1920 Colgate football team

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.

1920 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
1920 record	1–5–2
Head coach	Ellery Huntington Jr. (2nd season)
Captain	Roy Wooster
Home stadium	Whitnall Field

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
Wash. & Jeff.			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	2	–	2
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	4	–	4
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	7	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					1	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	6	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Susquehanna	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	T 0–0		[3]
October 9	Allegheny	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	T 7–7		[4]
October 16	at Brown	Andrew's Field Providence, RI	L 0–14		[5]
October 23	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 6–42	> 10,000	[6]
October 30	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–21		[7]
November 6	Rochester	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 14–21		[8]
November 13	St. Bonaventure	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 80–0		[9]
November 20	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–14	18,000	[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.