1921 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1921 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1921 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 7–2–1 record under third-year head coach Bob Fisher.[1][2] Walter Camp selected one Harvard player, guard John Fiske Brown, as a first-team member of his 1921 College Football All-America Team.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Boston UniversityW 10–015,000[4][5]
September 24 Middlebury
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 16–015,000[4][5]
October 1 Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 3–0[6]
October 8 Indiana
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 19–0[7]
October 15 Georgia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 10–725,000[8]
October 22 Penn State
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
T 21–2130,000[9]
October 29 Centre
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–643,000[10]
November 5at PrincetonL 3–10[11]
November 122:00 p.m. Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 9–725,000[12][13][14]
November 19 Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 10–3

Personnel

Depth chart

Roster

Player Position Games
started
Prep school Height Weight Age
Line
Wesley BrockerGuardMechanic Arts HS6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)205 lb (93 kg)26
Fiske BrownGuardAndover HS6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)207 lb (94 kg)21
Henry W. ClarkCenterPhillips Exeter Academy6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)167 lb (76 kg)22
John CrockerEndGroton School6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)180 lb (82 kg)21
R. P. FieldEndSt. Mark's School5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)175 lb (79 kg)20
Backfield
Charles BuellQuarterbackPomfret School5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)156 lb (71 kg)22
Vinton ChapinHalfbackSt. Mark's School5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)165 lb (75 kg)21
Winthrop ChurchillHalfbackMilton HS5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)160 lb (73 kg)20
Philip CoburnHalfbackNoble and Greenough School5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)185 lb (84 kg)21
Roscoe FittsHalfbackTufts University5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)180 lb (82 kg)20
Erwin GehrkeHalfbackCleveland HS5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)182 lb (83 kg)22

Game summaries

Game 1: Boston University

Boston University at Harvard
1 234Total
Boston University 0 000 0
Harvard 7 030 10

Harvard began the 1921 season with a doubleheader at Harvard Stadium on September 24; both games were played with eight-minute quarters.[4][5] the first game of which was against Boston University. Harvard's team played conservatively and the line played better than was expected. With the ball on the Boston 16-yard line, they completed a forward pass and called a series of rushes which culminated in a touchdown rush by George Owen in the first quarter. Charles Buell converted the extra point to make the score 7–0. The only other scoring play in the contest was a field goal kicked from the Boston 18-yard line by Buell, which followed an 80-yard kick return by Vinton Chapin.[4]

Harvard's season-opening starting lineup was Kunhardt at center; Kane, Hubbard, Brocker, Brown, Lockwood, and Crocker also on the line; Buell at quarterback, Fitts and Owen at halfback, and Chapin at fullback.[4]

Game 2: Middlebury

Middlebury at Harvard
1 234Total
Middlebury 0 000 0
Harvard 0 1006 16

References

  1. "1921 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. "Walter Camp's All-America Selections for 1921" (PDF). The New York Times. December 21, 1921.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Harvard starts football season with double win". Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. September 25, 1921. p. 61. Retrieved January 5, 2024 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. 1 2 3 "15,000 see Harvard defeat Middlebury by the score of 100". Rutland Daily Herald. Rutland, Vermont. September 26, 1921. p. 6. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  6. "Charlie Buell's swell drop kick won for Harvard". Buffalo Courier-Express. Buffalo, New York. October 2, 1921. p. 58. Retrieved January 5, 2024 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. "Harvard defeats Indiana eleven". Brazil Daily Times. Brazil, Indiana. October 10, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2024 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. Cliff Wheatley (October 16, 1921). "Crimson Beats Red and Black By Lonely Goal". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved May 7, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. Webb Jr., Melville E. (October 23, 1921). "Harvard ties Penn State, 2121, by forward pass near finish". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved January 5, 2024 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. "Centre wins battle 6 to 0". Boston Sunday Globe. October 30, 1921. Retrieved December 15, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Princeton victor over Harvard in thrilling struggle". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 6, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved January 5, 2024 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. "Crimson Subs Have Bear Trap Baited". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1921. p. 7. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. "Harvard's Game, 9-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. "Harvard Defeats Brown Team, 9-7 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1921. p. 18. Retrieved March 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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