1921 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team

The 1921 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football team represented Oregon Agricultural College (OAC)—now known as Oregon State University—as a member of the Northwest Conference and the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1921 college football season. In their second season under head coach Dick Rutherford, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 4–3–2 and outscored their opponents, 231 to 42. Oregon Agricultural had a record of 1–1–1 in Northwest Conference play and 1–2–1 against PCC opponents, placing fourth in both conferences.^[1]

1921 Oregon Agricultural Aggies football
Head coach Dick Rutherford
Conference	Northwest Conference, Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–3–2 (1–1–1 Northwest, 1–2–1 PCC)
Head coach	Dick Rutherford (2nd season)
Captain	Gap Powell
Home stadium	Bell Field
Seasons ← 1920 1922 →

1921 Northwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Whitman $	3	–	0	–	0			4	–	2	–	0
Washington State	2	–	0	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Oregon	1	–	0	–	3			5	–	1	–	3
Oregon Agricultural	1	–	1	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Idaho	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Montana	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
Willamette	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1921 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
California $	4	–	0	–	0			9	–	0	–	1
Washington State	2	–	1	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Stanford	1	–	1	–	1			4	–	2	–	2
Oregon Agricultural	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Oregon	0	–	1	–	2			5	–	1	–	3
Washington	0	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion

Team captain fullback Gap Powell was selected as an All-American by Football World and Athletic World.^[2] The team played home games at Bell Field in Corvallis, Oregon.

Background

The 1921 football season was deemed a financial success by J.J. Richardson, general manager of student affairs at OAC.^[3] Total receipts for the year were $25,378.41 — an increase of more than $5,000 from 1920.^[3] Expenses, including travel costs and advertising, topped $12,000.^[3] The windfall was attributed to solid attendances at home games against major opponents, while early-season match ups with Chemawa Indian School and the Multnomah Athletic Club were played "without profits," it was noted.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	O.A.C. Rooks*	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 68–7
October 1	Chemawa*	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 68–0		[4]
October 8	Multnomah Athletic Club*	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	T 7–7		[5]
October 15	at Willamette	Sweetland Field Salem, OR	W 54–0		[6]
October 22	Washington	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	W 24–0	6,500	[7]
October 29	at Stanford	Stanford Field Stanford, CA	L 7–14	10,000	[8]
November 11	Washington State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 3–7		[9]
November 19	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (rivalry)	T 0–0	8,000	[10][11]
November 26	at USC*	Tournament Park Pasadena, CA	L 0–7		[12]
*Non-conference game

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