1921 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1921 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jackson Cannell, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 166 to 103. James Robertson was the team captain.[1][2]

1921 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
CaptainJames Robertson
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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24NorwichHanover, NHW 34–3[3]
October 1MiddleburyHanover, NHW 28–3
October 8New HampshireHanover, NH (rivalry)W 24–0
October 15TennesseeHanover, NHW 14–3[4]
October 22ColumbiaHanover, NHW 31–76,000[5]
October 29at CornellL 7–5913,000–14,000[6][7]
November 12vs. PennT 14–14
November 19vs. Syracuse
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
L 7–1415,000
November 26at GeorgiaW 7–0[8]

References

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  1. ^ "1921 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dartmouth Football 1880-1939". Dartmouth College. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dartmouth Routs Norwich By 34 to 3". The Boston Globe. September 25, 1921. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Big Green team pulls through". The Boston Globe. October 16, 1921. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Dartmouth Downs Columbia, 31 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 23, 1921. p. S1.
  6. ^ "Cornell in Smashing Attack Defeats Green By Score of 59-7". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 31, 1921. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Record Crowd Attends Dartmouth Game; Need For More Seats Shown". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 31, 1921. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Georgia-Dartmouth Detail". The Atlanta Constitution. November 27, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved May 7, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.