1921 California Golden Bears football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1921 California Golden Bears football Pacific Coast Conference PCC 9–0–1 4–0 Andy Smith 6th Short-punt George H. Latham California Field National champion (Billingsley MOV, CFRA, Sagarin)Co-national champion (Boand)PCC champion Rose Bowl T 0–0 vs. Washington & Jefferson 20scaliforniauniform.png The 1921 California Golden Bears football team, also known as the Wonder Team, was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1921 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Andy Smith, the team compiled a 9–0–1 record (4–0 against PCC opponents), won the PCC championship, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 312 to 33.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/california/1921-schedule.html 1921 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football October 21, 2016California 2015 Football Information Guide https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf CalBears.com Cal Golden Bears Athletics October 21, 2016 162 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170757/https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf October 26, 2016 In the postseason, the Golden Bears played a scoreless tie against Washington & Jefferson in the rain-soaked 1922 Rose Bowl. There was no contemporaneous system in 1921 for determining a national champion. However, California was retroactively named as the national champion for 1921 by the Billingsley Report (using its alternative "margin of victory" methodology), College Football Researchers Association, and Jeff Sagarin, and as a co-national champion under the Boand System.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records The National Collegiate Athletic Association 112–114 July 2020 Indianapolis January 12, 2021 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf live Two California players, end Harold "Brick" Miller and tackle Dan McMillan, were consensus first-team picks on the 1921 All-America college football team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Additionally, California took eight of eleven first-team spots on the United Press' 1921 All-Pacific Coast football team: quarterback Charles F. Erb; halfback Crip Toomey; fullback Archie Nisbet; ends Robert E. Berkey and Howard Stephens; tackle Dan McMillan; and guards Webster V. Clark and Lee D. Cramer.Eight Bears Given Positions M.D. Tracy Santa Ana Register December 14, 1921 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2600705/1922_up_all_pacific_coast_football_team/ Schedule September 24 w y Saint Mary's California Field Berkeley, CA 21–0 15,000 California Eleven Defeats St. Mary's College, 21 to 0: Fifteen Thousand See Grid Season's Opener San Francisco Examiner Howard Smith September 25, 1921 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23073978/california_eleven_defeats_st_marys/ Newspapers.comCalifornia Football Team Defeats St. Mary's 21 to 0: St. Mary's Team Is a Big Surprise to the California Rooters Oakland Tribune Doug Montell September 25, 1921 B3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98824325/california-football-team-defeats-st/ Newspapers.com October 1 w y 1921 Olympic Club Winged O Olympic Club California Field Berkeley, CA 14–0 California Shuts Out Olympic Club Eleven, 14 to 0: Blue Gold Fails to Hold Last Year Pace The San Francisco Examiner Jack James October 2, 1921 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98824412/california-shuts-out-olympic-club/ Newspapers.com October 8 w y Nevada California Field Berkeley, CA 51–6 California's Goal Line Crossed Once by Nevada; 51 to 6 The San Francisco Examiner Howard Smith October 9, 1921 19W https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24798113/californias-goal-line-crossed-once-by/ Newspapers.com October 15 w y Pacific Fleet California Field Berkeley, CA 21–10 California Defeats Pacific Fleet Football Eleven 21 to 10: Big Bill Ingram Is Hero When the Fleet Surprises the Bears Oakland Tribune Doug Montell October 16, 1921 60 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98824490/california-defeats-pacific-fleet/ Newspapers.com October 22 w Oregon California Field Berkeley, CA 39–0 California Swamps the University of Oregon at Berkeley: Straight Football Is Good Enough for the Bruins in the Mud Oakland Tribune Doug Montell\date=October 23, 1921 51 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98823436/california-swamps-the-university-of/ Newspapers.com October 29 w y Washington State Multnomah Field Portland, OR 14–0 11,000–12,000 California Had Punch; That's All The Oregon Daily Journal George Varnell October 30, 1921 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98823226/california-had-punch-thats-all/ Newspapers.com November 5 w y USC California Field Berkeley, CA 38–7 30,000 California Bear Triumphs Over Southern California, 38-7: Brick Muller's Pass Turns Battle's Tide; With a Broken Leg Brick Goes in and Does His Stuff; That Settled It The San Francisco Examiner Jack James November 6, 1921 19W https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98823084/california-bear-triumphs-over-southern/ Newspapers.com November 12 w Washington California Field Berkeley, CA 72–3 6,000 California Rolls Up Huge Score Against Washington Team: Bruins Score 72-3 Victory Over Men From Northwest; Morrison Stars for California; Bruins Run Wild in Late Stages and Score At Will Oakland Tribune Doug Montell November 13, 1921 8B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98822891/california-rolls-up-huge-score-against/ Newspapers.com November 19 w y Stanford Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA Big Game 42–7 57,000 U.C. Victorious, 42 to 7: Cardinals Defeated by Wonder Team The San Francisco Examiner Jack James November 20, 1921 1, 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98822736/uc-victorious-42-to-7-cardinals/ Newspapers.com January 2, 1922 t y y Washington & Jefferson Rose Bowl Tournament Park Pasadena, CA 0–0 40,000 Washington-Jefferson Football Eleven Outsmarts California: Nisbet's Toe Staves Off Eastern Triumph The Los Angeles Times Paul Lowry January 3, 1922 29 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98822500/washington-jefferson-football-eleven/ Newspapers.com Roster Stanley Barnes, T Beam, T Bell, HB Robert E. Berkey, E Webster V. Clark, G Cline, QB Lee D. Cranmer, G Dean, T Dunn, HB Walter Eells, HB Charles F. Erb, QB Karl Engebretson, E Gallagher, C Hufford, E George H. Latham, C Dan McMillan, T Morrison, FB Harold Muller, E Donald Nichols, HB Archie Nesbit, FB O'Brien, QB Pearce, E Perry, FB Shuur, G Brodie Stephens, E Crip Toomey, HB Van Sant, HB References California Category:California Golden Bears football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:Pac-12 Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons California Golden Bears football