The 1921 Purple Wildcats team represented

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during the 1921 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach

Elmer McDevitt Elmer William McDevitt (December 9, 1887 – May 4, 1940) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northwestern University from 1920 to 1921 and at the University of Denver from 1923 to 1924, compiling a ...

, the Purple compiled a 1–6 record (0–5 against

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opponents) and finished in last place in the

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