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1921 Boston University football team

1921 Boston University football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumBraves Field
Seasons
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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

The 1921 Boston University football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its first season under head coach Charles Whelan, the team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 115 to 44.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at HarvardL 0–1018,000[2]
October 1at Boston College
L 0–135,000[3]
October 8Worcester Tech
W 52–0[4]
October 15at Wesleyan
W 7–0[5]
October 22at Trinity (CT)W 14–0[6]
October 29Rhode Island State
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 14–0[7]
November 5at Tufts
W 8–7[8]
November 12Norwich
  • Braves Field
  • Boston, MA
W 20–14[9]

References

  1. ^ "Boston Yearly Results 1920-1924". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  2. ^ Melville E. Webb Jr. (September 25, 1921). "Harvard Eleven Triumphs Twice: B.U. and Middlebury Beaten In Season's Opener". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Long Runs Win For B.C., 13 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 2, 1921. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cochrane Shines in B.U. Victory". The Boston Globe. October 9, 1921. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wesleyan Loses To Boston University". The Hartford Courant. October 16, 1921 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Shift Play Results In 14-0 Victory For Hub City Eleven". The Hartford Courant. October 23, 1921 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Boston University Again Victor, 14-0". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1921. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Wind-Blown Punt Spells Defeat For Tufts". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1921. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "B.U. Winds Up With Victory: Defeats Norwich, 20-14, by Belated Rally". The Boston Globe. November 13, 1921. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
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