1921 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainEddie Anderson
Home stadiumCartier Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit Junior College   –   6 – 0 – 2
Notre Dame   –   10 – 1 – 0
Creighton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Detroit   –   8 – 1 – 0
South Dakota State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Kirksville Osteopaths   –   6 – 1 – 0
Iowa State Teachers   –   5 – 1 – 1
Wabash   –   7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan   –   7 – 2 – 1
Butler   –   6 – 2 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   6 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   6 – 2 – 1
DePauw   –   4 – 3 – 0
Haskell   –   5 – 4 – 0
North Dakota Agricultural   –   3 – 3 – 1
Saint Louis   –   4 – 4 – 1
Valparaiso   –   2 – 2 – 1
Michigan Agricultural   –   3 – 5 – 0
Northern Illinois State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Earlham   –   2 – 4 – 1
St. Ignatius (OH)   –   2 – 6 – 0
Dayton   –   1 – 7 – 1
Kent State   –   0 – 2 – 1

The 1921 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1921 college football season,[1] led by fourth-year head coach Knute Rockne.

Back John Mohardt led the team to a 10–1 record with 781 rushing yards, 995 passing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, and nine passing touchdowns.[2] Grantland Rice wrote that "Mohardt could throw the ball to within a foot or two of any given space" and noted that the 1921 Notre Dame team "was the first team we know of to build its attack around a forward passing game, rather than use a forward passing game as a mere aid to the running game."[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Kalamazoo
W 56–08,000
October 1DePauw
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 57–108,000
October 8at Iowa
L 7–107,500
October 15at Purdue
W 33–07,500
October 22Nebraska
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame , IN (rivalry)
W 7–014,000
October 29vs. Indiana
W 28–710,000[1]
November 5at Army
W 28–07,000
November 8vs. Rutgers
W 48–012,000
November 12Haskell
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 42–75,000
November 19at MarquetteMilwaukee, WIW 21–711,000–12,000[4]
November 24Michigan Agricultural
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 48–015,000

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References

  1. ^ a b University of Notre Dame Football Review of 1921 (PDF). South Bend, IN: Notre Dame University. 1921. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Keith Marder; Mark Spellen; Jim Donovan (2001). The Notre Dame Football Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Guide to America's Favorite College Team. Citadel Press. p. 148. ISBN 0806521082.
  3. ^ Grantland Rice (December 3, 1921). "Where The West Got The Jump: In Addition To Developing Strong Defense and Good Running Game, Has Built Up Forward Pass" (PDF). American Golfer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Gold and Blue Defeats Marquette in Stubborn Battle". The South Bend News-Times. November 20, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1921 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".


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