1920 Michigan
5–2 (2–2 Western Conference), coached by Fielding Yost. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Case 35–0Oct 9
By 35 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9 | vsCase | W 35–0 | 89% |
| Oct 16 | vs Michigan State | W 35–0 | 68% |
| Oct 23 | vs Illinois | L 6–7 | 43% |
| Oct 30 | vs Tulane | W 21–0 | 55% |
| Nov 6 | at Ohio State | L 7–14 | 34% |
| Nov 13 | vsChicago | W 14–0 | 57% |
| Nov 20 | at Minnesota | W 3–0 | 57% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Minnesota 3–0; 6th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 111th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 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
- 5–2
- Conference
- 2–2 6th in Western Conference
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 121–21
- Coach
- Fielding Yost
- Elo
- 1567 +71 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 16.5 No. 14 of 96 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Angus Goetz
All-Big Ten
5 first teamFirst team
Angus GoetzOT- Tad WiemanOT
- Robert J. DunneOG
Ernie VickC- Frank SteketeeRBDL; HB; PD; RA; WE-1
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.