1921 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1921 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4–1
Head coach	Clarence Spears (1st season)
Captain	Robert H. C. Kay
Seasons ← 1920 1922 →

1921 Southern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Tennessee Docs		–		8	–	0	–	0
Southwest Texas State		–		7	–	0	–	0
Talladega		–		4	–	0	–	1
Navy		–		6	–	1	–	0
Sam Houston Normal		–		3	–	1	–	2
Erskine		–		6	–	2	–	0
Marshall		–		5	–	2	–	1
Delaware		–		5	–	4	–	0
West Virginia		–		5	–	4	–	1
Middle Tennessee State Normal		–		3	–	2	–	1
East Tennessee State Normal		–		4	–	3	–	0
Birmingham–Southern		–		4	–	4	–	1
Louisville		–		2	–	2	–	1
Marion		–		4	–	4	–	0
Spring Hill		–		4	–	4	–	0
West Tennessee State Normal		–		4	–	5	–	1
Mississippi Normal		–		3	–	4	–	0
Loyola (LA)		–		2	–	4	–	0
Western Kentucky State Normal		–		2	–	4	–	1
Abilene Christian		–		2	–	5	–	0
Bryson College		–		2	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest		–		2	–	8	–	0
Texas Mines		–		1	–	4	–	0
Presbyterian		–		1	–	7	–	0

The 1921 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In its first season under head coach Clarence Spears, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 158 to 82.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 24	vs. West Virginia Wesleyan	South Side Park Fairmont, WV	W 34–3
October 1	Cincinnati	Morgantown, WV	W 50–0
October 8	at Pittsburgh	Forbes Field Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 13–21
October 15	Ohio	Morgantown, WV	W 7–0
October 22	Bucknell	Morgantown, WV	T 0–0	^[3]
October 29	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	L 12–21
November 5	vs. Washington and Lee	Charleston, WV	W 28–7
November 12	at Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	W 7–0
November 19	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 7–17
November 24	Washington & Jefferson	Morgantown, WV	L 0–13

^ "2014 West Virginia Football Record Book" (PDF). West Virginia University. 2014. p. 176.
^ "1921 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
^ "Mountaineers and Bucknell in No Score Game". The Pittsburgh Press. October 23, 1921. p. Sporting 3 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati Marshall: Friends of Coal Bowl Maryland Old Ironsides Penn State Pittsburgh: Backyard Brawl Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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