Big Ten champion
Iowa upset
Notre Dame 10–7.
Grantland Rice noted that the 1921 Notre Dame team "was the first team we know of to build its attack around a
forward passing game, rather than use a forward passing game as a mere aid to the running game."[2]
1921 was the last season for the old
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Vanderbilt tied co-champion
Georgia on an onside kick. On October 29,
Centre upset Harvard 6–0 in what is widely considered one of the greatest upsets in college football history. Overjoyed students painted the "impossible formula" C6H0 (Centre 6, Harvard 0) on everything in sight.
Georgia Tech also claimed a conference title.
The
1922 Rose Bowl was fought to a scoreless tie, between California and
Washington & Jefferson, in the last Rose Bowl to be played at
Tournament Park. Washington & Jefferson is the smallest school to ever play in a Rose Bowl.
On October 29,
Centre College beat
Harvard 6 to 0 in what is widely considered one of the greatest upsets in college football history. Overjoyed students painted the "impossible formula" C6H0 (Centre 6, Harvard 0) on everything in sight.
Bowl games
In the
1922 Rose Bowl, heavily favored
California played
Washington
& Jefferson to a scoreless tie. The game holds several distinctions including being the only scoreless contest and the first tie in a Rose Bowl.
Charles Fremont West of Washington & Jefferson was the first
African-Americanquarterback to play in the Rose Bowl, and
Herb Kopf, also of Washington and Jefferson, was the first freshman to play in a Rose Bowl. The 1922 Rose Bowl was the last played at
Tournament Park and featured the smallest school—Washington & Jefferson College had only 450 students at the time—to ever play in a Rose Bowl.[4][5]
^Sciullo, Sam Jr., ed. (1991). 1991 Pitt Football: University of Pittsburgh Football Media Guide. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Sports Information Office. p. 116.