1921 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1921 Nebraska Cornhuskers football 1921 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.jpg 285 Missouri Valley Conference MVC 7–1 3–0 Fred Dawson 1st Clarence Swansonhttps://huskers.com/sports/football/roster/season/1921/player/clarence-swanson Clarence Swanson huskers.com May 5, 2024 Nebraska Field MVC champion The 1921 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nebraska in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1921 college football season. In its first season under head coach Fred Dawson, the team compiled a 7–1 record (3–0 against conference opponents), won the MVC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 283 to 17.1921 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 1, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/nebraska/1921-schedule.html The team played its home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. Before the season Former head coach Schulte stepped down to focus on coaching other sports at Nebraska, but remained involved with the team as the lineman coach. New head coach Dawson arrived from Princeton, inheriting a team that had eighteen lettermen returning, the highest number ever for the program to date. Nebraska also rejoined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association after a two-year stint as an independent, so the high number of returning starters raised aspirations for a conference title. A new league rule was enacted that restricted preseason practices to the two weeks prior to the first game, so much work was to be done after the summer break to be ready.http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1922&page=192 1922 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 192) 2009-12-11 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Schedule Central y y y October 1 2:30 p.m. 1921 Nebraska Wesleyan Coyotes Nebraska Wesleyan<ncg> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE W 55–0 October 15 2:30 p.m. Haskell<ncg> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE W 41–0 October 22 2 p.m. at Notre Dame<ncg> Cartier Field Notre Dame, IN (rivalry) L 0–7 14,000 Capt. Eddie Anderson Star of Big Contest South Bend Tribune October 24, 1921 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-capt-eddie-ander/184576890/ Newspapers.com October 29 2:30 p.m. Oklahoma Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) W 44–0 November 5 1:30 p.m. at Pittsburgh<ncg> Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA W 10–0 10,000 Keck Harry Panthers Unable to Cope With Big Western Eleven The Gazette Times November 6, 1921 III-2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68934668/panthers-unable-to-cope-with-big/ Newspapers.com November 12 2:30 p.m. Kansas<hc> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE (rivalry) W 28–0 November 19 2:30 p.m. at Iowa State State Field Ames, IA (rivalry) W 35–3 November 24 2:30 p.m. Colorado Agricultural<ncg> Nebraska Field Lincoln, NE W 70–7 Roster Berquist, Joy #2 RG Dewitz, Herbert #10 (So.) QB Ekeroth PLAYER Hamilton PLAYER Hartley, Harold #20 (Jr.) FB Hartman, Cecil #16 FB Hendrickson, Emil #28 T Higgins PLAYER House, Gordon #25 C Hoy, George #8 (Jr.) HB Klemke, George #22 E Layton, Marvin #18 (So.) FB Lewellen, Verne #23 (So.) HB Lyman, Roy Link #4 LT McGlasson, Harold #13 QB McGlasson, Ross #24 (So.) T Nixon, Byran #27 (So.) G Noble, Dave #7 (So.) HB Odum #14 PLAYER Peterson, Carl #26 (So.) C Preston, Glen #15 (So.) QB Pucelik, John #11 (Sr.)LG Reed #17 G Russell, Robert #9 QB Scherer, Leo #19 (Jr.) E Schoeppel, Andrew #6 (Jr.) E Swanson, Clarence #1 (Sr.)E Thomas PLAYER Toft PLAYER Tripplett, Richard #30 (Jr.) E Weller, Raymond #3 (Jr.) RT Wenke, Adolph #12 (Jr.) G Woodward PLAYER Wright, Floyd #21 HB http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1921 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302045225/http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=4&SPID=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&Q_SEASON=1921 dead March 2, 2012 Nebraska Football 1921 Roster 2009-12-04 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Athletics Department Coaching staff Nebraska Cornhuskers Coachhttp://www.huskermax.com/coaches.html Nebraska head coaches HuskerMax 3 December 2009 Position First year Alma mater Fred Dawson Head coach 1921 Princeton Henry Schulte Line coach 1921 Michigan Owen Frank Backfield coach 1921 Nebraska Bill Day Centers coach 1921 Nebraska Farley Young Freshmen coach 1921 Nebraska Jack Best Trainer 1890 Nebraska Game summaries Nebraska Wesleyan Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan 0 Nebraska 55 1921-10-01 Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Nebraska Wesleyan arrived in Lincoln as Nebraska's tune up game, and nearly every player on the roster found time in the game as the Cornhuskers rolled to an easy shutout victory, as Nebraska's goal was never threatened. This was the last game between these teams, ending the 5th-oldest active series in Nebraska's history to that date, all eight games Nebraska victories dating back to 1896. http://www.huskermax.com/1920s.html the 1920s 2009-12-04 HuskerMax Haskell Haskell at Nebraska Haskell 0 Nebraska 41 1921-10-15 Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska For the second game in a row, Nebraska brought to a close a historic series. Nebraska's run of games with Haskell was the 7th oldest active series, dating to 1901. Much like the previous game, Nebraska was never seriously threatened and posted another shutout win, bringing the Haskell series to a close with a 7–2 record. http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1922&page=193 1922 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 193) 2009-12-04 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries Notre Dame Nebraska at Notre Dame Nebraska 0 0 0 0 Notre Dame 0 0 7 0 1921-10-22 Carter Field • Notre Dame, Indiana 14,000 Nebraska's first ever trip to South Bend, after six straight games against Notre Dame in Lincoln, continued what had become one of the marquee games of the west. The game was all about Nebraska's stingy defense and inept offense. Time after time, the Cornhuskers turned away serious goal line threats, while also failing to find the scoreboard due to fumbles, incompletions and interceptions. Knute Rockne changed his plan for the second half, to ensure Nebraska remained scoreless and banking on eventually finding points with low-risk plays, much like the previous year's game. Chet A. Wynne was among the Notre Dame players who contributed to their one successful scoring drive, and with those points the game was decided. Nebraska fell further behind in the series, to 2–4–1. http://www.huskernews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2000/08/03/397e4bd49 https://web.archive.org/web/20010816204846/http://www.huskernews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2000/08/03/397e4bd49 dead August 16, 2001 1921: Lack Of Offense Hurts Cornhuskers 2009-12-04 Husker Press Box Oklahoma Oklahoma at Nebraska Oklahoma 0 Nebraska 44 1921-10-29 Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Rain Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalryThe Cornhuskers bounced right back from the bitter loss in South Bend by blanking the reigning conference champion Oklahoma Sooners in Lincoln, in Nebraska's first conference game since returning to the league. The win moved the Cornhuskers to 2–0–1 against Oklahoma to date. Pittsburgh Nebraska at Pittsburgh Nebraska 10 Pittsburgh 0 1921-11-05 Forbes Field • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nebraska traveled to Pennsylvania for their first ever contest with Pittsburgh, known in the east as a strong team to be feared. The Cornhuskers were undaunted, taking a halftime lead and ultimately holding the Panthers scoreless for the entire game. Building on the exposure started by the 1920 victory over Rutgers the previous year, Nebraska solidified their reputation as a western powerhouse to the football fans of the east. Kansas Kansas at Nebraska Kansas 0 Nebraska 28 1921-11-12 Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Kansas–Nebraska football rivalry The Cornhuskers easily handled the Jayhawks at the homecoming game, never seriously threatened during the course of the game as Nebraska recorded their fifth shutout over their previous six games, and improved over Kansas 18–9–1 all time. Iowa State Nebraska at Iowa State Nebraska 35 Iowa State 3 1921-11-19 Clyde Williams Field • Ames, Iowa Iowa State–Nebraska football rivalry Iowa State fired the first shot of the game, putting up an early field goal to take a 3–0 lead, but that was last time the Cyclones would speak. The Cornhuskers ruined Iowa State's homecoming game by rolling up 35 unanswered points, finishing conference play unbeaten, and improving their dominating lead over Iowa State 13–4–1. Colorado Agricultural Colorado Ag at Nebraska Colorado Agricultural 7 Nebraska 70 1921-11-24 Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska Nebraska finished the 1921 season with force, flattening the Colorado Agricultural football squad, 70–7. Team captain Clarence Swanson had three touchdown receptions in the game, establishing a school record that was not matched until 1971.https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1423 Hall of Fame: Clarence Swanson footballfoundation.org May 5, 2024 Though the Aggies managed a 4th quarter score, Nebraska's 70 points were the most they had scored against any opponent since their 100–0 victory over Nebraska Wesleyan in 1917. Colorado Agricultural was now down 0–2 against Nebraska in games played to date. http://yearbooks.unl.edu/yearbook.php?year=1922&page=194 1922 Cornhusker – University of Nebraska Yearbook (Page 194) 2009-12-04 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries After the season Coach Dawson's first season was a clear success, with all games won except for the hard-fought Notre Dame loss, and an undisputed league championship secured in Nebraska's return to league play. The program's overall record improved to 181–61–15 (.733), while the conference record was improved to 27–3–2 (.875). References Nebraska Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons Category:Missouri Valley Conference football champion seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers football