1921 DePauw Tigers football team

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]

1921 DePauw Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
1921 record4–3
Head coachFred M. Walker (1st season)
Home stadiumMcKeen Field
1921 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Detroit Junior College      6 0 2
Notre Dame      10 1 0
Detroit      8 1 0
South Dakota State      7 1 0
Iowa State Teachers      5 1 1
Wabash      7 2 0
Central Michigan      7 2 1
Butler      6 2 0
Western State (MI)      6 2 0
Marquette      6 2 1
Haskell      5 5 0
North Dakota Agricultural      3 3 1
Saint Louis      4 4 1
Valparaiso      2 2 1
Michigan Agricultural      3 5 0
Earlham      2 4 1
St. Ignatius (OH)      2 6 0
Dayton      1 7 1
Kent State      0 2 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

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. Wabash
L 0–22[9]

References

  1. "DePauw Game by Game Results". web.archive.org. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  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 .
  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 .
  9. W. Blaine Patton (November 20, 1921). "Wabash Defeats DePauw, 22-0". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. pp. 25, 26 via Newspapers.com.
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