| Year: | 1921 |
| Team: | Harvard Crimson |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 7–2–1 |
| Head Coach: | Bob Fisher |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Harvard Stadium |
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.[1] [2] Walter Camp selected one Harvard player, guard John Fiske Brown, as a first-team member of his 1921 College Football All-America Team.[3]
| Wesley Brocker | Guard | 1 | 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin) | 205lbs | 26 | ||
| Guard | 1 | 6inchesft0inchesin (ftin) | 207lbs | 21 | |||
| Center | 6inchesft0inchesin (ftin) | 167lbs | 22 | ||||
| John Crocker | End | 1 | 6inchesft1inchesin (ftin) | 180lbs | 21 | ||
| R. P. Field | End | 5inchesft11inchesin (ftin) | 175lbs | 20 | |||
| H. S. Grew | Guard | St. Mark's School | 5inchesft11inchesin (ftin) | 209lbs | 20 | ||
| Tackle | 1 | 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin) | 190lbs | 19 | |||
| Henry Janin | End | 6inchesft0inchesin (ftin) | 180lbs | 21 | |||
| Richmond Kane | Tackle | 1 | 6inchesft1inchesin (ftin) | 185lbs | 21 | ||
| Philip Kunhardt | Center | 1 | Groton School | 6inchesft0inchesin (ftin) | 190lbs | 21 | |
| Alexander Ladd | Tackle | Milton HS | 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin) | 187lbs | 19 | ||
| Benoni Lockwood | Tackle | 1 | Groton School | 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin) | 190lbs | 19 | |
| Charles Macomber | End | 5inchesft10inchesin (ftin) | 175lbs | 21 | |||
| Charles Tierney | Center | Andover HS | 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin) | 192lbs | 27 | ||
| Quarterback | 1 | Pomfret School | 5inchesft9inchesin (ftin) | 156lbs | 22 | ||
| Back | 1 | St. Mark's School | 5inchesft10inchesin (ftin) | 165lbs | 21 | ||
| Winthrop Churchill | Back | Milton HS | 5inchesft6inchesin (ftin) | 160lbs | 20 | ||
| Philip Coburn | Back | 5inchesft11inchesin (ftin) | 185lbs | 21 | |||
| Roscoe Fitts | Back | 1 | 5inchesft11inchesin (ftin) | 180lbs | 20 | ||
| Back | 5inchesft11inchesin (ftin) | 182lbs | 22 | ||||
| Mitchell Gratwick | Back | Andover HS | 6inchesft0inchesin (ftin) | 160lbs | 21 | ||
| Percy Jenkins | Back | 5inchesft9inchesin (ftin) | 165lbs | 20 | |||
| Frank Johnson | Quarterback | Gunnery School | 5inchesft8inchesin (ftin) | 155lbs | 24 | ||
| Back | 1 | Newton HS | 5inchesft11inchesin (ftin) | 184lbs | 20 | ||
| Karl Pfaffman | Back | 6inchesft1inchesin (ftin) | 160lbs | 21 |
Harvard began the 1921 season with a doubleheader at Harvard Stadium on September 24; both games were played with eight-minute quarters.[4] 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.
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.
See main article: 1921 Centre vs. Harvard football game.
See also: Harvard–Princeton football rivalry.
See also: Harvard–Yale football rivalry.