1920 Santa Clara Missionites football team

1920 Santa Clara Missionites football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMission Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nevada     7 3 1
USC     6 0 0
Arizona     6 1 0
Hawaii     6 2 0
New Mexico A&M     5 1 1
Santa Clara     5 1 0
Idaho     4 2 0
Gonzaga     4 3 0
Montana     4 3 0
Chico State     3 3 0
New Mexico     3 3 0
University Farm     3 4 0
Pacific (CA)     1 2 1
Saint Mary's     0 3 0

The 1920 Santa Clara Missionites football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Robert E. Harmon, the team compiled a 5–1 record, shut out three of six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 141 to 55.[1]

Coach Harmon also coached other sports at Santa Clara. In June 1920, he left his coaching position at Santa Clara to join a law firm in Illinois.[2]

  1. ^ "History of Santa Clara University Football" (PDF). Santa Clara Athletic Media Relations Office. pp. 2–3. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Santa Clara Is Having Trouble Keeping Athletes". San Francisco Chronicle. April 4, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.