1920 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1920 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2–1
Head coach	Chick Meehan (1st season)
Captain	Doc Alexander
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium

1920 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1920 college football season.^[1] The team was led by first-year head coach Chick Meehan.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Hobart	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 55–7
October 2	Vermont	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 49–0		[2]
October 9	Johns Hopkins	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 45–0
October 16	Pittsburgh	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	T 7–7	15,000–20,000	[3]
October 23	at Dartmouth	Hanover, NH	W 10–0
October 30	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–3	10,000
November 6	Washington & Jefferson	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 14–0	12,000
November 13	vs. Maryland	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–10	3,500	[4]
November 20	Colgate	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 14–0	17,500–18,000	[5]

References

1. "1920 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results".
2. "Syracuse revels against Vermont". New York Herald. October 3, 1920. Retrieved June 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "All Attendance Records Broken By Panthers in Games This Year". The Pittsburgh Post. November 26, 1920. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Maryland Pulls Real Surprise By Whipping Syracuse". The Baltimore Sun. November 14, 1920. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Colgate Makes Game Fight But Lacks Power To Check Varied Attack of Orange". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 21, 1920. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.