1921 Lafayette football team

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The 1921 Lafayette football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jock Sutherland, Lafayette compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out five of its nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 274 to 26. Significant games included victories over Pittsburgh (6–0), Penn (38–6), and Lehigh (28–6).[1][2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Headcoach
OffensiveschemeSingle-wing
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1921 Lafayette football
Co-national champion (Boand, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainJoseph Lehecka
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 â†’
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1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 10–0–1
Lafayette â€“ 9–0–0
Cornell â€“ 8–0–0
Penn State â€“ 8–0–2
Yale â€“ 8–1–0
New Hampshire â€“ 8–1–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 6–1–2
Villanova â€“ 6–1–2
Carnegie Tech â€“ 7–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 7–2–0
Harvard â€“ 7–2–1
Boston University â€“ 6–2–0
Dartmouth â€“ 6–2–1
Brown â€“ 5–3–1
Bucknell â€“ 5–3–1
Geneva â€“ 5–3–1
Pittsburgh â€“ 5–3–1
Holy Cross â€“ 5–3–0
Army â€“ 6–4–0
Princeton â€“ 4–3–0
Boston College â€“ 4–3–1
Fordham â€“ 4–3–2
Penn â€“ 4–3–2
Colgate â€“ 4–4–2
Lehigh â€“ 4–4–0
Springfield â€“ 4–5–2
Vermont â€“ 3–4–0
NYU â€“ 2–3–3
Buffalo â€“ 2–3–2
Drexel â€“ 2–3–1
Rutgers â€“ 4–6–0
Rhode Island State â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–6–0
Tufts â€“ 1–5–2
Duquesne â€“ 0–4–1
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1921 for determining a national champion. However, Lafayette was retroactively named as the co-national champion for 1921 by the Boand System and Parke H. Davis. Other selectors chose California, Cornell, and Iowa as the 1921 national champion.[3]

Lafayette guard Frank Schwab was a consensus first-team selection on the 1921 All-America college football team.[4] The team also included fullback George Seasholtz, who went on to play in the National Football League.[5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Muhlenberg
W 48–0[6]
October 1Pittsburgh
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 6–015,000[7]
October 8Dickinson
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 27–0[8]
October 15at Bucknell
W 20–7[9]
October 22at FordhamW 28–710,000[10]
October 29Rutgers
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 35–0[11]
November 5at PennW 38–620,000[12]
November 12Delaware
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 44–0[13]
November 19at LehighW 28–617,000[14]
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