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1921 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4–1
Head coach
CaptainRobert H. C. Kay
Seasons
←  1920
1922 →
1921 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tennessee Docs     8 0 0
Southwest Texas State     7 0 0
Talladega     4 0 1
Navy     6 1 0
Sam Houston Normal     3 1 2
Erskine     6 2 0
Marshall     5 2 1
Delaware     5 4 0
West Virginia     5 4 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal     3 2 1
East Tennessee State Normal     4 3 0
Birmingham–Southern     4 4 1
Louisville     2 2 1
Marion     4 4 0
Spring Hill     4 4 0
West Tennessee State Normal     4 5 1
Mississippi Normal     3 4 0
Loyola (LA)     2 4 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     2 4 1
Abilene Christian     2 5 0
Bryson College     2 5 0
Wake Forest     2 8 0
Texas Mines     1 4 0
Presbyterian     1 7 0

The 1921 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its first season under head coach Clarence Spears, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 158 to 82. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24vs. West Virginia Wesleyan
W 34–3
October 1 Cincinnati Morgantown, WVW 50–0
October 8at PittsburghL 13–21
October 15 OhioMorgantown, WVW 7–0
October 22 BucknellMorgantown, WVT 0–0 [3]
October 29at Lehigh Bethlehem, PAL 12–21
November 5vs. Washington and Lee Charleston, WVW 28–7
November 12at Virginia Charlottesville, VAW 7–0
November 19at Rutgers
L 7–17
November 24 Washington & JeffersonMorgantown, WVL 0–13

References

  1. ^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
  2. ^ "1921 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "Mountaineers and Bucknell in No Score Game". The Pittsburgh Press. October 23, 1921. p. Sporting 3 – via Newspapers.com.