1920 LSU Tigers football team

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1920 LSU Tigers football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3–1 (1–3 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainRoy L. Benoit
Home stadium State Field
Seasons
  1919
1921  
1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
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 LSU Tigers football team represented the University of Louisiana (now known as Louisiana State University or LSU) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1920 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Branch Bocock, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–3–1, with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, and finished tied for 18th in the SIAA. LSU played home games at State Field in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2 Jefferson (LA) *W 81–0 [1]
October 2 Louisiana Normal College *
  • State Field
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 34–0 [1]
October 9 Spring Hill *
  • State Field
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 40–0 [2]
October 15at Texas A&M *T 0–0 [3]
October 23 Mississippi A&M
  • State Field
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 7–12 [4]
October 30 Mississippi College
  • State Field
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 41–9 [5]
November 6vs. Arkansas *
W 3–0 [6]
November 13 Alabama L 0–21 [7]
November 25 Tulane
  • State Field
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 0–21 [8]
  • *Non-conference game

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