The 1921 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the
University of Kansas as a member of the
Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the
1921 college football season. In their first season under head coach
Potsy Clark, the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 4–3 with a mark of 3–3 against conference opponents, finished in fifth place in the MVC, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 97 to 92.[1][2] Kansas played its first home game of the season, against
Drake in October 15, then moved to the newly opened
Memorial Stadium in
Lawrence, Kansas for the rest of the season. Paul Jones was the team captain.[2]