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1921 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainJohn Bos
Home stadium College Field
Seasons
←  1920
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1921 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit Junior College     6 0 2
Notre Dame     10 1 0
Creighton     8 1 0
Detroit     8 1 0
South Dakota State     7 1 0
Kirksville Osteopaths     6 1 0
Iowa State Teachers     5 1 1
Wabash     7 2 0
Central Michigan     7 2 1
Butler     6 2 0
Western State Normal (MI)     6 2 0
Marquette     6 2 1
DePauw     4 3 0
Haskell     5 4 0
North Dakota Agricultural     3 3 1
Saint Louis     4 4 1
Valparaiso     2 2 1
Michigan Agricultural     3 5 0
Northern Illinois State     3 5 0
Earlham     2 4 1
St. Ignatius (OH)     2 6 0
Dayton     1 7 1
Kent State     0 2 1

The 1921 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team represented Michigan Agricultural College (MAC) as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their first year under head coach Albert Barron, the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by their opponents 126 to 68. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 AlmaW 28–0
October 8 Albion
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 7–24
October 15at MichiganL 0–3018,000
October 22 Western State Normal
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 17–14
October 29at Marquette Milwaukee, WIL 0–7 [2]
November 5 South Dakotadagger
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 14–0
November 12at Butler Indianapolis, INL 2–3
November 24at Notre DameL 0–48
  • daggerHomecoming

Game summaries

Michigan

Michigan Agricultural at Michigan
1 234Total
Michigan Agricultural 0 000 0
Michigan 7 0149 30

On October 15, 1921, the Aggies lost to Michigan by a 30–0 score. [3] The game was played at Ferry Field before a crowd of 18,000 spectators. [4] Michigan halfback Harry Kipke, who would later coach the Aggies in 1928, scored three touchdowns, including one on a punt return from midfield, and kicked nine punts for an average of better than 42 yards. Michigan's passing games was called "nothing short of miserable" as five of the Wolverines' passes were intercepted and only one was completed. [3] Michigan's defense held the Aggies to 57 yards of total offense and two first downs (one of which was achieved by an offside penalty against Michigan). [3] The game was played in 15-minute quarters at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor. [3] [5]

References

  1. ^ "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 148. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Aggies Blanked By Marquette: Wisconsin Eleven Defeats Michigan Farmers in Final Quarter, 7 to 0". The Detroit Free Press. October 30, 1921. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Richard Heath (October 16, 1921). "Michigan Beats Aggies in Annual Contest, 30 to 0, By Making Strong Finish: Farmers Crumple After Great Fight; East Lansing Aggregation Holds Wolverines to 7 to 0 Score in First Half, But Weakens Later; Kipke and Goebel Are Stars in Game That Sees Failure of Yostmen's Aerial Attack". Detroit Free Press. p. 23. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Attendance at the Football Games". The Michigan Alumnus. December 8, 1921. p. 276.
  5. ^ Michiganensian. 1922. pp. 210–211.