1921 Franklin & Marshall football team

1921 Franklin & Marshall football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–2
Head coach
CaptainLevi Gilbert
1921 Eastern college football independents records
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 Franklin & Marshall football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its second year under head coach John B. Price, the team compiled a 6–1–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 166 to 48.[1] Senior Levi Gilbert was the team captain.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24AlbrightLancaster, PAW 7–0[3]
October 1at PennL 0–20[4]
October 8GallaudetLancaster, PAW 14–0[5]
October 15at HaverfordHaverford, PAW 35–0[6]
October 22at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAT 7–7[7]
October 29Pennsylvania MilitaryLancaster, PAW 41–14[8]
November 5DickinsonLancaster, PAW 21–7[9]
November 12UrsinusLancaster, PAW 41–0[10]
November 24GettysburgLancaster, PAT 0–0[11]

References

  1. ^ "Franklin & Marshall Game by Game Results" (PDF). Franklin & Marshall University. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Gilbert Elected Captain of F. & M. Grid Team". The Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. October 13, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Wallace L. Robinson (September 25, 1921). "F. and M. Wins First Game on New Field: College Officials, Students and Alumni See Blue and White Beat Albright". News Journal. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Despite Victory Over Franklin and Marshall, Coach Heisman Is Disgusted With Penn's Play: Heisman Drops Five From Varsity Squad". Evening Public Ledger. October 3, 1921. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rally in Second Half Brings 14 to 0 Victory to F. & M. Over Gallaudet Footballers". The Lancaster News Journal. October 10, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Franklin and Marshall Downs Haverford by Score of 35 to 0 in Annual Foot Ball Contest". The Lancaster News Journal. October 17, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "F. and M. and Garnet Play Scoreless Tie: Little Quakers Threaten in Final Quarter But Are Held". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1921. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Franklin and Marshall Shows Brilliant Offense and Crush Cadets by Score of 41 to 14". The Lancaster News Journal. October 31, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "F. and M. Scores Big Victory Over Dickinson Eleven in Hard Fought Game 21 to 7". Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. November 7, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Ursinus Bumped by F. and M., 41-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 13, 1921. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "F. and M. Outplays Gettysburg But Cannot Score in Sea of Mud. Large Crowd Braves Rain". Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. November 25, 1921. pp. 8, 10 – via Newspapers.com.