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1921 Decatur Staleys (APFA)

1st place • 9-1-1 .900

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Head Coach: George Halas

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	10/2/1921	H	Waukegan Legion	35-0	W		Decatur, IL	Staley Field
Mon	10/10/1921	H	Rock Island Independents	14-10	W		Decatur, IL	Staley Field	4000
Sun	10/16/1921	H	Rochester Jeffersons	16-13	W		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	7500
Sun	10/23/1921	H	Dayton Triangles	7-0	W		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	8000
Sun	11/6/1921	H	Detroit Tigers	20-9	W		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	6500
Sun	11/13/1921	H	Rock Island Independents	3-0	W		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	2500
Sun	11/20/1921	H	Cleveland Tigers	22-7	W		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	8500
Thu	11/24/1921	H	Buffalo All-Americans	6-7	L		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park
Sun	11/27/1921	H	Green Bay Packers	20-0	W		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	7000
Sun	12/4/1921	H	Buffalo All-Americans	10-7	W		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	12000
Sun	12/11/1921	H	Canton Bulldogs	10-0	W		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	1900
Sun	12/18/1921	H	Chicago Cardinals	0-0	T		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	2700

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Dick Barker	18	LOG-LDG	5-9	180	24	Iowa State	2	0
Hugh Blacklock	12	ROT-RDT	6-0	220	28	Michigan State	11	11
George Bolan	19	FB-LB-ROH-RDH	5-11	203	24	Purdue	6	1
Guy Chamberlin	2	LOE-LDE	6-2	191	27	Nebraska Wesleyan; Nebraska	11	11
Harry Englund	15	ROE-RDE-LOH-LDH	5-11	185	21	none	5	0
George Halas	7	ROE-RDE	6-0	182	26	Illinois	11	11
Chic Harley	4	ROH-RDH	5-8	165	27	Ohio State	8	5
Ken Huffine	5	FB-LB	6-3	208	24	Purdue	10	10
Ralph Lanum	9	LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH	6-0	190	25	Millikin; Illinois	7	1
Jack Mintun	24	C-MG	5-9	191	27	none	3	1
Walt Pearce	10	QB-S	5-5	150	25	Pennsylvania	11	8
Ralph Scott	17	LOT-LDT	6-2	235	27	Wisconsin	11	11
Russ Smith	16	ROG-RDG	5-10	220	26	Southern Illinois; Navy; Illinois	11	11
Ed Sternaman	3	LOH-LDH	5-8	177	26	Illinois	11	11
Pete Stinchcomb	8	ROH-RDH-QB-S-LOH-LDH	5-8	155	26	Ohio State	11	8
Tarzan Taylor	14	LOG-LDG	5-11	173	26	Hamline; Ohio State	11	11
George Trafton	13	C-MG	6-1	231	25	Notre Dame	10	10
Lou Usher	18	LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT	6-2	240	24	Detroit Mercy; Syracuse	4	0

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	19	27	32	50	128
Opponents Totals	3	10	30	10	53

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ed Sternaman	2	9						5	12	41.7	0	36
Pete Stinchcomb	4	0						0	0		0	24
Guy Chamberlin	3	0						0	0		0	18
George Halas	3	0						0	0		0	18
Ken Huffine	2	0						0	0		0	12
Walt Pearce	2	0						0	0		0	12
Ralph Scott	1	0						0	0		0	6
Hugh Blacklock	0	2		66.7				0	0		0	2
Chic Harley	0	0						0	1	0.0	0	0
George Trafton	0	0						0	0		0	0
Team Totals	17	11	17	64.7				5	13	38.5	0	128
Opponents Totals	6	6	6	100.0				3			1	53

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Ed Sternaman	5	12	41.7		35	0/	2/	3/	0/	0/
Chic Harley	0	1	0.0			0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	5				35	0/	2/	3/	0/	0/
Opponents Totals	3					/	/	/	/	/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pete Stinchcomb					4
Ken Huffine					2
Ed Sternaman					2
Walt Pearce					1
Team Totals					9
Opponents Totals					2

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Chic Harley									3
Ken Huffine									1
Ed Sternaman									1
Team Totals									5
Opponents Totals									2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Halas					3
Guy Chamberlin					2
Team Totals					5
Opponents Totals					2

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					1
Opponents Totals					1

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
Walt Pearce							1
Team Totals							1
Opponents Totals							0

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