1921 Canton Bulldogs season

The 1921 Canton Bulldogs season was their second completed in the young American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team improved on their previous output of 7–4–2, losing only two NFL games.^[1] They finished fourth in the league.

1921 Canton Bulldogs season
Owner	Ralph Hay
Head coach	Cap Edwards
Home stadium	Lakeside Park
Results
Record	5–2–3 APFA (8–3–3 overall)
League place	4th APFA
← 1920 Canton Bulldogs 1922 →

The 1921 team was sometimes referred to as the Canton Indians in the contemporary press.

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap	Sources
–	October 2	Massillon Blues	W 48–0	—	Lakeside Park		—	[2]
1	October 9	Hammond Pros	T 7–7	0–0–1	Lakeside Park		Recap
2	October 16	at Dayton Triangles	T 14–14	0–0–2	Triangle Park		Recap	[3]
3	October 23	Akron Pros	L 0–3	0–1–2	Lakeside Park	8,000	Recap
—	October 30	at Chicago Staleys	canceled due to heavy rain					[4][5]
4	November 6	Dayton Triangles	W 14–0	1–1–2	Lakeside Park		Recap
—	November 11	at Chicago Cardinals	cancelled due to unplayable muddy field					[6][7][8]
5	November 13	at Cleveland Tigers	W 7–0	2–1–2	Dunn Field	< 3,500	Recap	[9][10]
6	November 20	at Buffalo All-Americans	T 7–7	2–1–3	Canisius Villa		Recap	[11][12]
7	November 24	at Akron Pros	W 14–0	3–1–3	League Park		Recap
8	November 27	at Washington Senators	W 15–0	4–1–3	American League Park	4,000	Recap
–	December 3	at Union Quakers of Philadelphia	W 14–9	—			—
9	December 11	at Chicago Staleys	L 0–10	4–2–3	Cubs Field	3,000	Recap	[13][14][15]
–	December 15	at Chicago Morris Supremes	W 19–0	—			—
–	December 17	at Union Quakers of Philadelphia	L 0–34	—			—
10	December 18	at Washington Senators	W 28–14	5–2–3	American League Park	6,000	Recap
Note: Games in italics are non-league opponents. Armistice Day: November 11. Thanksgiving Day: November 24.

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 Tigers	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.

Roster

Although the year 1920 is indicated in the caption of this photo from the first Hall of Fame game program, this is probably the 1921 iteration of the Canton Bulldogs team.