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1920 Wisconsin

6–⁠1 (4–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by J.R. Richards.

Schedule and results

Wisconsin in 1920, game by game: won vs. Lawrence 60–0; won vs. Michigan State 27–0; won vs. Northwestern 27–7; lost at Ohio State 7–13; won at Minnesota 3–0; won vs. Illinois 14–9; won at Chicago 3–0+60−6Won 60–0 vs. Lawrence+60LawrenceWon 27–0 vs. Michigan State+27Michigan StateWon 27–7 vs. Northwestern+20NorthwesternLost 7–13 at Ohio State-6Ohio StateWon 3–0 at Minnesota+3MinnesotaWon 14–9 vs. Illinois+5IllinoisWon 3–0 at Chicago+3Chicago
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsLawrenceW 60–⁠090%
Oct 9vsMichigan StateW 27–⁠069%
Oct 16vsNorthwesternW 27–⁠768%
Oct 23atOhio StateL 7–⁠1340%
Nov 6atMinnesotaW 3–⁠052%
Nov 13vsIllinoisW 14–⁠945%
Nov 20atChicagoW 3–⁠052%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Chicago 3–⁠0; 2nd in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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.

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.

Consensus All-AmericanRalph Scott, OT

Record
6–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
141–⁠29
Coach
J.R. Richards
Elo
1600 +76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.6 No. 12 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Frank Weston

All-Big Ten

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Frank WestonEDL; EA; ECP-1; EOS; FH; FM; HB; JW; PD; RA; TL; WE-1
  • Ralph ScottOTECP-1; FH; MM
  • George C. BungeOGDL; ECP-1
  • Harry MargolesOG
  • Al ElliottRBECP-1; JW; MM; TL

Second team

  • James BraderOGECP-2
  • Guy SundtFBECP-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 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State5–⁠07–⁠1
Wisconsin4–⁠16–⁠1
Indiana3–⁠15–⁠2
Illinois4–⁠25–⁠2
Iowa3–⁠25–⁠2
Michigan2–⁠25–⁠2
Northwestern2–⁠33–⁠4
Chicago2–⁠43–⁠4
Purdue0–⁠42–⁠5
Minnesota0–⁠61–⁠6

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