1921 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1921 Penn State Nittany Lions football
1921 Penn State Nittany Lions football team.png
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0–2
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Snell
Home stadium New Beaver Field
Seasons
  1920
1922  
1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
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. Known as the "Mystery Team", they were coached by Hugo Bezdek and played their home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Contents

The Lions were again undefeated, but tied Harvard and rival Pittsburgh on the road. [1] The season concluded in December with a long trip to Seattle and a 21–7 win over struggling Washington. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Lebanon Valley W 53–02,500
October 1 Gettysburg
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 24–02,500
October 8 NC State
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 35–03,000 [3]
October 15 Lehigh Dagger-14-plain.png
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 28–74,000
October 22at Harvard T 21–2130,000
October 29vs. Georgia Tech W 28–730,000 [4]
November 5 Carnegie Tech
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 28–76,000
November 12vs. Navy W 13–725,000
November 24at Pittsburgh T 0–034,000 [1] [5]
December 3at Washington W 21–713,827 [2]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Players

Line

NumberPlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
9Ray Baerguard Toledo, Ohio 200
7 Joe Bedenk guard Williamsport 185
8Newsh Bentzcenter190
10Hillstackle180
5Huffordend170
6McMahantackle215
11Stan McCollumend178

Backfield

NumberPlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
2 Glenn Killinger quarterback Harrisburg Tech HS5' 9"16023
25Knabbfullback175
4 Joe Lightner halfback Marysville 178
15Harry WilsonhalfbackMingo Junction, OH165

Source: [6]

Substitutes

NumberPlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
Smozinski
Frank
Crowther
Rugh
Reinhard
Logue
Hamilton
Ritner
RedingerHalfback
Palm
Cornwall

References

  1. 1 2 "Pitt men rejoice over "moral victory" by Panthers". Pittsburgh Press. November 25, 1921. p. 32.
  2. 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.
  3. "Penn State rolls over Southerners". The Boston Globe. October 9, 1921. Retrieved June 9, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  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 logo PLoS transparent.svg
  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