# 1921 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1921 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1921 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 7–2–1 record under third-year head coach Bob Fisher. Walter Camp selected one Harvard player, guard John Fiske Brown, as a first-team member of his 1921 College Football All-America Team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| September 24 | | Boston University | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | W 10–0 | 15,000 |
| September 24 | | Middlebury | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | W 16–0 | 15,000 |
| October 1 | | Holy Cross | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | W 3–0 | 30,000 |
| October 8 | | Indiana | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | W 19–0 | 15,000 |
| October 15 | | Georgia | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | W 10–7 | 25,000 |
| October 22 | | Penn State | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | T 21–21 | 30,000 |
| October 29 | | Centre | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | L 0–6 | 43,000 |
| November 5 | | at Princeton | Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ (rivalry) | L 3–10 | |
| November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Brown | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | W 9–7 | 25,000 |
| November 19 | | Yale | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (rivalry) | W 10–3 | |
| All times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Game 1: Boston University

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Harvard | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Harvard began the 1921 season with a doubleheader at Harvard Stadium on September 24; both games were played with eight-minute quarters. The first game of the doubleheader was against Boston University. Harvard's team played conservatively and the line played better than was expected. With the ball on the Boston 16-yard line, they completed a forward pass and called a series of rushes which culminated in a touchdown rush by George Owen in the first quarter. Charles Buell converted the extra point to make the score 7–0. The only other scoring play in the contest was a field goal kicked from the Boston 18-yard line by Buell, which followed an 80-yard kick return by Vinton Chapin.
Harvard's season-opening starting lineup was Kunhardt at center; Kane, Hubbard, Brocker, Brown, Lockwood, and Crocker also on the line; Buell at quarterback, Fitts and Owen at halfback, and Chapin at fullback.

### Game 2: Middlebury

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Middlebury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
Harvard's starters for the game were Bradford at center, Hartley, Henry, Anthony, Grew, Hobson, and Macomber also on the line, Johnson at quarterback, Pfaffman and Rouillard at halfback, and Churchill at fullback.

### Game 3: Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Holy Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Harvard | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Game 4: Indiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Harvard | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 19 |

### Game 5: Georgia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • Harvard | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Game 6: Penn State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn State | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### Game 7: Centre

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Centre | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Game 8: Princeton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| • Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |

### Game 9: Brown

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • Harvard | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |

### Game 10: Yale

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |

## Personnel
### Roster

| Player | Position | Games started | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
| Line |||||||
| Wesley Brocker | Guard | 1 | Mechanic Arts HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 26 |
| Fiske Brown | Guard | 1 | Andover HS | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 207 lb (94 kg) | 21 |
| Henry W. Clark | Center | | Phillips Exeter Academy | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 167 lb (76 kg) | 22 |
| John Crocker | End | 1 | Groton School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 21 |
| R. P. Field | End | | St. Mark's School | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 20 |
| H. S. Grew | Guard | | St. Mark's School | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 209 lb (95 kg) | 20 |
| Charles Hubbard | Tackle | 1 | Milton HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 19 |
| Henry Janin | End | | Pomfret School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 21 |
| Richmond Kane | Tackle | 1 | St. George's School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 21 |
| Philip Kunhardt | Center | 1 | Groton School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 21 |
| Alexander Ladd | Tackle | | Milton HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 187 lb (85 kg) | 19 |
| Benoni Lockwood | Tackle | 1 | Groton School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 19 |
| Charles Macomber | End | | Newton HS | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 21 |
| Charles Tierney | Center | | Andover HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 192 lb (87 kg) | 27 |
| Backfield |||||||
| Charles Buell | Quarterback | 1 | Pomfret School | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | 156 lb (71 kg) | 22 |
| Vinton Chapin | Back | 1 | St. Mark's School | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 21 |
| Winthrop Churchill | Back | | Milton HS | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | 20 |
| Philip Coburn | Back | | Noble and Greenough School | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 21 |
| Roscoe Fitts | Back | 1 | Tufts University | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 20 |
| Erwin Gehrke | Back | | Cleveland HS | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 182 lb (83 kg) | 22 |
| Mitchell Gratwick | Back | | Andover HS | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | 21 |
| Percy Jenkins | Back | | Mercersburg Academy | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | 20 |
| Frank Johnson | Quarterback | | Gunnery School | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | 155 lb (70 kg) | 24 |
| George Owen | Back | 1 | Newton HS | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 184 lb (83 kg) | 20 |
| Karl Pfaffman | Back | | Boston College HS | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | 21 |
The "Games started" column is correct through Harvard's first game, against Boston University. It will be updated as more progress is made on the article's "Game summaries" section.