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1920 Stanford

4–⁠3 (2–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Walter Powell.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1920, game by game: won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 41–0; lost vs. Olympic Club 7–10; lost at USC 0–10; won at Santa Clara 21–7; won vs. Oregon 10–0; won at Washington 3–0; lost at California 0–38+41−38Won 41–0 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+41Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 7–10 vs. Olympic Club-3Olympic ClubLost 0–10 at USC-10USCWon 21–7 at Santa Clara+14Santa ClaraWon 10–0 vs. Oregon+10OregonWon 3–0 at Washington+3WashingtonLost 0–38 at California-38California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 41–⁠079%
Oct 9vsOlympic ClubL 7–⁠1076%
Oct 16atUSCL 0–⁠1063%
Oct 23atSanta ClaraW 21–⁠759%
Oct 30vsOregonW 10–⁠029%
Nov 6atWashingtonW 3–⁠027%
Nov 20atCaliforniaL 0–⁠3815%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 38–⁠0; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Record
4–⁠3
Conference
2–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
82–⁠65
Coach
Walter Powell
Elo
1380 +30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.3 No. 32 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Dink TempletonRBODJ-1; GV-1

Second team

  • PershingOTSDC-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.