1921 Cornell Big Red football team

1921 Cornell Big Red football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
1921 record	8–0
Head coach	Gil Dobie (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Single wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Uniform

The 1921 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1921 college football season. The team finished with an 8–0 record, outscored its opponents 392 to 21, including a 110–0 win over Western Reserve on October 15,^[1] and was retroactively named as the 1921 national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
October 1		St. Bonaventure*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 41–0
October 8		Rochester*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 55–0
October 15		Western Reserve*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 110–0
October 22		Colgate*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 31–7
October 29		Dartmouth*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 59–7
November 5		at Columbia*		Polo Grounds • New York, NY		W 41–7
November 12		Springfield (MA)*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 14–0
November 24		at Penn*		Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA		W 41–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

References

1. 1921 Cornell University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 3, 2013.
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.