1920 Wooster Presbyterians football team
American college football season
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The 1920 Wooster Presbyterians football team was an American football team that represented the College of Wooster of Wooster, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1920 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Lawrence C. Boles,[1] the Presbyterians compiled a perfect 9â0 record (7â0 in conference games), won the OAC championship, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 176 to 3.[2] Wooster held opponents scoreless for 13 consecutive games from October 25, 1919, to November 25, 1920; Mount Union broke the streak with three points on a field goal on November 25, 1920. It was the second of three perfect seasons for Wooster under Boles, the Presbyterians having also accomplished the feat in 1919 and 1923.
- Lawrence C. Boles (6th season)
| 1920 Wooster Presbyterians football | |
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OAC champion | |
| Conference | Ohio Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9â0 (7â0 OAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Stiffer |
| Home stadium | Severance Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wooster $ | 7 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wittenberg | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denison | 5 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oberlin | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heidelberg | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Union | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Wesleyan | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Northern | 2 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Case | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 8 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenyon | 1 | â | 6 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Reserve | 1 | â | 6 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 8 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiram | 0 | â | 6 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 9 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wooster's senior quarterback Allen Snyder, who weighed only 132 pounds, scored almost half of Wooster's points and was selected as the most valuable player in the OAC. He scored the winning touchdown against Mount Union with a 75-yard touchdown run. He was selected as the first-team quarterback on the 1919 and 1920 All-OAC teams. He was given a new car for his accomplishment in December 1920.[3]
The team played its home games at Severance Stadium in Wooster, Ohio.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | at Baldwin-Wallace* | Berea, OH | W 21â0 | ||||
| October 1 | at Toledo* | Toledo, OH | W 36â0 | ||||
| October 9 | at Hiram | Hiram, OH | W 20â0 | [4] | |||
| October 16 | Western Reserve |
| W 19â0 | ||||
| October 23 | Oberlin |
| W 19â0 | [5] | |||
| October 30 | at Case | Cleveland, OH | W 19â0 | [6] | |||
| November 6 | Kenyon |
| W 21â0 | [7][8] | |||
| November 13 | at Akron | Akron, OH | W 14â0 | [9] | |||
| November 20 | Otterbein* | Cancelled | |||||
| November 25 | at Mount Union |
| W 7â3 | 5,000 | [10] | ||
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Game summaries
Mount Union
On November 25, Wooster concluded its 1920 season with a 7â3 victory over Mount Union before a crowd of 5,000 on Thanksgiving Day at the opponent's field in Alliance, Ohio. Fullback McCaskey kicked a field goal for Mount Union in the first quarter. Wooster trailed until Wooster's captain and quarterback Snyder returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown with less than five minutes remaining in the game. The victory left Wooster in a tie with Wittenberg for the OAC championship.[10]