1921 Canton Bulldogs season

1921 Canton Bulldogs season
Head coach	Cap Edwards
Home field	League Field
Results
Record	8–3–3 Overall 5–2–3 APFA
League place	4th APFA

The 1921 Canton Bulldogs season was their second in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 7–4–2, losing only two NFL games.^[1] They finished fourth in the league.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
–	October 2, 1921	Massillon Blues	W 48–0
1	October 9, 1921	Hammond Pros	T 7–7
2	October 16, 1921	at Dayton Triangles	T 14–14
3	October 23, 1921	Akron Pros	L 3–0
4	November 6, 1921	Dayton Triangles	W 14–0
5	November 13, 1921	at Cleveland Indians	W 7–0
6	November 20, 1921	at Buffalo All-Americans	T 7–7
7	November 24, 1921	at Akron Pros	W 14–0
8	November 27, 1921	at Washington Senators	W 15–0
–	December 3, 1921	at Union Quakers of Philadelphia	W 14–9
9	December 11, 1921	at Chicago Staleys	L 10–0
–	December 15, 1921	at Chicago Morris Supremes	W 19–0
–	December 17, 1921	at Union Quakers of Philadelphia	L 34–0
10	December 18, 1921	at Washington Senators	W 28–14

Games in italics are against non-NFL teams.

Standings

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
Racine 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.

References

↑ 1921 Canton Bulldogs

1921 APFA season

Akron Pros	Buffalo All-Americans	Canton Bulldogs	Racine Cardinals
Chicago Staleys	Cincinnati Celts	Cleveland Indians	Columbus Panhandles
Dayton Triangles	Detroit Tigers	Evansville Crimson Giants	Green Bay Packers
Hammond Pros	Louisville Brecks	Minneapolis Marines	Muncie Flyers
New York Brickley Giants	Rochester Jeffersons	Rock Island Independents	Tonawanda Kardex
Washington Senators

Canton Bulldogs

Defunct Ohio League and National Football League club 1905–1927 Formerly the Canton Athletic Club and the Canton Professionals Based in Canton, Ohio

The franchise	History Players

NFL championships (2)	1922 NFL Championship 1923 NFL Championship

Ohio League championships (3)	1916 1917 1919

Rivalries	Massillon Tigers Shelby Blues Akron Pros Latrobe Athletic Association

Lore	Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal Cleveland Bulldogs Jim Thorpe – All-American Pro Football Hall of Fame

Head coaches	Blondy Wallace Jack Cusack Jim Thorpe Cap Edwards Guy Chamberlin Harry Robb Pete Henry

Seasons	1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Canton Bulldogs seasons

1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Bold indicates NFL title

Italics indicates either sole possession or a share of the Ohio League title

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