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1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeDouble wing
CaptainHerb Stein
Home stadiumForbes Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     8 0 0
Harvard     8 0 1
Princeton     6 0 1
Penn State     7 0 2
Pittsburgh     6 0 2
Army     7 2 0
Dartmouth     7 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Syracuse     6 2 1
Geneva     5 2 1
New Hampshire     5 2 1
Brown     6 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
Lafayette     5 3 0
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Williams     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     4 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 2 2
Boston University     4 3 1
Columbia     4 4 0
Duquesne     3 3 1
Vermont     3 5 0
NYU     2 5 1
Rhode Island State     0 4 4
Tufts     2 6 0
Rutgers     2 7 0
Buffalo     1 4 0
Colgate     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Drexel     0 6 0

The 1920 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pittsburgh as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Pop Warner, the team compiled a 6–0–2 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 146 to 44.[1][2] The team played its home games at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at GenevaBeaver Falls, PAW 47–0
October 9West VirginiaW 34–1322,000[3]
October 16at SyracuseT 7–7
October 23Georgia Tech
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 10–3
October 30Lafayette
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–0
November 6at PennW 27–21
November 13Washington & Jefferson
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 7–0
November 25Penn State
  • Forbes Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
T 0–0

References

  1. ^ "Record Book Pitt Football 2005" (PDF). University of Pittsburgh. 2005. p. 163. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "1920 Pitt Panthers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  3. ^ 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.