1920 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1920 Princeton Tigers football Independent 6–0–1 Bill Roper 7th Short punt Henry Callahan Palmer Stadium Co-national champion (Boand, Davis) 20sprincetonuniform2.png The 1920 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. They finished with a 6–0–1 record, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 144 to 23. the sole blemish on the team's record was a 14–14 tie with Harvard in a road game in Boston.1920 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1920-schedule.html Bill Roper was the head coach for the seventh year. Keene Fitzpatrick, Frank Glick, and Jack Winn were assistant coaches.The Princeton Season Reviewed Princeton Alumni Weekly Donal Grant Herring November 24, 1920 173–176 https://books.google.com/books?id=mBFbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA173 Henry Callahan was the team captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1920 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the co-national champion by the Boand System and Parke H. Davis.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 The 1920 California Golden Bears football team were selected as national champion by the majority of selectors. Two Princeton players, quarterback Donold Lourie and tackle Stan Keck, were selected as consensus first-team players 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 Keck was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Stan Keck National Football Foundation March 24, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1384 Other notable players included fullback Hank Garrity and end Armant Legendre. Band The Princeton University Band played its first ever public performance at the Princeton-Maryland football game on October 9, 1920.History http://www.princetonuniversityband.com/history.html Princeton University Band Princeton University Band 11 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240617232145/http://www.princetonuniversityband.com/history.html 17 June 2024 Schedule October 2 w 1920 Swarthmore Quakers Swarthmore Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 17–6 October 9 w Maryland Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 35–0 Tigers Get 35 Points Against Marylanders The Sunday Star October 10, 1920 26 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87182715/tigers-get-35-points-against-marylanders/ Newspapers.com October 16 w Washington and Lee Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 34–0 October 23 w Navy Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 14–0 October 30 w West Virginia Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 10–3 7,000 Princeton Rather Fortunate In Defeating West Virginia Mountaineers The Pittsburg Press October 31, 1920 Sporting 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30065025/princeton_rather_fortunate_in_defeating/ Newspapers.com November 6 t y Harvard 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 w Yale Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry 20–0 Yale Very Easy for Princeton Boston Post Neal R. OHara November 14, 1920 1, 19, 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98304658/excel-yale-in-team-play-princetons/ Newspapers.com Roster Henry Callahan, C Cleaves, FB Davis, E Dickinson, G Hank Garrity, FB Ralph Charles Gilroy, HB Halsey, T Hooper, T Stan Keck, T Knox, HB Armant Legendre, E Donold Lourie, QB McMamman, G McNemar, T McPhee, FB Frank Murrey, HB Raymond, E Spears, G Stimson, E Thomas, C Towers, G References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football