1921 DePauw Tigers football team

1921 DePauw Tigers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3
Head coach	Fred M. Walker (1st season)
Home stadium	McKeen Field

1921 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	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
Michigan Mines			–					1	–	1	–	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 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]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	at Notre Dame	Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN	L 10–57	8,000	[3]
October 8	Transylvania	McKeen Field Greencastle, IN	W 28–0		[4]
October 15	Valparaiso	Greencastle, IN	W 41–0		[5]
October 22	at Saint Louis	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 21–7	5,000	[6]
October 29	Georgetown (KY)	Greencastle, IN	W 67–0		[7]
November 5	at Illinois	Urbana, IL	L 0–21	5,814	[8]
November 19	vs. Wabash	Washington Park Indianapolis, IN	L 0–22		[9]

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References

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.
10. "1921 Football Schedule". DePauw University. Retrieved July 21, 2024.