1921 University of Akron football team

1921 Akron football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–3 (4–3 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainHerman Eckert
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH) $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
St. Xavier 1 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Oberlin 7 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
Case 6 – 1 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
Wooster 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Denison 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Akron 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Ohio Northern 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ohio State 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Wittenberg 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Kenyon 1 – 1 – 4 1 – 1 – 5
Ohio 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Otterbein 1 – 3 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Western Reserve 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Hiram 1 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
Ohio Wesleyan 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Mount Union 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Cincinnati 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Heidelberg 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1921 Akron football team represented the University of Akron in the 1921 college football season as a part of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). The team was led by seventh-year head coach Fred Sefton.[1] Akron outscored their opponents by a total of 117–69 and finished with a 5–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
Western Reserve
W 14–7
Case
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
L 0–14
at Hiram Hiram, OH L 0–6
Heidelberg
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 14–0
Ohio Northern
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 26–7
Mount Union
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 28–14
Muskingum*
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 35–8
at Wooster Wooster, OH L 0–13
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 159. Retrieved May 3, 2020.


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