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1921 DePauw Tigers football team

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1921 DePauw Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
Home stadiumMcKeen Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Midwestern college football independents records
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at Notre DameL 10–578,000[3]
October 8Transylvania
W 28–0[4]
October 15ValparaisoGreencastle, INW 41–0[5]
October 22at Saint LouisW 21–75,000[6]
October 29Georgetown (KY)Greencastle, INW 67–0[7]
November 5at IllinoisUrbana, ILL 0–215,814[8]
November 19vs. WabashL 0–22[9]

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References

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  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 Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  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.