1921 Boston University football team

The 1921 Boston University football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its first season under head coach Charles Whelan, the team compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 115 to 44.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–10	18,000	^[2]
October 1	at Boston College	Alumni Field Newton, MA (rivalry)	L 0–13	5,000	^[3]
October 8	Worcester Tech	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 52–0		^[4]
October 15	at Wesleyan	Andrus Field Middletown, CT	W 7–0		^[5]
October 22	at Trinity (CT)	Trinity Field Hartford, CT	W 14–0		^[6]
October 29	Rhode Island State	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 14–0		^[7]
November 5	at Tufts	Medford Oval Medford, MA	W 8–7		^[8]
November 12	Norwich	Braves Field Boston, MA	W 20–14		^[9]

^ "Boston Yearly Results 1920-1924". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
^ Melville E. Webb Jr. (September 25, 1921). "Harvard Eleven Triumphs Twice: B.U. and Middlebury Beaten In Season's Opener". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Long Runs Win For B.C., 13 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 2, 1921. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cochrane Shines in B.U. Victory". The Boston Globe. October 9, 1921. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wesleyan Loses To Boston University". The Hartford Courant. October 16, 1921 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Shift Play Results In 14-0 Victory For Hub City Eleven". The Hartford Courant. October 23, 1921 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Boston University Again Victor, 14-0". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1921. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wind-Blown Punt Spells Defeat For Tufts". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1921. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "B.U. Winds Up With Victory: Defeats Norwich, 20-14, by Belated Rally". The Boston Globe. November 13, 1921. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Boston University Terriers football
Venues	Old Nickerson Field (1928–1938, 1940–1946) Fenway Park (1925–1926, 1936–1939, 1947–1952) Braves Field (1920–1921, 1939, 1953–1954) Nickerson Field (1955–1997)
Bowls & rivalries	Boston College (Green Line Rivalry)
Culture & lore	Rhett the Boston Terrier "Go BU"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
	1885 1888–1890 1898–1903 1906–1916 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

1921 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Washington & Jefferson		–		10	–	0	–	1
Lafayette		–		9	–	0	–	0
Cornell		–		8	–	0	–	0
Penn State		–		8	–	0	–	2
Yale		–		8	–	1	–	0
New Hampshire		–		8	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		6	–	1	–	2
Villanova		–		6	–	1	–	2
Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	2	–	0
Syracuse		–		7	–	2	–	0
Harvard		–		7	–	2	–	1
Boston University		–		6	–	2	–	0
Dartmouth		–		6	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		5	–	3	–	1
Bucknell		–		5	–	3	–	1
Geneva		–		5	–	3	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	3	–	1
Holy Cross		–		5	–	3	–	0
Army		–		6	–	4	–	0
Princeton		–		4	–	3	–	0
Boston College		–		4	–	3	–	1
Fordham		–		4	–	3	–	2
Penn		–		4	–	3	–	2
Colgate		–		4	–	4	–	2
Lehigh		–		4	–	4	–	0
Vermont		–		3	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	3	–	3
Drexel		–		2	–	3	–	1
Rutgers		–		4	–	6	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		3	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	6	–	0
Tufts		–		1	–	5	–	2
Duquesne		–		0	–	4	–	1