1920 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1920 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Mont McIntire, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 169 to 113.[1][2]

1920 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record5–4–1
Head coach
CaptainHoward Lentz
1920 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Talladega      ? 0 0
Trinity (NC)      4 0 1
Presbyterian      5 1 1
Middle Tennessee      4 1 0
Navy      6 2 0
Spring Hill      6 2 0
Southwest Texas      4 2 1
East Tennessee      3 2 0
West Virginia      5 4 1
Oglethorpe      4 4 1
Delaware      3 5 1
Texas Mines      2 4 0
Wake Forest      2 7 0
Marshall      0 8 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25vs. West Virginia Wesleyan
W 14–09,000[3]
October 2LehighMorgantown, WVT 7–7[4]
October 9at PittsburghL 13–3422,000[5]
October 16George WashingtonMorgantown, WVW 81–0[6]
October 23at YaleL 0–24[7]
October 30at PrincetonL 3–107,000[8]
November 6vs. Washington and Lee
W 14–10
November 13RutgersMorgantown, WVW 17–05,000[9]
November 20Bethany (WV)Morgantown, WVW 20–0
November 25at Washington & JeffersonL 0–28

References

  1. "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
  2. "1920 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. "Varsity Wins Opening Game". The West Virginian. September 27, 1920. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Lehigh Game Lost Through Bad Judgment". The West Virginian. October 4, 1920. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Ralph S. Davis (October 10, 1920). "Panthers Take Measure of West Virginians, 34-13, Before Big Crowd". The Pittsburg Press. p. Sporting 3 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "West Virginia Overwhelms George Washington, 81 To 0". The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. October 17, 1920. p. III-4 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Mountaineers Beaten By Yale By Surprisingly Large Margin". The Pittsburg Press. October 24, 1920. p. Sporting 3 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Princeton Rather Fortunate In Defeating West Virginia Mountaineers". The Pittsburg Press. October 31, 1920. p. Sporting 6 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "West Virginia Scores 17 To 0 Victory Over Rutgers". The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. November 14, 1920. p. III-9 via Newspapers.com.
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