1921 Columbus Panhandles season
Sports season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1921 Columbus Panhandles season was their second in the newly formed American Professional Football Association (soon to become the National Football League). The team played all but one of their nine league games on the road, finishing the year with a record of 1 win and 8 losses,[1] seventeenth in the league.
| 1921 Columbus Panhandles season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Ted Nesser |
| Home stadium | Neil Field |
| Results | |
| Record | 1–8 APFA (3–8 overall) |
| League place | 17th APFA |
During the 1921 season, Columbus was outscored by its opponents by a margin of better than 4 to 1.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | Recap | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 25 | at Akron Pros | L 14–0 | 0–1 | League Park | 2,000 | Recap | ||
| 2 | October 2 | at Dayton Triangles | L 42–13 | 0–2 | Triangle Park | "thousands" | Recap | [2][3] | |
| 3 | October 9 | at Buffalo All-Americans | L 38–0 | 0–3 | Canisius Villa | "a good-sized crowd" | Recap | [4][5][6][7][8][9] | |
| 4 | October 16 | at Cleveland Tigers | L 35–9 | 0–4 | Dunn Field | "several thousand" | Recap | [10][11] | |
| 5 | October 23 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 17–6 | 0–5 | Normal Park | 6,000 | Recap | ||
| 6 | October 30 | at Minneapolis Marines | L 28–0 | 0–6 | Nicollet Park | "A large crowd" | Recap | [12] | |
| 7 | November 6 | Akron Pros | L 21–0 | 0–7 | Neil Field | Recap | |||
| — | November 13 | Fort Wayne Pros | W 17–7 | — | Neil Field | — | |||
| 8 | November 20 | at Rochester Jeffersons | L 27–13 | 0–8 | Baseball Park | 2,500 | Recap | ||
| 9 | December 4 | at Louisville Brecks | W 6–0 | 1–8 | Eclipse Park | Recap | [13] | ||
| — | December 11 | Columbus Wagner Pirates | W 20–0 | — | Neil Field | — | |||
| Note: Games in italics indicate a non-league opponent. | |||||||||
Standings
| APFA standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Chicago Staleys | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 128 | 53 | T1 | ||
| Buffalo All-Americans | 9 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 211 | 29 | L1 | ||
| Akron Pros | 8 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 148 | 31 | W1 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 5 | 2 | 3 | .714 | 106 | 55 | W1 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 65 | 30 | L1 | ||
| Evansville Crimson Giants | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 89 | 46 | W1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | 70 | 55 | L1 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | 96 | 67 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 54 | 53 | T1 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 85 | 76 | W2 | ||
| Cleveland Tigers | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 95 | 58 | L1 | ||
| Washington Senators | 1 | 2 | 0 | .334 | 21 | 43 | L1 | ||
| Cincinnati Celts | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 14 | 117 | L2 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 3 | 1 | .250 | 17 | 45 | L2 | ||
| Minneapolis Marines | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 37 | 41 | L1 | ||
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | 19 | 109 | L5 | ||
| Columbus Panhandles | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 47 | 222 | W1 | ||
| Tonawanda Kardex | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 45 | L1 | ||
| Muncie Flyers | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 28 | L2 | ||
| Louisville Brecks | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 27 | L2 | ||
| New York Brickley Giants | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 72 | L2 | ||
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
