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1920 Yale

5–⁠3, coached by Tad Jones.

Yale, 1920
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Yale in 1920, game by game: won vs. Carnegie Mellon 44–0; won vs. North Carolina 21–0; lost vs. Boston College 13–21; won vs. West Virginia 24–0; won vs. Colgate 21–7; won vs. Brown 14–10; lost at Princeton 0–20; lost vs. Harvard 0–9+44−20Won 44–0 vs. Carnegie Mellon+44Carnegie MellonWon 21–0 vs. North Carolina+21North CarolinaLost 13–21 vs. Boston College-8Boston CollegeWon 24–0 vs. West Virginia+24West VirginiaWon 21–7 vs. Colgate+14ColgateWon 14–10 vs. Brown+4BrownLost 0–20 at Princeton-20PrincetonLost 0–9 vs. Harvard-9Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsCarnegie MellonW 44–⁠092%
Oct 9vsNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠070%
Oct 16vsBoston CollegeL 13–⁠2172%
Oct 23vsWest VirginiaW 24–⁠053%
Oct 30vsColgateW 21–⁠767%
Nov 6vsBrownW 14–⁠1066%
Nov 13atPrincetonL 0–⁠2037%
Nov 20vsHarvardL 0–⁠946%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Harvard 9–⁠0.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 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.

Consensus All-AmericanTim Callahan, OG

Record
5–⁠3
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
137–⁠67
Coach
Tad Jones
Elo
1548 +3 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
11.2 No. 24 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Tim Callahan
Offense
Single-wing