1921 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1921 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its second season under head coach Gil Dobie, Cornell compiled an 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents (including a 110–0 win over Western Reserve), and outscored all opponents by a total of 392 to 21.[1][2] The 1921 season was part of 26-game winning streak that continued until October 1924 and included national championship claims for 1921, 1922, and 1923.

1921 Cornell Big Red football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1921 record8–0
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainWilson S. Dodge
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Uniform
1921 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

There was no contemporaneous system in 1921 for determining a national champion. However, Cornell was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[3]

Fullback Eddie Kaw was a consensus first-team selection on the 1921 All-American football team.[4] Tackle Wilson S. Dodge was the team captain.[5] Multiple Cornell players received All-Eastern honors: Kaw; quarterback George Pfann; halfbacks Floyd Ramsey and G.P. Lechler; ends Charles E. Cassidy and David Munns; guard Leonard C. Hanson; and tackle Wilson S. Dodge.[6]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1St. Bonaventure
W 41–0[7]
October 8Rochester
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 55–0[8]
October 15Western Reserve
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 110–0[9]
October 22Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 31–712,000[10]
October 29Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 59–713,000–14,000[11][12]
November 5at Columbia
W 41–720,000[13][14]
November 12Springfield
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 14–0[15][16]
November 24at Penn
W 41–028,000[17][18]

References
  1. "1921 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  2. "Sports Writers Give Cornell High Rank In Football World". The Ithaca Journal-News. November 26, 1921. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. p. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  4. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. "Dodge Chosen Leader of 1921 Cornell Eleven". The Ithaca Journal-News. December 13, 1920. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Cornell Grid Players Win Places on Three All-Eastern Elevens". The Ithaca Journal-News. December 5, 1921. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Cornell Team Defeats St. Bonaventure, 41-0; Shows Latent Ability". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 3, 1921. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Cornell Eleven Shows Improved Play Against Rochester; Win 55-0". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 10, 1921. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Cornell Piles Up 110 Points On Reserve; Game Is Poor Test". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 17, 1921. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Savage Cornell Attack Smashes Way to 31-7 Victory Over Colgate". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 24, 1921. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Cornell in Smashing Attack Defeats Green By Score of 59-7". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 31, 1921. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Record Crowd Attends Dartmouth Game; Need For More Seats Shown". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 31, 1921. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Columbia Yields to Cornell Power". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 6, 1921. p. S1.
  14. "Dobie Machine Wins From Columbia 41-7; Kaw Star of Game". The Ithaca Journal-News. November 7, 1921. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Springfield No Match For Big Cornell Outfit". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. November 13, 1921. p. 46. Retrieved March 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
  16. "Cornell, in Sea of Mud, defeats Springfield By Margin of 14-0". The Ithaca Journal-News. November 14, 1921. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. 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.
  18. "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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.