1921 Penn Quakers football team

1921 Penn Quakers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3–2
Head coach	John Heisman (2nd season)
Captain	Rex Wray
Home stadium	Franklin Field

1921 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Delaware	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 89–0
October 1	Franklin & Marshall	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 20–0
October 8	Gettysburg	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 7–0
October 15	Swarthmore	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	T 7–7
October 22	VMI	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 21–7	22,000	[2]
October 29	Pittsburgh	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 0–28	30,000	[3]
November 5	Lafayette	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–38	20,000	[4]
November 12	vs. Dartmouth	Polo Grounds New York, NY	T 14–14
November 24	Cornell	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–41	28,000	[5][6]

References

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.