1920 Chicago
3–4 (2–4 Western Conference), coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Wabash 41–0Oct 16
By 41 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9 | vs Purdue | W 20–0 | 68% |
| Oct 16 | vsWabash | W 41–0 | 91% |
| Oct 23 | vs Iowa | W 10–0 | 57% |
| Oct 30 | vs Ohio State | L 6–7 | 51% |
| Nov 6 | vs Illinois | L 0–3 | 45% |
| Nov 13 | at Michigan | L 0–14 | 43% |
| Nov 20 | vs Wisconsin | L 0–3 | 48% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 3–0; 8th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 53 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1920.
- Record
- 3–4
- Conference
- 2–4 8th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 77–27
- Coach
- Amos Alonzo Stagg
- Elo
- 1502 −11 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 14.3 No. 19 of 96 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Big Ten
2 first teamFirst team
- JacksonOT
- Charles McGuireOG
From Wikipedia’s 1920 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1920 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 5–0 | 7–1 | |
| Wisconsin | 4–1 | 6–1 | |
 Indiana | 3–1 | 5–2 | |
| Illinois | 4–2 | 5–2 | |
| Iowa | 3–2 | 5–2 | |
| Michigan | 2–2 | 5–2 | |
 Northwestern | 2–3 | 3–4 | |
| Chicago | 2–4 | 3–4 | |
| Purdue | 0–4 | 2–5 | |
 Minnesota | 0–6 | 1–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.