1921 Colgate football team

1921 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4–2
Head coach	Ellery Huntington Jr. (3rd season)
Captain	Robert Webster
Home stadium	Whitnall Field
Seasons ←  1920 1922  →

1921 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
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

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 .