The 1921 Detroit Junior College football team represented Detroit Junior College (later renamed
Wayne State University) as an independent during the
1921 college football season
The 1921 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing California Golden Bears, Cornell Big Red, Iowa Hawkeyes, Lafayette Leopards, Washington & Jefferson Presidents, and V ...
. In their fourth year under head coach
David L. Holmes
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, the Detroit team compiled a 6–0–2 record, did not allow any of its opponents to score, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 165 to 0.
The season opener against
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Australia
* Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria
* Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland
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* Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario) (formerly Assumption College)
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was played in
Canada at
Sandwich. The
Central Michigan game was played on Thanksgiving Day at Grindley Field in Detroit.
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On December 9, 1921, the student council held a banquet and dance in honor of the football team for having not allowed a point to be scored against them during the 1921 season.
Hazen Dever was the team captain. Other players included Cameron Cunningham, Jack Duncan, Newman Ertell, Norm Heym, Raymond Humphrey, Harold Grant Iler, Russell Lightbody, Thomas MacKay, and M. Cole Seager, and players with the surnames Allen, Becklein, Boyd, Breslin, Grant, Grove, Johnson, Monihan, Plauman, and Richards. Frank Olney was the manager.][2016 Football Media Guide, pp. 118-121.]
Schedule
References
Detroit Junior College
Wayne State Warriors football seasons
College football undefeated seasons
Detroit Junior College football
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