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1920 California Golden Bears football
1920 California Golden Bears football
National champion; (CFRA, Helms, Houlgate, NCF, Sagarin); Rose Bowl champion; PCC champion
Rose Bowl, W 28–0 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	9–0 (3–0 PCC)
Head coach	Andy Smith (5th season);
Offensive scheme	Short-punt
Captain	Olin C. Majors
Home stadium	California Field
Uniform
	Seasons ← 1919 1921 →

1920 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
California $	3	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
Stanford	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	3	–	0
Washington State	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	1	–	0
Oregon	1	–	1	–	1	3	–	2	–	1
Oregon Agricultural	1	–	2	–	1	2	–	2	–	2
Washington	0	–	3	–	0	1	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1920 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1920 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Andy Smith, the team compiled a 9–0 record (3–0 against PCC opponents), shut out seven of nine opponents, won the PCC championship, defeated Ohio State in the 1921 Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents by a total of 510 to 14.^[1]^[2]

There was no contemporaneous system in 1920 for determining a national champion. However, Cal was retroactively named as the national champion by the College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Jeff Sagarin.^[3]

Olin C. Majors was the team captain. Guard Tim Callahan was a consensus first-team selection on the 1920 All-American football team.^[4] Two other players received All-America recognition: end Harold Muller (Newspaper Enterprise Association-1, Walter Camp-3) and tackle Dan McMillan (WC-2).^[5]^[6]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Olympic Club*	California Field Berkeley, CA	W 21–0		^[7]
October 2	Mare Island Marines*	California Field Berkeley, CA	W 88–0		^[8]
October 9	Saint Mary's*	California Field Berkeley, CA	W 127–0		^[9]
October 16	Nevada*	California Field Berkeley, CA	W 79–7		^[10]
October 23	Utah*	California Field Berkeley, CA	W 63–0		^[11]
October 30	at Oregon Agricultural	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 17–7	12,000	^[12]
November 6	Washington State	California Field Berkeley, CA	W 49–0		^[13]
November 20	Stanford	California Field Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	W 38–0		^[14]
January 1, 1921	vs. Ohio State*	Tournament Park Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 28–0	42,000	^[15]
*Non-conference game

References

^ "1920 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ "Camp Names Gridiron Stars". Post-Standard. Syracuse, NY. December 15, 1920.
^ Dean Snyder (December 1, 1920). "N.E.A.'s Choice of Season's Best: 1920 All-American". Lowell Sun.
^ "California Varsity Defeats Olympic Eleven 21 to 0". The San Francisco Eleven. September 26, 1920. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Doug Montell (October 3, 1920). "Mare Island Sailors Are Outclassed by Andy Smith's Pupils". Oakland Tribune. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "University of California Defeats St. Mary's Eleven 127-0". Oakland Tribune. October 10, 1920. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "University of California Football Team Smothers University of Nevada, Score 79-7". Oakland Tribune. October 17, 1920. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
^ William Unmack (October 24, 1920). "California Staggers Utah with a Score of 63 to 0". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "California Bears Battle Oregon Aggies to 17 to 7 Win". The San Francisco Examiner. October 31, 1920. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "California Bears Bury Washington State Under 49-0 Score". The San Francisco Examiner. November 7, 1920. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "California Goal Line Never In Any Peril During Game". The San Francisco Examiner. November 21, 1920. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bears Heave Buckeyes To Resounding Defeat". The Los Angeles Times. January 2, 2021. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.