1921 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1921 Penn State Nittany Lions football
1921 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Independent
Record	8â0â2
Head coach	Hugo Bezdek (4th season);
Captain	George Snell
Home stadium	New Beaver Field
	Seasons â 1920 1922 â

The 1921 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1921 college football season. Known as the "Mystery Team", they were coached by Hugo Bezdek and played their home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

ConferenceIndependent

Record8â0â2

Headcoach

Hugo Bezdek (4th season)

CaptainGeorge Snell

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1921 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Washington & Jefferson		â		10	â	0	â	1
Lafayette		â		9	â	0	â	0
Cornell		â		8	â	0	â	0
Penn State		â		8	â	0	â	2
Yale		â		8	â	1	â	0
New Hampshire		â		8	â	1	â	1
Franklin & Marshall		â		6	â	1	â	2
Villanova		â		6	â	1	â	2
Carnegie Tech		â		7	â	2	â	0
Syracuse		â		7	â	2	â	0
Harvard		â		7	â	2	â	1
Boston University		â		6	â	2	â	0
Dartmouth		â		6	â	2	â	1
Brown		â		5	â	3	â	1
Bucknell		â		5	â	3	â	1
Geneva		â		5	â	3	â	1
Pittsburgh		â		5	â	3	â	1
Holy Cross		â		5	â	3	â	0
Army		â		6	â	4	â	0
Princeton		â		4	â	3	â	0
Boston College		â		4	â	3	â	1
Fordham		â		4	â	3	â	2
Penn		â		4	â	3	â	2
Colgate		â		4	â	4	â	2
Lehigh		â		4	â	4	â	0
Springfield		â		4	â	5	â	2
Vermont		â		3	â	4	â	0
NYU		â		2	â	3	â	3
Buffalo		â		2	â	3	â	2
Drexel		â		2	â	3	â	1
Rutgers		â		4	â	6	â	0
Rhode Island State		â		3	â	5	â	0
Columbia		â		2	â	6	â	0
Tufts		â		1	â	5	â	2
Duquesne		â		0	â	4	â	1

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The Lions were again undefeated, but tied Harvard and rival Pittsburgh on the road.^[1] The season concluded in December with a long trip to Seattle and a 21â7 win over struggling Washington.^[2]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Lebanon Valley	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 53â0	2,500
October 1	Gettysburg	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 24â0	2,500
October 8	NC State	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 35â0	3,000	^[3]
October 15	Lehigh	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 28â7	4,000
October 22	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	T 21â21	30,000
October 29	vs. Georgia Tech	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 28â7	30,000	^[4]
November 5	Carnegie Tech	New Beaver Field State College, PA	W 28â7	6,000
November 12	vs. Navy	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 13â7	25,000
November 24	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	T 0â0	34,000	^[1]^[5]
December 3	at Washington	University Stadium Seattle, WA	W 21â7	13,827	^[2]
Homecoming

Number	Player	Position	Hometown	Weight
9	Ray Baer	guard	Toledo, Ohio	200
7	Joe Bedenk	guard	Williamsport	185
8	Newsh Bentz	center		190
10	Hills	tackle		180
5	Hufford	end		170
6	McMahan	tackle		215
11	Stan McCollum	end		178

Number	Player	Position	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
2	Glenn Killinger	quarterback	Harrisburg	Tech HS	5' 9"	160	23
25	Knabb	fullback				175
4	Joe Lightner	halfback	Marysville			178
15	Harry Wilson	halfback	Mingo Junction, OH		165

Number	Player	Position	Games started	Hometown	Prep school	Height	Weight	Age
	Smozinski
	Frank
	Crowther
	Rugh
	Reinhard
	Logue
	Hamilton
	Ritner
	Redinger	Halfback
	Palm
	Cornwall

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