1921 DePauw Tigers football team

The 1921 DePauw Tigers football team was an American football team that represented DePauw University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. Under first-year head coach Fred "Mysterious" Walker, the team compiled a 4–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 167 to 107. Its losses included games against Knute Rockne's Notre Dame and Robert Zuppke's Illinois teams.[1]

1921 DePauw Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
Home stadiumMcKeen Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit Junior College     6 0 2
Notre Dame     10 1 0
Creighton     8 1 0
Detroit     8 1 0
South Dakota State     7 1 0
Kirksville Osteopaths     6 1 0
Iowa State Teachers     5 1 1
Wabash     7 2 0
Central Michigan     7 2 1
Butler     6 2 0
Western State Normal (MI)     6 2 0
Marquette     6 2 1
DePauw     4 3 0
Haskell     5 4 0
North Dakota Agricultural     3 3 1
Saint Louis     4 4 1
Valparaiso     2 2 1
Michigan Agricultural     3 5 0
Northern Illinois State     3 5 0
Earlham     2 4 1
St. Ignatius (OH)     2 6 0
Dayton     1 7 1
Kent State     0 2 1

The team played its home games at McKeen Field in Greencastle, Indiana. Enrollment at DePauw in 1921 was approximately 1,200 students.[2]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at Notre DameL 10–578,000[3]
October 8Transylvania
W 28–0[4]
October 15ValparaisoGreencastle, INW 41–0[5]
October 22at Saint LouisW 21–75,000[6]
October 29Georgetown (KY)Greencastle, INW 67–0[7]
November 5at IllinoisUrbana, ILL 0–215,814[8]
November 19vs. WabashL 0–22[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "DePauw Game by Game Results". September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Enrollment at DePauw Univers. Is Nearly 1,200". The Brazil Daily Times. September 17, 1921. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Notre Dame Smothers DePauw by 56 to 10". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. October 2, 1921. p. 25. Retrieved July 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "DePauw Wallops Transylvania By Score of 28 to 0". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. October 9, 1921. p. III-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "DePauw Drubs Valp, 41 to 0". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. October 16, 1921. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ray Drace Hurt in Billikens' Battle With DePauw Men". The St. Louis Star. October 22, 1921. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tigers Trample on Georgetown". The Indianapolis Star. October 30, 1921. pp. 25, 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Zuppke's Subs Blank Depauw in Slow Game". Herald & Review. Decatur, Illinois. November 6, 1921. p. 4. Retrieved July 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ W. Blaine Patton (November 20, 1921). "Wabash Defeats DePauw, 22-0". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. pp. 25, 26 – via Newspapers.com.