1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team

The 1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in the sport of American football during the 1920 college football season. This was one of the first of Oglethorpe's seasons with a grown up program; they joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association after the season. Oglethorpe proved itself against some of the toughest opponents. Despite a loss to Georgia Tech, Oglethorpe was still able to boast that it was the only team to hold Tech from scoring on their touchdown line and were able to make a stop. Other impressive games were wins over Florida and Mercer.

1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record4–4–1
Head coachJogger Elcock (1st season)
CaptainJohnny Knox
Home stadiumOglethorpe University Field
1920 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Talladega      ? 0 0
Trinity (NC)      4 0 1
Presbyterian      5 1 1
Middle Tennessee      4 1 0
Navy      6 2 0
Spring Hill      6 2 0
Southwest Texas      4 2 1
East Tennessee      3 2 0
West Virginia      5 4 1
Oglethorpe      4 4 1
Delaware      3 5 1
Texas Mines      2 4 0
Wake Forest      2 7 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 25North Georgia Agricultural
W 63–0
October 1at Georgia Tech
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 55–06,000
October 9at ChattanoogaT 14–14
October 15SewaneeL 21–14
October 22GeorgiaAtlanta, GAL 23–3
October 29Wofford
  • Oglethorpe University Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 14–0
November 6at Furman
L 42–3
November 13at MercerMacon, GAW 42–0
November 25vs. FloridaW 21–0

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