1921 Akron Pros (APFA) |
| 3rd place • 8-3-1 .727 |
| Head Coach: Elgie Tobin |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/25/1921 | H | Columbus Panhandles | 14-0 | W | Akron, OH | League Park | 1700 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1921 | H | Cincicnnati Celts | 41-0 | W | Akron, OH | League Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1921 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 23-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Normal Park | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1921 | A | Detroit Tigers | 20-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Navin Field | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1921 | A | Canton Bulldogs | 3-0 | W | Canton, OH | Lakeside Athletic Park | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1921 | H | Rochester Jeffersons | 19-0 | W | Akron, OH | League Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1921 | A | Columbus Panhandles | 21-0 | W | Columbus, OH | Neil Park | 4100 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1921 | A | Buffalo All-Americans | 0-0 | T | Buffalo, NY | Canisius Villa | 4600 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1921 | A | Dayton Triangles | 0-3 | L | Dayton, OH | Triangle Park | ||
| Thu | 11/24/1921 | H | Canton Bulldogs | 0-14 | L | Akron, OH | League Park | 4000 | |
| Sat | 12/3/1921 | A | Buffalo All-Americans | 0-14 | L | Buffalo, NY | Canisius Villa | 3000 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1921 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Normal Park | 3500 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Russ Bailey | 15 | C-MG | 5-11 | 183 | 24 | West Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Marty Beck | 5 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-9 | 175 | 21 | none | 6 | 2 |
| Scotty Bierce | 11 | ROE-RDE | 5-9 | 163 | 25 | Akron | 12 | 12 |
| Alf Cobb | 4 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 210 | 28 | Syracuse | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Copley | 20 | ROT-RDT | 5-9 | 191 | 31 | Muhlenberg; Missouri S&T; South Carolina | 11 | 11 |
| Art Corcoran | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 184 | 27 | Georgetown (DC); Fordham | 1 | 1 | |
| Earl Cramer | 10 | TB-LDH-FB-LB-WB-RDH | 5-11 | 184 | 25 | Hamline | 11 | 11 |
| Jim Flower | 16 | LOE-LDE-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 193 | 26 | Ohio State | 9 | 6 |
| Bruno Haas | FB-LB | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | none | 1 | 1 | |
| Pike Johnson | 12 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Washington & Lee | 12 | 11 |
| Marshall Jones | 3 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH-FB-LB | 5-11 | 165 | 27 | North Dakota | 7 | 1 |
| Andy King | 9 | FB-LB-TB-LDH | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | West Virginia | 11 | 10 |
| Frank McCormick | 7 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH-ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | South Dakota | 3 | 1 |
| Al Nesser | 16 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | none | 12 | 12 |
| Fritz Pollard | 1 | WB-RDH-TB-LDH | 5-7 | 149 | 27 | Brown | 12 | 11 |
| Roy Ratekin | 17 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 27 | St. Louis | 2 | 1 | ||
| Carl Reed | ROG-LOT-RDG-LDT | 208 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 | |||
| Paul Robeson | 21 | LOE-LDE-LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 219 | 23 | Rutgers | 9 | 6 |
| Paul Sheeks | 6 | BB-S | 5-8 | 173 | 32 | South Dakota | 11 | 9 |
| Elgie Tobin | 8 | BB-S-FB-LB | 5-9 | 160 | 35 | Penn State | 9 | 2 |
| Leo Tobin | 19 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 220 | 31 | Grove City | 9 | 6 |
| Tommy Tomlin | 21 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 196 | 27 | Syracuse | 5 | 5 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 148 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Pollard | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Earl Cramer | 5 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 31 | |||
| Frank McCormick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Andy King | 2 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Paul Sheeks | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Scotty Bierce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Charlie Copley | 0 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Al Nesser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Elgie Tobin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 21 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 148 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Sheeks | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 40 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Earl Cramer | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 2 | 40 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Pollard | 6 | ||||
| Earl Cramer | 4 | ||||
| Frank McCormick | 3 | ||||
| Andy King | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy King | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Elgie Tobin | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotty Bierce | 1 | ||||
| Earl Cramer | 1 | ||||
| Fritz Pollard | 1 | ||||
| Paul Sheeks | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotty Bierce | 1 | ||||||
| Al Nesser | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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