1921 Colgate football team

American college football season

1921 Colgate football

Conference| Independent
Record| 4–4–2
Head coach|

* Ellery Huntington Jr. (3rd season)

Captain| Robert Webster
Home stadium| Whitnall Field

Seasons

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1922 ->

1921 Eastern college football independents records

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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 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Ellery Huntington Jr., the team compiled a 4–4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 118 to 105. Robert Webster was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 24| St. Bonaventure|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| T 7–7| |
October 1| Allegheny|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| W 14–0| |
October 8| at Princeton|

* Palmer Stadium
* Princeton, NJ

| L 0–19| |
October 15| Susquehanna|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| W 21–6| |
October 22| at Cornell|

* Schoellkopf Field
* Ithaca, NY (rivalry)

| L 7–31| 12,000| [3]
October 29| vs. NYU|

* Johnson Field
* Johnson City, NY

| T 7–7| 10,000| [4]
November 5| Rochester|

* Whitnall Field
* Hamilton, NY

| W 41–0| |
November 12| at Syracuse|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY (rivalry)

| L 0–14| 12,000|
November 19| at Brown|

* Andrews Field
* Providence, RI

| L 0–14| | [5]
November 24| at Columbia|

* South Field
* New York, NY

| W 21–14| |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. ^ "1921 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. ^ "Savage Cornell Attack Smashes Way to 31-7 Victory Over Colgate". The Ithaca Journal-News. October 24, 1921. p. 6 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Colgate in tie battle". Democrat and Chronicle. October 30, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Browns Winds Up By Defeating Colgate". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 20, 1921. p. 23. Retrieved March 19, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .

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