1920 Southwest Conference football season

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1920 Southwest Conference football season
Sport Football
DurationSeptember 25 – November 27, 1920 (1920-09-25 – 1920-11-27)
Number of teams8
Champion Texas
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1920 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas $ 5 –0 –09 –0 –0
Texas A&M 5 –1 –06 –1 –1
Arkansas 2 –0 –13 –2 –2
Rice 2 –2 –14 –2 –2
Baylor 1 –2 –14 –4 –1
SMU 0 –4 –13 –5 –2
Phillips 0 –3 –04 –4 –2
Oklahoma A&M 0 –3 –00 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1920 Southwest Conference football season was the sixth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and was a part of the 1920 college football season. The Texas Longhorns won their first officially recognized conference championship (they won in 1916 and 1918 but were never crowned champions officially) and went undefeated in season play. This was also the first SWC without Oklahoma as they joined the MVIAA at the end of 1919 and the first season with Phillips.

Contents

Results and team statistics

Conf. rankTeamHead coachOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1Texas Berry Whitaker 9–0–0 (1.000)5–0–0 (1.000)31.31.4
2Texas A&M Dana X. Bible 6–1–1 (.813)5–1–0 (.833)28.60.9
3Arkansas George McLaren 3–2–2 (.571)2–0–1 (.833)6.03.1
4Rice Philip Arbuckle 4–2–2 (.625)2–2–1 (.500)13.13.5
5Baylor Frank Bridges 4–4–1 (.500)1–2–1 (.375)7.29.9
6SMU J. Burton Rix 3–5–2 (.400)0–4–1 (.100)12.59.0
7Phillips John Maulbetsch 4–4–2 (.500)0–3–0 (.000)8.912.4
8Oklahoma A&M Jim Pixlee 0–7–1 (.063)0–3–0 (.000)4.425.0

Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game [1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [1]

Schedules

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SWC member won
Non-conference matchup; SWC member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
SWC teams in bold

Week One

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
September 25 Simmons (TX) Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 63–0   [2]
September 25 Austin Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 9–0  
September 25 Daniel Baker SMUArmstrong Field • Dallas, TX W 70–0  
September 25 Southwestern Normal (OK) PhillipsAssociation Park • Enid, OK W 35–0   [3]
WeekNo Game
1Texas A&MArkansasRiceOklahoma A&M

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 1Daniel BakerTexas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 110–0  
October 1Phillips Northwestern Normal (OK) Enid, OKW 27–7   [4]
October 2 Southwestern (TX) TexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 27–8   [5]
October 2Simmons (TX)SMUArmstrong Field • Dallas, TXT 0–0  
WeekNo Game
2ArkansasRiceBaylorOklahoma A&M

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 8 Haskell PhillipsEnid, OKW 7–6   [6]
October 9 Howard Payne TexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 41–7   [7]
October 9Texas A&MSMUArmstrong Field • Dallas, TX TAMU 3–0  
October 9 Hendrix ArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, AR T 0-0  
October 9BaylorRice Rice Field • Houston, TX  RICE 28-0  
October 9Oklahoma A&M Kendall McNulty Park • Tulsa, OK (rivalry)L 14-20  5,000 [8]

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 15 LSU Texas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry)T 0–0   [9]
October 15Howard PayneSMUArmstrong Field • Dallas, TXW 14–0  
October 16Oklahoma A&MTexas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX UT 21-0  8,000 [10]
October 16 TCU ArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, ARL 2–19   [11]
October 16Rice Tulane Heinemann Park • New Orleans, LA T 0–0   [12]
October 16 Trinity (TX) BaylorCarroll Field • Waco, TXW 20–6  
October 16Simmons (TX)PhillipsAlton Field • Enid, OKW 13–7   [13]

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 22 Austin TexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 54–0   [14]
October 22PhillipsTexas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TX TAMU 47-0   [15]
October 22BaylorOklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK  BAY 7–0   [16]
October 23ArkansasSMUState Fair gridiron • Dallas, TX ARK 6-0   [17] [18]
October 23Southwestern (TX)RiceRice Field • Houston, TXW 19–0  

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 30TexasRiceRice Field • Houston, TX (rivalry) UT 21–0   [19]
October 30Texas A&MOklahoma A&MLewis Field • Stillwater, OK TAMU 35–0  
October 30 Missouri Mines ArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, ARW 14–0  
October 30Southwestern (TX)BaylorCarroll Field • Waco, TXL 0-7  
October 30Trinity (TX)SMUArmstrong Field • Dallas, TXW 38–7  
October 30PhillipsTCU Panther Park • Fort Worth, TX L 0–3   [20] [21]

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 5PhillipsTexasClark Field • Austin, TX UT 27-0   [22]
November 6Texas A&MBaylorCarroll Field • Waco, TX (rivalry) TAMU 24–0  
November 6ArkansasLSUFair Grounds • Shreveport, LA (rivalry)L 0-3   [23]
November 6RiceSMUArmstrong Field • University Park, TX (rivalry) RICE 10–0  
WeekNo Game
7Oklahoma A&M

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 13SMUTexasClark Field • Austin, TX UT 63–0   [2]
November 13ArkansasPhillipsEnid, OK ARK 20–0   [24]
November 13TCUBaylor Cotton Palace • Waco, TX (rivalry)L 9–21   [25]
November 13 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&MLewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)L 0–36  
WeekNo Game
8Texas A&MRice

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 16RiceTexas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TX TAMU 6–0  
November 19 Southwest Texas State RiceRice Field • Houston, TXW 48–0   [26]
November 19KendallPhillipsAlton Field • Enid, OKT 0–0   [27]
November 20Howard PayneBaylorCarroll Field • Waco, TXW 20-3  
November 20AustinSMUArmstrong Field • Dallas, TXL 0–43  
November 20Oklahoma A&MHaskellAssosciation Park • Kansas City, MO L 7-33  5,000 [28] [29]
WeekNo Game
9TexasArkansas

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 25Texas A&MTexasClark Field • Austin, TX (rivalry) UT 7–3  20,000 [30] [31]
November 25ArkansasRiceRice Field • Houston, TX T 0–0  5,000 [32]
November 25 Central State (OK) PhillipsEnid, OKT 7–7   [33]
November 25 Colorado Oklahoma A&MWestern League Park • Oklahoma City, OK L 7-40   [34]
November 27BaylorSMUArmstrong Field • University Park, TX T 0-0  

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