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1920 Utah

1–⁠5–⁠1 (1–⁠2–⁠1 Rocky Mountain Conference), coached by Thomas Fitzpatrick.

Schedule and results

Utah in 1920, game by game: lost at Colorado College 2–20; lost at California 0–63; lost vs. Nevada 7–14; won at Colorado 7–0; lost at Idaho 0–10; tied vs. Wyoming 0–0; lost vs. Utah State 3–9+7−63Lost 2–20 at Colorado College-18Colorado CollegeLost 0–63 at California-63CaliforniaLost 7–14 vs. Nevada-7NevadaWon 7–0 at Colorado+7ColoradoLost 0–10 at Idaho-10IdahoTied 0–0 vs. Wyoming0WyomingLost 3–9 vs. Utah State-6Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 16atColorado CollegeL 2–⁠2037%
Oct 23atCaliforniaL 0–⁠6328%
Oct 30vsNevadaL 7–⁠1456%
Nov 6atColoradoW 7–⁠028%
Nov 11atIdahoL 0–⁠1055%
Nov 20vsWyomingT 0–⁠062%
Nov 25vsUtah StateL 3–⁠946%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Utah State 9–⁠3; 6th in the Rocky Mountain Conference.

In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Photographs from 1920

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record
1–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠2–⁠1 6th in Rocky Mountain Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
19–⁠116
Coach
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Elo
1405 −81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.3 No. 53 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1920 Rocky Mountain Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠0–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Colorado College4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1
Colorado3–⁠1–⁠24–⁠1–⁠2
Utah State2–⁠1–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1
Montana State0–⁠0–⁠10–⁠0–⁠1
Utah1–⁠2–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1
Denver2–⁠43–⁠4
Wyoming2–⁠5–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Colorado School of Mines0–⁠60–⁠6

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