1921 Saint Mary's Saints football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1921 Saint Mary's Saints football Independent 4–3 Slip Madigan 1st The 1921 Saint Mary's Saints football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1921 college football season. In their first season under head coach Slip Madigan, the Gaels compiled a 4–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 155 to 70.Saint Mary's Yearly Results (1920–1924) David DeLassus College Football Data Warehouse December 9, 2015 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/s/saint_marys_ca/yearly_results.php?year=1920 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093020/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/s/saint_marys_ca/yearly_results.php?year=1920 2016-03-04 Madigan was hired as Saint Mary's head football coach in January 1921.Saints Pick Notre Dame Grid Mentor: "Flash" Madigan Selected for Three-Year Term at Oakland College San Francisco Examiner January 9, 1921 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23075176/football_fans_are_boosting_for_st/ Newspapers.com He played center for the Notre Dame football team from 1916 to 1919 and was the football coach at Columbia College in 1920. He remained the coach at St. Mary's for 19 years through the 1939 season. Schedule yes yes September 24 at California California Field Berkeley, CA L 0-21 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.com October 8 at Stanford Stanford Field Stanford, CA L 7-10 > 5,000 St. Mary's Loses To Stanford at Palo Alto After a Brilliant Display of Football: Cardinal Wins Game in Last Quarter on Patrick's Drop Kick Oakland Tribune A9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23074113/st_marys_loses_to_stanford_at_palo/ Newspapers.com October 15 at Nevada Mackay Field Reno, NV W 14-6 St. Mary's Eleven Defeats Nevada 14 to 6 Reno Evening Gazette October 17, 1921 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23069698/st_marys_eleven_defeats_nevada_14_to_6/ Newspapers.com October 22 at 1921 Mare Island Marines Mare Island Marines Beach Park Vallejo, CA W 46-6 200 St. Mary's Wins Easily From the Marines at Vallejo: Local College Boys Skid Their Way To Victory at Vallejo Oakland Tribune October 23, 1921 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23069825/st_marys_wins_easily_from_the_marines/ Newspapers.com November 6 at Olympic Club Ewing Field San Francisco, CA W 20-7 St. Mary's College Bowls the Olympic Club Over, 20 to 7: Saints Rush Clubmen Freely in First Half San Francisco Examiner Howard Smith November 7, 1921 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23069992/st_marys_college_bowls_the_olympic/ Newspapers.com November 11 at Santa Maria American Legion Santa Maria, CA W 68-0 > 1,000 St. Mary's Eleven Wins Armistice Day Game From Legion The Santa Maria Daily Times November 12, 1921 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23070434/st_marys_eleven_wins_armistice_day/ Newspapers.com November 20 at Pacific Fleet Ewing Field San Francisco, CA L 0-29 8,000 Pacific Fleet Instructs St. Mary's Gridders, 28 to 0: Navy Dog Gets Tie In Fight on Side San Francisco Examiner Howard Smith November 21, 1921 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23070083/pacific_fleet_instructs_st_marys/ Newspapers.com References Saint Mary's Saints Category:Saint Mary's Gaels football seasons Saint Mary's Saints football