1920 college football season

American college football season August 2023 1920 Wonder_Team_Cropped.jpg 250 Cal's "Wonder Team" 2 CaliforniaPrinceton Not awarded until 1935 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.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/aub/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/20140421_ncaa_champions.pdf Official 2013 Football Bowl Subdivision Records Book 76–77 The National Collegiate Athletic Association 2014-10-02 2014-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20141023035512/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/aub/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/20140421_ncaa_champions.pdf dead 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.Football Championship History https://www.ncaa.com/history/football/fbs NCAA 29 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626150201/http://www.ncaa.com/history/football/fbs 26 June 2015 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.http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/allambios/nd-m-footbl-gipp.html Notre Dame Archives: George Gipp May 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081208115643/http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/allambios/nd-m-footbl-gipp.html December 8, 2008 dead 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".https://books.google.com/books?id=LdDCq3ybJPwC&q=%22jersey+number%22&pg=PA44 About Them Dawgs! 9780810860407 Garbin Patrick 2008The term "ten second backfield" generally refers to players capable (or thought to be capable) of running a 100-yard dash in 10 seconds—that is, fast runners.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-advent-has-ten-secon/154994972/ Advent has ten-second backfield The Cincinnati Post 6 November 11, 1913 September 9, 2024 newspapers.com Jimmy Leech of VMI'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."A Matter of Geography The Washington Herald 11 December 14, 1920 March 2, 2015 Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1908528// 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.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas/1920-schedule.html 1920 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results 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.https://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/21/FB_0721130403.aspx?id=142 Great Games and Moments: Pre-1940shttp://www.winsipedia.com/games/texas/vs/texas-am Winsipedia - Texas Longhorns vs. Texas A&M Aggies football series history games list 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. Athlete, Officer in Law Enforcement and Administration, Governor of the Virgin Islands: Walter Gordon http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?query=kicker&docId=hb400006jf&chunk.id=div00005&toc.depth=1&toc.id=0&brand=oac4&x=0&y=0 www.oac.cdlib.org 2015-11-04 75 Conference and program changes Conference establishments Two new conferences began play in 1920: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – an active NCAA Division III conference Membership changes 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 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 Major conference standings Independents Minor conferences ConferenceChampion(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 — Minor conference standings Awards and honors All-Americans 1920 College Football All-America Team The consensus All-America team included: PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeamQBDonold Lourie5'11"164Sr.Peru, IllinoisPrincetonHBGaylord Stinchcomb5'8"157Sr.Sycamore, OhioOhio StateHBCharley Way5'8"144Sr.Embreeville, PennsylvaniaPenn StateFBGeorge Gipp6'1"180Sr.Laurium, MichiganNotre DameEChuck Carney6'1"190Jr.Chicago, IllinoisIllinoisEBill Fincher6'0"182Sr.Atlanta, GeorgiaGeorgia TechTStan Keck5'11"206Jr.Greensburg, PennsylvaniaPrincetonGTim CallahanSr.Lawrence, MassachusettsYaleGTom WoodsSr.Boston, MassachusettsHarvardCHerb Stein6'1"186Jr.Warren, OhioPittsburghGIolas Huffman5'11"228Jr.Chandlersville, OhioOhio StateTRalph Scott6'2"235Sr.Dewey, WisconsinWisconsinELuke Urban5'8"165Sr.Fall River, MassachusettsBoston College Statistical leaders Player scoring most points: Jimmy Leech, VMI, 210 Player scoring most touchdowns, Jimmy Leech, 26 Total offense leader: Jimmy Leech, 1771 Rushing yards leader: Jimmy Leech, 1723 Rushing avg leader: Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech, 10.2 Receptions leader: Eddie Anderson, Notre Dame, 17 Receiving yards leader: Eddie Anderson, 293 Notes References