1920 Wooster Presbyterians football team

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1920 Wooster Presbyterians football
OAC champion
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record9–0 (7–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainStiffer
Home stadiumSeverance Stadium
Seasons
  1919
1921 
1920 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Wooster $ 7 0 09 0 0
Wittenberg 5 0 08 0 0
Ohio State 2 0 07 1 0
Denison 5 1 16 1 1
Oberlin 5 2 05 2 0
Heidelberg 3 2 07 2 0
Cincinnati 3 2 04 5 0
Miami (OH) 3 2 15 2 1
Mount Union 3 3 06 3 0
Ohio Wesleyan 3 3 04 3 0
Ohio Northern 2 3 03 4 0
Akron 2 4 04 4 0
Case 2 5 12 8 1
Ohio 1 3 04 3 0
Kenyon 1 6 12 5 1
Western Reserve 1 6 02 8 0
Hiram 0 6 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1920 Wooster Presbyterians football team was an American football team that represented the College of Wooster of Wooster, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1920 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Lawrence C. Boles, [1] the Presbyterians compiled a perfect 9–0 record (7–0 in conference games), won the OAC championship, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 176 to 3. [2] Wooster held opponents scoreless for 13 consecutive games from October 25, 1919, to November 25, 1920; Mount Union broke the streak with three points on a field goal on November 25, 1920. It was the second of three perfect seasons for Wooster under Boles, the Presbyterians having also accomplished the feat in 1919 and 1923.

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Wooster's senior quarterback Allen Snyder, who weighed only 132 pounds, scored almost half of Wooster's points and was selected as the most valuable player in the OAC. He scored the winning touchdown against Mount Union with a 75-yard touchdown run. He was selected as the first-team quarterback on the 1919 and 1920 All-OAC teams. He was given a new car for his accomplishment in December 1920. [3]

The team played its home games at Severance Stadium in Wooster, Ohio.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Baldwin-Wallace * Berea, OH W 21–0
October 1at Toledo * Toledo, OH W 36–0
October 9at Hiram Hiram, OH W 20–0 [4]
October 16 Western Reserve
W 19–0
October 23 Oberlin Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Severance Stadium
  • Wooster, OH
W 19–0 [5]
October 30at Case Cleveland, OH W 19–0 [6]
November 6 Kenyon
  • Severance Stadium
  • Wooster, OH
W 21–0 [7] [8]
November 13at Akron Akron, OH W 14–0 [9]
November 20Otterbein*Cancelled
November 25at Mount Union
W 7–35,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Game summaries

Mount Union

On November 25, Wooster concluded its 1920 season with a 7–3 victory over Mount Union before a crowd of 5,000 on Thanksgiving Day at the opponent's field in Alliance, Ohio. Fullback McCaskey kicked a field goal for Mount Union in the first quarter. Wooster trailed until Wooster's captain and quarterback Snyder returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown with less than five minutes remaining in the game. The victory left Wooster in a tie with Wittenberg for the OAC championship. [10]

References

  1. "Wooster Coach Touted Phenom". Lima Republican-Gazette. December 7, 1020. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Wooster Lays Claim To Ohio Conference Football Championship: Eleven Undefeated in Two Years' Play; Loss of Star Players Will be Blwo, But Prospects for 1921 Eleven Are Bright". The Mansfield News. November 28, 1920. p. 2B via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Wooster Quarter Is Given Motor car: Allen Snyder is Voted Best Player Among Ohio College Elevens in 1920". The Mansfield News. December 2, 1920. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Wooster Held Down: Only Three Touchdowns Made Against Hiram Eleven". The Mansfield News. October 10, 1920. p. 2B via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Wooster Expect Crowd: Builds Extra Bleachers for Game". Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 21, 1920. p. 19 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Wooster three times crosses Case's line". The Mansfield News. October 31, 1920. Retrieved August 31, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Wooster Whips Kenyon, 21 to 0: Keeps Up Record of Three Scores a Game". Cleveland Plain Dealer. November 6, 1920. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Wins Sixth Game By Three Touchdowns: Wooster Keeps Up Record in Defeat of Kenyon by 21-0 Score Yesterday". The Mansfield News. November 6, 1920. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Russ Snyder (November 14, 1920). "Wooster Beats Akron: Wooster Is Victor Over Akron U. 14-0". Akron Sunday Times. pp. 1, 2 (sports) via Newspapers.com.
  10. 1 2 "Wooster Defeats Mt. Union". Akron Evening Times. November 26, 1920. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.