1921 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1921 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1921 college football season, led by fourth-year head coach Knute Rockne.

1921 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainEddie Anderson
Home stadiumCartier Field
1921 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Detroit Junior College    6 0 2
Notre Dame    10 1 0
Creighton    8 1 0
Detroit    8 1 0
South Dakota State    7 1 0
Kirksville Osteopaths    6 1 0
Iowa State Teachers    5 1 1
Wabash    7 2 0
Central Michigan    7 2 1
Butler    6 2 0
Western State Normal (MI)    6 2 0
Marquette    6 2 1
DePauw    4 3 0
Haskell    5 4 0
North Dakota Agricultural    3 3 1
Saint Louis    4 4 1
Valparaiso    2 2 1
Michigan Agricultural    3 5 0
Northern Illinois State    3 5 0
Earlham    2 4 1
St. Ignatius (OH)    2 6 0
Dayton    1 7 1
Kent State    0 2 1

Back John Mohardt led the team to a 10–1 record with 781 rushing yards, 995 passing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, and nine passing touchdowns. Grantland Rice wrote that "Mohardt could throw the ball to within a foot or two of any given space" and noted that the 1921 Notre Dame team "was the first team we know of to build its attack around a forward passing game, rather than use a forward passing game as a mere aid to the running game."

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