1920 Princeton Tigers football team

1920 Princeton Tigers football
Co-national champion (Boand, Davis)
Conference Independent
1920 record 6–0–1
Head coach Bill Roper (7th season)
Offensive scheme Short punt
Captain Henry Callahan
Home stadium Palmer Stadium
Uniform

The 1920 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1920 college football season. They finished with a 6–0–1 record and were retroactively selected as a co-national champion by the Boand System and Parke H. Davis.[1] They outscored their opponents 144 to 23.[2] Bill Roper served in his seventh season as head coach. Keene Fitzpatrick, Frank Glick, and Jack Winn were assistant coaches.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 2 Swarthmore Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 17–6  
October 9 Maryland Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 35–0  
October 16 Washington and Lee Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 34–0  
October 23 Navy Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 14–0  
October 30 West Virginia Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 10–3  
November 6 at Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA (rivalry) T 14–14  
November 13 Yale Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ (rivalry) W 20–0  

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References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "1920 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. Donal Grant Herring (November 24, 1920). "The Princeton Season Reviewed". Princeton Alumni Weekly. pp. 173–176.
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