1920 Oregon

3–⁠2–⁠1 (1–⁠1–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Shy Huntington.

Oregon team at Hayward Field
Oregon team at Hayward FieldPhoto: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1920, game by game: won vs. Multnomah A.C. 7–0; won vs. Idaho 13–7; lost at Stanford 0–10; won vs. Washington 17–0; tied at Oregon State 0–0; lost at USC 0–21+17−21Won 7–0 vs. Multnomah A.C.+7Multnomah A.C.Won 13–7 vs. Idaho+6IdahoLost 0–10 at Stanford-10StanfordWon 17–0 vs. Washington+17WashingtonTied 0–0 at Oregon State0Oregon StateLost 0–21 at USC-21USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 9vsMultnomah A.C.W 7–⁠087%
Oct 23vsIdahoW 13–⁠778%
Oct 30atStanfordL 0–⁠1071%
Nov 13vsWashingtonW 17–⁠064%
Nov 20atOregon StateT 0–⁠059%
Nov 25atUSCL 0–⁠2180%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 21–⁠0; tied for 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
3–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
37–⁠38
Coach
Shy Huntington
Elo
1467 −61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.0 No. 40 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Williams Steers

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team

First team

  • Bill SteersQBODJ-1; GV-1
  • Martin HowardEODJ-1
  • Earl LeslieOTODJ-1; GV-1
  • Carl MautzOGODJ-1; GV-2

From Wikipedia’s 1920 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1920 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California3–⁠09–⁠0
Stanford2–⁠14–⁠3
Washington State1–⁠15–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠2–⁠12–⁠2–⁠2
Washington0–⁠31–⁠5

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.