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1921 Penn Quakers football team

The 1921 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their second season under head coach John Heisman, the Quakers compiled a 4–3–2 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 164 to 135.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1921 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
CaptainRex Wray
Home stadiumFranklin 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 24Delaware
W 89–0
October 1Franklin & Marshall
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–0
October 8Gettysburg
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–0
October 15Swarthmore
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 7–7
October 22VMI
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–722,000[2]
October 29Pittsburgh
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–2830,000[3]
November 5Lafayette
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–3820,000[4]
November 12vs. Dartmouth
T 14–14
November 24Cornell
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 0–4128,000[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ "1921 Pennsylvania Quakers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Penn's uncanny aerial attack scores victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1921. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Keck, Harry (October 30, 1921). "Panthers backfield bowls over Quakers in dash for victory". The Gazette Times. p. III-2. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Perry Lewis (November 6, 1921). "Penn Scores On Lafayette But Maroons Walk Away With Game By Score Of 38 To 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Gordon Mackay (November 25, 1921). "Dobie's Eleven Massacres Heisman's Lads: Cornell Butchers Old Penn To Make Ithacan Holiday". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Cornell, With Kaw Leading Attack, Buries Penn 41 to 0: Dobie Machine Scores Greatest Of All Victories Over Quakers In Rain and Mist, On Miry Field". The Ithaca Journal-News. November 25, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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