1920 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

1920 Furman Purple Hurricane football
State champion
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	9–1 (3–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Billy Laval (6th season)
Home stadium	Manly Field

1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Georgia +	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Georgia Tech +	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Alabama	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Centre	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Furman	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
South Carolina	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Mississippi A&M	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Transylvania	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Howard (AL)	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Mississippi College	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Florida	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
LSU	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Chattanooga	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
The Citadel	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Georgetown (KY)	0	–	2	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Millsaps	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	3	–	0
Mercer	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Wofford	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1920 Furman Purple Hurricane football team represented the Furman Purple Hurricane of Furman University during the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	Elon*	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 33–0
October 2	Erskine*	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 41–0
October 9	at The Citadel	College Park Stadium Charleston, SC (Rivalry)	W 21–6
October 13	Georgia	Manly Field Greenville, SC	L 7–0
October 23	Wake Forest*	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 17–0
October 29	at Newberry*	Newberry, SC	W 42–0
November 6	Oglethorpe*	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 42–3
November 13	at Wofford	Spartanburg, SC	W 69–0
November 20	Clemson	Manly FIeld Greenville, SC	W 14–0
November 25	Davidson*	Manly Field Greenville, SC	W 7–0
*Non-conference game