1921 Bowling Green Normals football
NOL champion
ConferenceNorthwest Ohio League
Record3–1–1 (3–0 NOL)
Head coach
CaptainFranklin "Gus" Skibbie
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Northwest Ohio League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bowling Green $ 3 – 0 – 0 3 – 1 – 1
Toledo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Findlay 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1921 Bowling Green Normals football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State Normal School (later Bowling Green State University) as a member of the Northwest Ohio League (NOL) during the 1921 college football season. In its third season of intercollegiate football, Bowling Green compiled a 3–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 178 to 34. Earl Krieger was the head coach, and Franklin "Gus" Skibbie was the team captain.[1]

The team scored 151 points against Findlay, the highest total of the 1921 season by any football team in the country.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Kent State*Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)T 0–0[3]
October 9at DefianceDefiance, OHW 7–0[4]
October 15FindlayBowling Green, OHW 151–0
October 21at Ashland*Ashland, OHL 0–27[5]
October 29at ToledoToledo, OH (rivalry)W 20–7[6]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 62. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Buckeye Battles: Games That Made Ohio Football History". Wilmington News-Journal. November 3, 1928 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "State Normal Teams Play Scoreless Tie". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 3, 1921. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Kreiger's Men Win, Tigers Trim Maroons". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 10, 1921. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "College Loses To Ashland 27-0". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 22, 1921. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Normal College Won Championship From Toledo "U" 20 To 7". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 31, 1921. p. 1.
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