| 1920 Yale Bulldogs football | |
| Conference | Independent |
|---|---|
| 1920 record | 5–3 |
| Head coach | Tad Jones (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Single wing |
| Home stadium | Yale Bowl |
Seasons | |
The 1920 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1920 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 5–3 record under third-year head coach Tad Jones.[1] Yale guard Tim Callahan was a consensus selection for the 1920 College Football All-America Team,[2] receiving first team honors from Walter Camp,[3] the United Press,[4] and the International News Service.[5] Yale's other guard, John Acosta, also received first-team All-America honors from Walter Eckersall.[6]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2 | Carnegie Tech | W 44–0 | |||
| October 9 | North Carolina |
| W 21–0 | ||
| October 16 | Boston College |
| L 13–21 | ||
| October 23 | West Virginia |
| W 24–0 | [7] | |
| October 30 | Colgate |
| W 21–7 | ||
| November 6 | Brown |
| W 14–10 | ||
| November 13 | at Princeton | L 0–20 | 50,000 | [8] | |
| November 20 | Harvard |
| L 0–9 | close to 80,000 | [9] |
References[]
- ↑ "1920 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1920-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ↑ Consensus All-American designations based on the NCAA guide to football award winners Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Camp Names Gridiron Stars". Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY). 1920-12-15.
- ↑ Henry L. Farrell (1920-12-10). "Brilliant Backs Are Features of 1920 Eleven: United Press Scribe Picks An All-American Eleven Himself". Middletown Daily Herald.
- ↑ Jacob Velock (1920-12-07). "Hard Task To Pick All-American Team From This Season's Galaxy of Stars". Trenton Evening Times.
- ↑ "Weston on Second All-American Team". Janesville Daily Gazette. 1920-12-13.
- ↑ "Mountaineers Beaten By Yale By Surprisingly Large Margin". The Pittsburg Press: p. Sporting 3. October 24, 1920. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30064900/mountaineers_beaten_by_yale_by/.
- ↑ Grantland Rice (November 14, 1920). "Princeton Blanks Yale 20 to 0; Worst Beating Ever Inflicted on Bulldog by Tiger". New York Tribune: p. 21. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16378981/princeton_blanks_yale_20_to_0_worst/.
- ↑ "Crimson Defeats Yale By Score of 9-0: Crimson Machine Held By Savage Defense of Yale". The Hartford Courant: p. 1. November 21, 1920. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16378865/crimson_defeats_yale_by_score_of_90/.
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