1921 Lafayette football
Co-national champion (Boand, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainJoseph Lehecka
Home stadiumMarch Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 0 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 2
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
New Hampshire   –   8 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 3 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   6 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 1
Fordham   –   4 – 3 – 2
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Colgate   –   4 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   4 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   4 – 5 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 3 – 3
Buffalo   –   2 – 3 – 2
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   4 – 6 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 5 – 2
Duquesne   –   0 – 4 – 1

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]

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

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 Fordham
W 28–710,000[10]
October 29Rutgers
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 35–0[11]
November 5at Penn
W 38–620,000[12]
November 12Delaware
  • March Field
  • Easton, PA
W 44–0[13]
November 19at Lehigh
W 28–617,000[14]

References

  1. ^ "1921 Lafayette Leopards Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Lafayette Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  3. ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "George Seasholtz". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
  6. ^ "Muhlenberg Succumbs to Lafayette After Valiant Battle on March Field". The Allentown Morning Call. September 25, 1921. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bots Brunner Touchdown Gives Lafayette Great Victory Over Mighty Pittsburgh Team". The Allentown Morning Call. October 2, 1921. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Dickinson Bows to Lafayette Team After Hard Fight: Heavy Maroon Backs Crush Defense of Visitors For Repeated Gains". The Allentown Morning Call. October 9, 1921. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Powerful Lafayette Grid Squad Triumphs Over Bucknell, 20-7". The Allentown Morning Call. October 16, 1921. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Crowd of 10,000 Sees Fordham Lose at Polo Grounds: Fordham Bows To Lafayette Attack". New York Herald. October 23, 1921. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Sutherland's Lafayette Squad Finds Rutgers Easy Victim in Its Sixth Victory". The Allentown Morning Call. October 31, 1921. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Perry Lewis (November 6, 1921). "Penn Scores On Lafayette But Maroons Walk Away With Game By Score Of 38 To 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Lafayette Sweeps Delaware State Off of Its Feet: Regulars Taken From Game After First Few Minutes of Game". The Allentown Morning Call. November 13, 1921. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Lafayette Conquers Lehigh: Maroons Heavy Backfield Beats Brow and White in Hard Struggle; Score 28-6". The Allentown Morning Call. November 21, 1921. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.


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