1921 Arizona Wildcats football team

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The 1921 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their seventh season, under head coach Pop McKale, the Wildcats compiled a 7–2 record, shut out six of nine opponents, lost to the Centre Praying Colonels in the East-West Christmas Classic (the program's first bowl game appearance), and outscored all opponents, 418 to 68. The team captain was Walter William Wofford.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Headcoach
CaptainWalter William Wofford
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1921 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainWalter William Wofford
Seasons
← 1920
1922 â†’
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1921 Western college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
USC â€“ 10–1–0
Arizona â€“ 7–2–0
Santa Clara â€“ 6–0–0
La Verne â€“ 4–2–1
Chico State â€“ 4–3–1
Nevada â€“ 4–3–1
Saint Mary's â€“ 4–3–0
Hawaii â€“ 3–3–2
Pacific (CA) â€“ 3–3–0
University Farm â€“ 3–4–0
New Mexico â€“ 2–2–0
New Mexico A&M â€“ 2–2–0
Gonzaga â€“ 2–4–1
Fresno State â€“ 2–4–0
San Jose State â€“ 1–5–0
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Arizona's Harold "Nosey" McClellan led the nation in scoring with 124 points.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 8Bisbee American LegionTucson, AZW 84–13[3]
October 15Phoenix Indian Training SchoolTucson, AZW 75–0[4]
October 21at Texas A&ML 13–17[5]
October 29Texas MinesTucson, AZW 74–0[6]
November 5at New Mexico A&MMesilla Park, NMW 31–0[7]
November 19at New Mexico
W 24–0[8]
November 24New Mexico MilitaryTucson, AZW 110–0[9]
December 2WhittierTucson, AZW 7–0[10]
December 26vs. CentreL 0–38[11]
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Game summaries

Centre (Christmas Classic)

In the Christmas Classic (which was a bowl game), Arizona failed to score a single point against Centre in a shutout loss. This was the Wildcats’ first ever bowl game in program history.[12] Arizona did not appear in another bowl game until 1949.

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