1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team

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1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
ConferenceIndependent
1920 record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJohnny Knox
Home stadiumOglethorpe University Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Talladega     ? 0 0
Trinity (NC)     4 0 1
North Texas State Normal     7 1 0
Presbyterian     5 1 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal     4 1 0
Navy     6 2 0
Spring Hill     6 2 0
Birmingham–Southern     6 3 0
Mississippi Normal     4 2 1
Southwest Texas State     4 2 1
East Tennessee State Normal     3 2 0
West Virginia     5 4 1
Oglethorpe     4 4 1
Delaware     3 5 1
Texas Mines     2 4 0
Marion     2 5 0
Wake Forest     2 7 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     0 1 0
West Tennessee State Normal     0 5 0
Marshall     0 8 0

The 1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in the sport of American football during the 1920 college football season. This was one of the first of Oglethorpe's seasons with a grown up program; they joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association after the season. Oglethorpe proved itself against some of the toughest opponents. Despite a loss to Georgia Tech, Oglethorpe was still able to boast that it was the only team to hold Tech from scoring on their touchdown line and were able to make a stop. Other impressive games were wins over Florida and Mercer.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25North Georgia Agricultural
W 63–0
October 1at Georgia Tech
L 55–06,000
October 9at ChattanoogaT 14–14
October 15SewaneeL 21–14[1]
October 22Georgia
  • Ponce de Leon Park
  • Atlanta, GA
L 23–3
October 29Wofford
  • Oglethorpe University Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 14–0
November 6at Furman
L 42–3
November 13at MercerMacon, GAW 42–0
November 25vs. FloridaW 21–0

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References[]

  1. ^ "Petrels lose to Sewanee". The Atlanta Constitution. October 17, 1920. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Yamacraw, 1923". Oglethorpe University. 1923.
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