1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team

1920 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4–1
Head coach	Jogger Elcock (1st season)
Captain	Johnny Knox
Home stadium	Oglethorpe University Field

1920 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Talladega			–					?	–	0	–	0
Trinity (NC)			–					4	–	0	–	1
Abilene Christian			–					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
Sam Houston Normal			–					1	–	4	–	2
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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	North Georgia Agricultural	Oglethorpe University Field Atlanta, GA	W 63–0
October 1	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 55–0	6,000
October 9	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	T 14–14
October 15	Sewanee		L 21–14
October 22	Georgia	Atlanta, GA	L 23–3
October 29	Wofford	Oglethorpe University Field Atlanta, GA	W 14–0
November 6	at Furman	Manly Field Greenville, SC	L 42–3
November 13	at Mercer	Macon, GA	W 42–0
November 25	vs. Florida	A. J. McClung Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA	W 21–0