1921 Princeton Tigers football team

The 1921 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1921 college football season. The team finished with a 4–3 record under eighth-year head coach Bill Roper.[1] Princeton guard Stan Keck was a consensus first-team honoree on the 1921 College Football All-America Team, and two other players (center Al Wittmer and an end with the surname Sniveley) were selected as first-team All-Americans by at least one selector.

1921 Princeton Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
Offensive schemeShort punt
CaptainStan Keck
Home stadiumPalmer Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1 SwarthmoreW 21–7
October 8 Colgate
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 19–0
October 15at NavyL 0–13
October 22 Chicago
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
L 0–9
October 29 Virginia
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ
W 34–0[2]
November 5 Harvard
  • Palmer Stadium
  • Princeton, NJ (rivalry)
W 10–3[3]
November 12at Yale L 7–13

References

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  1. ^ "1921 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Princeton crushes Virginians, 34 to 0". The New York Times. October 30, 1921. Retrieved June 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Princeton victor over Harvard in thrilling struggle". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 6, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.   Story continued on p. 16 here.