1921 Colgate football team

The 1921 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Ellery Huntington Jr., the team compiled a 4–4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 118 to 105. Robert Webster was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

1921 Colgate football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–2
Head coach
CaptainRobert Webster
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson     10 0 1
Lafayette     9 0 0
Cornell     8 0 0
Penn State     8 0 2
Yale     8 1 0
New Hampshire     8 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     6 1 2
Villanova     6 1 2
Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 0
Harvard     7 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 1
Brown     5 3 1
Bucknell     5 3 1
Geneva     5 3 1
Pittsburgh     5 3 1
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Army     6 4 0
Princeton     4 3 0
Boston College     4 3 1
Fordham     4 3 2
Penn     4 3 2
Colgate     4 4 2
Lehigh     4 4 0
Springfield     4 5 2
Vermont     3 4 0
NYU     2 3 3
Buffalo     2 3 2
Drexel     2 3 1
Rutgers     4 6 0
Rhode Island State     3 5 0
Columbia     2 6 0
Tufts     1 5 2
Duquesne     0 4 1

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24St. Bonaventure
T 7–7
October 1Allegheny
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 14–0
October 8at PrincetonL 0–19
October 15Susquehanna
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 21–6
October 22at CornellL 7–3112,000[3]
October 29vs. NYU
T 7–710,000[4]
November 5Rochester
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 41–0
November 12at SyracuseL 0–1412,000
November 19at Brown
L 0–14[5]
November 24at Columbia
W 21–14

References edit

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1921 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Savage Cornell Attack Smashes Way to 31-7 Victory Over Colgate". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 24, 1921. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Colgate in tie battle". Democrat and Chronicle. October 30, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Browns Winds Up By Defeating Colgate". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 20, 1921. p. 23. Retrieved March 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .