The 1921 Columbus Panhandles season was their second in the newly formed American Professional Football Association (soon to become the National Football League). The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–6–2, winning only one league game.[1] They finished seventeenth in the league.
| 1921 Columbus Panhandles season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Ted Nesser |
| Home field | Neil Field |
| Results | |
| Record | 3–8 Overall 1–8 APFA |
| League place | 17th APFA |
Schedule
edit| Week | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 25, 1921 | at Akron Pros | L 14–0 |
| 2 | October 2, 1921 | at Dayton Triangles | L 42–13 |
| 3 | October 9, 1921 | at Buffalo All-Americans | L 38–0 |
| 4 | October 16, 1921 | at Cleveland Indians | L 35–9 |
| 5 | October 23, 1921 | at Chicago Cardinals | L 17–6 |
| 6 | October 30, 1921 | at Minneapolis Marines | L 28–0 |
| 7 | November 6, 1921 | Akron Pros | L 21–0 |
| 8 | November 13, 1921 | Fort Wayne Pros | W 17–7 |
| 9 | November 20, 1921 | at Rochester Jeffersons | L 27–13 |
| 10 | December 4, 1921 | at Louisville Brecks | W 6–0 |
| 11 | December 11, 1921 | Columbus Wagner Pirates | W 20–0 |
- Games in italics are against non-NFL teams and do not contribute to the league standings.
Standings
edit| APFA standings | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Chicago Staleys | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 128 | 53 | T1 | ||
| Buffalo All-Americans | 9 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 211 | 29 | L1 | ||
| Akron Pros | 8 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 148 | 31 | W1 | ||
| Canton Bulldogs | 5 | 2 | 3 | .714 | 106 | 55 | W1 | ||
| Rock Island Independents | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 65 | 30 | L1 | ||
| Evansville Crimson Giants | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 89 | 46 | W1 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | 70 | 55 | L1 | ||
| Dayton Triangles | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 | 96 | 67 | L1 | ||
| Chicago Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 54 | 53 | T1 | ||
| Rochester Jeffersons | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 85 | 76 | W2 | ||
| Cleveland Indians | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 95 | 58 | L1 | ||
| Washington Senators | 1 | 2 | 0 | .334 | 21 | 43 | L1 | ||
| Cincinnati Celts | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 14 | 117 | L2 | ||
| Hammond Pros | 1 | 3 | 1 | .250 | 17 | 45 | L2 | ||
| Minneapolis Marines | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 37 | 41 | L1 | ||
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | 19 | 109 | L5 | ||
| Columbus Panhandles | 1 | 8 | 0 | .111 | 47 | 222 | W1 | ||
| Tonawanda Kardex | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 45 | L1 | ||
| Muncie Flyers | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 28 | L2 | ||
| Louisville Brecks | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 27 | L2 | ||
| New York Brickley Giants | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 72 | L2 | ||
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Players
edit- Albert John Shook (March 12, 1899 – January 1, 1984) played guard for the team. He appeared in two games.[2]
References
edit- ^ 1921 Columbus Panhandles
- ^ "AL SHOOK". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
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