1921 NYU Violets football team

American college football season

1921 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3–3
Head coach
  • Frank Gargan (2nd season)
Home stadiumOhio 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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their second year under head coach Frank Gargan, the team compiled a 2–3–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Hobart
W 26–0[1]
October 8at Brown
L 0–13[2][3]
October 15at Columbia
L 0–1912,000[4]
October 22Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 7–7[5]
October 29vs. Colgate
T 7–710,000[6]
November 8Trinity (CT)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 28–0[7]
November 12Rutgers
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–21[8]
November 19Trinity (NC)
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
T 7–75,000[9]

References

  1. ^ "Brooklyn boys help Violet team defeat Hobart". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 2, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Brown scores twice in winning from N.Y.U." The Boston Globe. October 9, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Hucles Star For N. Y. U. In Game With Brown". The New York Age. New York, New York. October 15, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved July 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Columbia soundly thrashes Violet". The New York Times. October 16, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wesleyan–N.Y.U. battle to 7–7 draw". The Hartford Courant. October 23, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Colgate in tie battle". Democrat and Chronicle. October 30, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "N.Y.U. defeats Trinity by four touchdowns, 28 to 0". New York Herald. November 9, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N.Y.U. eleven loses to heavy Rutgers machine by 21–7". New York Tribune. November 13, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Trinity holds New York 7–7". The Morning Herald. November 20, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  • v
  • t
  • e
NYU Violets football
Venues
People
Seasons


Stub icon

This college football 1921 season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e