They got off to a good start on September 27 with a win against Sedro-Woolley High School. A “fair-sized” crowd watched.

“The high school team shows increased power and had little difficulty running up a big count against Sedro-Woolley,” a reporter for the Everett Daily Herald wrote. There were changes in the lineup every quarter of the game, but “the Everett High School 1920 football eleven” did well offensively and defensively (Everett Daily Herald). (Newspapers of the day referred to the front line of a team as "the eleven.") The reporter noted that George Wilson had taken the place of a player named Hickey who had graduated.

In 1920, Everett High did well against all comers. As early as October 12, arrangements were made for East High School, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to play a game in Everett on Thanksgiving Day. Everett guaranteed the Salt Lake City team $2,500 to help with expenses. Coach Bagshaw “decided that the extra amount would be needed by the visiting team to enable them to come here several days before the game to become acclimated and rested up for the big game” (Bellingham Herald).

The Everett team beat the freshman team at the University of Washington, on October 23, and beat St. Martin’s college on Everett's Athletic field, 19-0, on October 30. An Everett newspaper commented that “Saturday’s victory once more establish[ed] Everett High as the strongest prep school eleven in the Northwest. The visitors were stunned by the strength of Everett’s opening attack in the first quarter ... before they had a chance to realize what had happened” (Everett Daily Herald).

Throughout the fall, the team racked up victories, except for Snohomish High School, which managed to beat them 27-13. The team also racked up controversy. After they smashed The Dalles, Oregon, team 90-7 for the interstate championship, Chehalis canceled their game when “hostile propaganda” suggested that Everett was using ineligible players and “otherwise violating the spirit of sportsmanship” (Everett Daily Herald).

After that, the team faced difficulty in securing games. There was concern that the planned Thanksgiving Day game to be held in Everett with East High of Salt Lake City, Utah, might be canceled. Eventually, the rumors were discredited and the game was on. Before a record crowd, Bagshaw’s team crushed the Utah team 67-0, which left them with one more challenge.

Sometime around the beginning of November, several schools on the East Coast began angling for a game with Everett High School. In the end, East Technical High School, of Cleveland, Ohio, was the challenger. The schools set the game for New Year’s Day, in Everett.

On December 24, “Coach Sam Williaman of the East Technical High School football squad, twenty strong left here today for Everett, Wash. where they will contest New Year’s Day with the holders of the Pacific coast title for the national high school football honors. A workout is planned at either Pasadena or Los Angeles” (Bellingham Herald).

In the end, Everett was victorious, beating the Ohio team 16-7. Bagshaw would be selected the new coach at the University of Washington. Many of his players would join him in the fall.