1921 Arizona Wildcats football team explained

Year:1921
Team:Arizona Wildcats
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:7–2
Head Coach:Pop McKale
Hc Year:7th
Captain:Walter William Wofford
Bowl:East-West Christmas Classic
Bowl Result:L 0–38 vs. Centre

The 1921 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their seventh season, under head coach Pop McKale, the Wildcats compiled a 7–2 record, shut out six of nine opponents, lost to the Centre Praying Colonels in the East-West Christmas Classic (the program's first bowl game appearance), and outscored all opponents, 418 to 68. The team captain was Walter William Wofford.[1]

Arizona's Harold "Nosey" McClellan led the nation in scoring with 124 points.[2]

Game summaries

Centre (Christmas Classic)

In the Christmas Classic (which was a bowl game), Arizona failed to score a single point against Centre in a shutout loss. This was the Wildcats’ first ever bowl game in program history.[3] Arizona did not appear in another bowl game until 1948.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide. University of Arizona. October 23, 2016. 102, 104. 2016.
  2. Web site: A timeline of Arizona Football History. University of Arizona. October 8, 2018.
  3. News: Centre destroys Wildcats in Christmas Classic. Arizona Daily Wildcat. January 9, 1922.