1921 Willamette Bearcats football team

1921 Willamette Bearcats football
ConferenceNorthwest Conference
Record1–5 (0–3 Northwest)
Head coach
Home stadiumSweetland Field
1921 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Whitman $ 3 0 0 4 2 0
Washington State 2 0 1 4 2 1
Oregon 1 0 3 5 1 3
Oregon Agricultural 1 1 1 4 3 2
Idaho 1 2 1 4 3 1
Montana 0 2 0 3 3 1
Willamette 0 3 0 1 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1921 Willamette Bearcats football team represented Willamette University as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1921 college football season. Under first-year head coach Roy Bohler, the Bearcats compiled an overall record of 1–5 with a mark of 0–3 in conference play, and finished tied for sixth in the Northwest Conference.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Oregon
L 3–7[1]
October 15Oregon Agricultural
  • Sweetland Field
  • Salem, OR
L 0–54[2]
October 22Chemawa*
  • Sweetland Field
  • Salem, OR
W 14–7[3]
November 5Pacific (OR)*
  • Sweetland Field
  • Salem, OR
L 10–27[4]
November 11at Whitman
L 0–25[5][6]
November 24at Puget Sound*L 7–18[7]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Oregon wins from Bearcats yesterday by score of 7–3". The Oregon Statesman. October 2, 1921. Retrieved January 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Bearcats are well drubbed, Willamette outclassed by Oregon Aggies, with final score 54 to 0". The Oregon Statesman. October 16, 1921. Retrieved January 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Willamette beats Chemawa Indians". San Francisco Chronicle. October 23, 1921. Retrieved January 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pacific defeats Willamette by aid of forward pass". The Oregon Sunday Journal. November 6, 1921. Retrieved January 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Homecoming at Whitman". Great Falls Leader. November 12, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved January 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Whitman puts victory over on Willamette". San Francisco Examiner. November 12, 1921. Retrieved January 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Willamette goes down to defeat". The News Tribune. November 25, 1921. Retrieved January 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.