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1921 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1921 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
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Missouri Valley champion
Conference Big Eight Conference
1921 record 7–1 (3–0 MVIAA)
Head coach Fred Dawson (1st year)
Home stadium Nebraska Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Nebraska $ 3 – 0 – 0     7 – 1 – 0
Missouri 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 2 – 0
Kansas State 4 – 2 – 0     5 – 3 – 0
Drake 2 – 2 – 0     5 – 2 – 0
Kansas 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Iowa State 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 4 – 0
Oklahoma 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 3 – 0
Washington (MO) 2 – 3 – 0     4 – 3 – 1
Grinnell 0 – 4 – 0     2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Nebraska Wesleyan at Nebraska
1 2 Total
Nebraska Wesleyan 0
• Nebraska 55
Haskell at Nebraska
1 2 Total
Haskell 0
• Nebraska 41
  • Date: 1921-10-15
  • Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska at Notre Dame
1 2 3 4 Total
Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0
• Notre Dame 0 0 7 0 7
Oklahoma at Nebraska
1 2 Total
Oklahoma 0
• Nebraska 44
  • Date: 1921-10-29
  • Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game weather: Rain
Nebraska at Pittsburgh
1 2 Total
• Nebraska 10
Pittsburgh 0
Kansas at Nebraska
1 2 Total
Kansas 0
• Nebraska 28
  • Date: 1921-11-12
  • Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska at Iowa State
1 2 Total
• Nebraska 35
Iowa State 3
  • Date: 1921-11-19
  • Location: Clyde Williams Field • Ames, Iowa
Colorado Ag at Nebraska
1 2 Total
Colorado Ag 7
• Nebraska 70
  • Date: 1921-11-24
  • Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska

The 1921 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1921 college football season. The team was coached by Fred Dawson and played their home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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.

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.

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.

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.


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