1921 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–2
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Snell
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
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 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1921 college football season.[1] Known as the "Mystery Team", they were coached by Hugo Bezdek and played their home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

The Lions were again undefeated, but tied Harvard and rival Pittsburgh on the road.[2] The season concluded in December with a long trip to Seattle and a 21–7 win over struggling Washington.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Lebanon ValleyW 53–02,500
October 1Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 24–02,500
October 8NC State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 35–03,000
October 15Lehighdagger
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 28–74,000
October 22at HarvardT 21–2130,000
October 29vs. Georgia TechW 28–730,000[4]
November 5Carnegie Tech
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 28–76,000
November 12vs. NavyW 13–725,000
November 24at PittsburghT 0–034,000[2][5]
December 3at WashingtonW 21–713,827[3]
  • daggerHomecoming

Players

Line

Number Player Position Games
started
Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
9Ray BaerguardToledo, Ohio200
7Joe BedenkguardWilliamsport185
8Newsh Bentzcenter190
10Hillstackle180
5Huffordend170
6McMahantackle215
11Stan McCollumend178

Backfield

Number Player Position Games
started
Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
2Glenn KillingerquarterbackHarrisburgTech HS5' 9"16023
25Knabbfullback175
4Joe LightnerhalfbackMarysville178
15Harry WilsonhalfbackMingo Junction, OH165

Source:[6]

Substitutes

Number Player Position Games
started
Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
Smozinski
Frank
Crowther
Rugh
Reinhard
Logue
Hamilton
Ritner
RedingerHalfback
Palm
Cornwall

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Pitt men rejoice over "moral victory" by Panthers". Pittsburgh Press. November 25, 1921. p. 32.
  3. 1 2 "Penn States attack dazzles U. of W., and Bezdek's Lions triumph, 21-7". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 4, 1921. p. 1, part 2.
  4. "Penn State Tears Georgia Techites' Line Into Shreds". Pittsburgh Daily Post. October 30, 1921. p. 20. Retrieved May 6, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. Keck, Harry (November 13, 1920). "Forward Pass Scores Only Touchdown of Hard-Fought Contest". The Gazette Times. p. 24 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Penn State in the Polo Grounds – Part 2 « JoePa's Doghouse


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