1921 Bowling Green Normals football team explained

Year:1921
Team:Bowling Green Normals
Sport:football
Conference:Northwest Ohio League
Short Conf:NOL
Record:3–1–1
Conf Record:3–0
Head Coach:Earl Krieger
Hc Year:1st
Captain:Franklin "Gus" Skibbie
Champion:NOL champion

The 1921 Bowling Green Normals football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State Normal School (later Bowling Green State University) as a member of the Northwest Ohio League (NOL) during the 1921 college football season. In its third season of intercollegiate football, Bowling Green compiled a 3–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 178 to 34. Earl Krieger was the head coach, and Franklin "Gus" Skibbie was the team captain.[1]

The team scored 151 points against, the highest total of the 1921 season by any football team in the country.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide. Bowling Green State University. June 27, 2020. 62.
  2. News: Buckeye Battles: Games That Made Ohio Football History. Wilmington News-Journal. November 3, 1928. Newspapers.com.