1920 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–2
Head coach
CaptainRoy Wooster
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
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1920 Eastern college football independents records
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

The 1920 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ellery Huntington Jr., the team compiled a 1–5–2 record and was outscored by a total of 119 to 114. D. Belford West was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Susquehanna
T 0–0[3]
October 9Allegheny
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
T 7–7[4]
October 16at Brown
L 0–14[5]
October 23at Cornell
L 6–42> 10,000[6]
October 30at Yale
L 7–21[7]
November 6Rochester
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
L 14–21[8]
November 13St. Bonaventure
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 80–0[9]
November 20at Syracuse
L 0–1418,000[10]

References

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1920 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Final Score Is 0 to 0: Neither Colgate Nor Susquehanna Elevens Able to Tally". The New York Times. October 3, 1920. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Colgate Is Held To Tie: Hamilton Eleven Plays Raggedly In 7-to-7 Tussle with Allegheny". The New York Times. October 10, 1920 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Colgate Crushed by Brown Eleven". The New York Times. October 17, 1920. p. VIII-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Powerful Offensive Play of Cornell Backfield a Factor in Colgate Defeat". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 24, 1920. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Kempton's Passing Biggest Factor in Colgate's Defeat". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 31, 1920. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "University of Rochester Eleven Trounces Colgate in Uphill Contest, 21-14". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 7, 1920. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Colgate Finally Wins; Downs St. Bonaventure". New York Tribune. November 14, 1920 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Colgate Makes Game Fight But Lacks Power To Check Varied Attack of Orange". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 21, 1920. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.
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