1920 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

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1920 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–4–1 (1–3 SIAA)
Head coach
Captain Bill Redd
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
  1919
1921  
1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgia + 7 0 08 0 1
Tulane + 5 0 06 2 1
Georgia Tech + 4 0 08 1 0
Alabama 6 1 010 1 0
Centre 4 1 08 2 0
Furman 3 1 09 1 0
South Carolina 3 1 05 4 0
Tennessee 5 2 07 2 0
Auburn 4 2 07 2 0
Mississippi A&M 4 2 05 3 0
Sewanee 3 3 14 3 1
Vanderbilt 3 3 04 3 1
Transylvania 2 2 03 4 0
Howard (AL) 2 3 03 5 1
Mississippi College 2 4 03 5 0
Florida 1 2 06 3 0
Clemson 2 6 04 6 1
LSU 1 3 05 3 1
Chattanooga 1 3 03 4 1
The Citadel 1 4 02 6 0
Ole Miss 0 2 04 3 0
Kentucky 0 3 13 4 1
Georgetown (KY) 0 2 00 3 0
Millsaps 0 3 00 3 0
Mercer 0 4 02 6 0
Wofford 0 4 00 8 1
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1920 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga (now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1920 college football season. In their second season under head coach Silas Williams, the Moccasins completed its 8-game schedule with a record of 3 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2vs. Tusculum * Knoxville, TN W 21–0 [2]
October 9 Oglethorpe *T 14–14 [3]
October 17 Tennessee
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 35–0 [4]
October 24 Mercer
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 20–0 [5]
October 31 Carson–Newman *
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 83–0 [6]
November 6at Sewanee L 0–33 [7]
November 12at Birmingham–Southern *
L 0–27 [8]
November 25at Transylvania L 7–33 [9] [10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1920 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  2. "Chattanooga smashes heavy Tusculum line". The Chattanooga Sunday Times. October 3, 1920. Retrieved August 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Chattanooga ties Oglethorpe". The Chattanooga Times. October 10, 1920. Retrieved February 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tennessee too strong for Chattanooga". The Chattanooga Times. October 17, 1920. Retrieved August 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Josh Cody's men lose 20–0 game to Chattanooga". Nashville Banner. October 24, 1920. Retrieved March 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Chattanooga in field meet". The Chattanooga Times. November 1, 1920. Retrieved June 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Sewanee swamps Chattanooga in a slow game Saturday". The Atlanta Journal. November 7, 1920. Retrieved December 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Panthers romp on Moccasins in Munger Bowl". The Birmingham News. November 13, 1920. Retrieved September 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Transylvania Chattanooga Big Game Here Today". The Lexington Leader . Lexington, Kentucky. November 25, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2025 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  10. "Transy wins from U. of C." The Courier-Journal. November 26, 1920. Retrieved June 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.