1921 Green Bay Packers season

The 1921 Green Bay Packers season was their third season of competition and their first in the American Professional Football Association, first iteration of the National Football League. The team finished with a 3–2–1 league record under player and coach Curly Lambeau, earning them a seventh-place finish.

1921 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Curly Lambeau
Home field	Hagemeister Park
Results
Record	7–2–2 Overall 3–2–1 APFA
League place	7th APFA
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After the season the Packers were removed from the league, following their acknowledgment of using Notre Dame players during the season, who played under assumed names. Green Bay would return to the NFL a year later as a "new franchise".^[1]

Schedule

The 1921 Packers team

Game	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 25, 1921	Chicago Boosters	W 13–6
2	October 2, 1921	Rockford Olympics	W 49–0
3	October 9, 1921	Chicago Cornell-Hamburgs	W 40–0
4	October 16, 1921	Beloit Fairies	W 7–0
5	October 23, 1921	Minneapolis Marines	W 7–6
6	October 30, 1921	Rock Island Independents	L 3–13
7	November 6, 1921	Evansville Crimson Giants	W 43–6
8	November 13, 1921	Hammond Pros	W 14–7
9	November 20, 1921	at Chicago Cardinals	T 3–3
10	November 27, 1921	at Chicago Staleys	L 0–20
11	December 4, 1921	Racine Legion	T 3–3

• Games in italics are against non-NFL opponents.

Roster

1921 Green Bay Packers roster
	-- Buff Wagner B -- Adolph Kliebhan B -- Art Schmaehl FB -- Grover Malone HB -- Curly Lambeau TB -- Tubby Howard HB -- Billy DuMoe LE -- Dave Hayes RE -- Emmett Keefe E		-- Herman Martell E -- Cowboy Wheeler E -- Joe Carey LG -- Martin Zoll LG -- Sammy Powers G -- Warren Smith G -- Cub Buck RT -- Milt Wilson RG -- Jab Murray C -- Fee Klaus C -- Norm Barry K

Standings

APFA standings
view talk edit	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
Chicago 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

1. "The Taylorville Scandal" (PDF).

Further reading

• Cliff Christl, The Greatest Story in Sports: Green Bay Packers, 1919–2019. 4 volumes. Stevens Point, WI: KCI Sports Publishing, 2021.
• Larry D. Names, The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years, Part One. Wautoma, WI: Angel Press of Wisconsin, 1987.
• Arch Ward, The Green Bay Packers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.

External links

• Sportsencyclopedia.com
• 1921 Green Bay Packers (APFA)