1920-schedule.html There was no contemporaneous system in 1920 for determining a national champion. However, Harvard was retroactively named as the co-national champion by the Boand System. The majority of selectors have chosen California (9–0 record) as the national champion for 1920.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 8, 2016 PDF Harvard guard Tom Woods was selected as consensus first-team player on the 1920 All-America team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other notable players on the 1920 Harvard team included halfback George Owen, fullback Arnold Horween, back Frederic Cameron Church Jr., center Charles Frederick Havemeyer, guard James Randolph Tolbert, and tackle Robert Minturn Sedgwick. Schedule Eastern September 25 w Holy Cross Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 3–0 10,000 Field Goal Wins for Harvard, 3-0: Holy Cross Puts Up Hard Fight Against Crimson The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr September 26, 1920 1, 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98409720/field-goal-wins-for-harvard-3-0-holy/ Newspapers.com October 2 w Maine Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 41–0 10,000 Harvard's Smashing Attack Crushes Maine: Visitors Shut Out, 41-0, Before 10,000 Crowd in Stadium The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr October 3, 1920 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94459874/harvards-smashing-attack-crushes/ Newspapers.com October 9 w Valparaiso Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 21–0 17,000 17,000 See Westerners Beaten by Harvard, 21-0: Valparaiso Provides Nothing of the Expected Spectacular The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. October 10, 1920 1, 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98409926/17000-see-westerners-beaten-by/ Newspapers.com October 16 w Williams Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 38–0 18,000 Williams Crushed by Harvard Attack 38-0 The Boston Globe October 17, 1920 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98393303/williams-crushed-by-harvard-attack-38-0/ Newspapers.com October 23 w Centre Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 31–14 40,000 Harvard Crushes Centre in Thrilling Game, 31-14 The Boston Globe W.D. Sullivan October 24, 1920 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98393070/harvard-crushes-centre-in-thrilling/ Newspapers.com October 30 w Virginia Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 24–0 Harvard Has No Easy Time With Virginia: Subs Score Twice in Final Period, Winning 24-0 The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. October 31, 1920 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98392765/harvard-has-no-easy-time-with-virginia/ Newspapers.com November 6 t Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 14–14 44,000 Harvard Battles To Tie With Tigers The New York Times November 7, 1920 Sports 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98305310/harvard-battles-to-tie-with-tigers/ Newspapers.comGreat Crowd Sees Gridiron Contest The New York Times November 7, 1920 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98305147/great-crowd/ Newspapers.com November 13 2:00 p.m. w Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 27–0 30,000–35,000 Harvard Subs Face Brown https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97903367/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 13, 1920 5 March 18, 2022 Newspapers.com Hallahan John J. Crimson Runs Up Big Total Easily https://www.newspapers.com/image/431097613/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 13, 1920 1 March 18, 2022 Newspapers.com Hallahan John J. Crimson Runs Up Big Total Easily (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97903204/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 13, 1920 15 March 18, 2022 Newspapers.com Vaugh Wilton Harvard Subs Vanquish Brown In One-Sided Contest, 27 To 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97903550/boston-post/ The Boston Post Boston, Massachusetts November 14, 1920 19 March 18, 2022 Newspapers.com Vaugh Wilton Harvard Crushes Brown Team, 27–0 (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97903696/boston-post/ The Boston Post Boston, Massachusetts November 14, 1920 21 March 18, 2022 Newspapers.com November 20 w y Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT rivalry 9–0 close to 80,000 Crimson Defeats Yale By Score of 9-0: Crimson Machine Held By Savage Defense of Yale The Hartford Courant November 21, 1920 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16378865/crimson_defeats_yale_by_score_of_90/ Newspapers.com Roster Wesley Brocker, G Fiske Brown, G Charles Buell, QB Vinton Chapin, HB Frederic Cameron Church Jr., HB K. Clarke, E Cooper, T John Crocker, E Eastman, T Finley, E Roscoe Fitts, HB Fitzgerald, QB Gaston, E Mitchell Gratwick, HB Hamilton, FB Holmes, G Arnold Horween, HB Humphrey, HB Frank Johnson, QB Philip Kunhardt, T Benoni Lockwood, T Charles Macomber, E Morrison, G Olmstead, G George Owen Francis Rouillard, HB Robert Minturn Sedgwick, T Seldon, E Stillman, FB Charles Tierney, C Wales, QB Wharton, HB Tom Woods, G References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1920s in Boston