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1921 Rock Island Independents (APFA)

5th place • 4-2-1 .667

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Head Coach: Frank Coughlin (0-1-1); Jimmy Conzelman (4-1-0)

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	10/2/1921	H	Detroit Tigers	0-0	T		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	3304
Mon	10/10/1921	A	Decatur Staleys	10-14	L		Decatur, IL	Staley Field	4000
Sun	10/16/1921	A	Chicago Cardinals	14-7	W		Chicago, IL	Normal Park	4000
Sun	10/23/1921	A	Detroit Tigers	14-0	W		Detroit, MI	Navin Field	3000
Sun	10/30/1921	A	Green Bay Packers	13-3	W		Green Bay, WI	Hagemeister Park	6000
Sun	11/6/1921	H	Minneapolis Marines	14-3	W		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	1700
Sun	11/13/1921	A	Decatur Staleys	0-3	L		Chicago, IL	Cubs Park	2500
Sun	11/20/1921	H	Duluth Knights of Columbus	28-0	W		Rock Island, IL	Douglas Park	2500

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Dick Barker	22	ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG	5-9	180	24	Iowa State	2	1
Lane Bridgford	11	ROH-RDH-FB-LB-LOH-LDH	6-0	180	23	Knox	5	4
Walt Brindley	1	LOH-LDH-QB-S	5-10	180	26	Grinnell; Drake	2	0
Walt Buland	21	ROT-RDT	6-1	213	29	none	5	3
Jimmy Conzelman	2	QB-S-LOH-LDH	6-0	175	23	Washington-St. Louis	7	6
Frank Coughlin	20	LOT-LDT	6-3	200	25	Notre Dame	3	3
Eddie Duggan	10	FB-LB	6-0	205	30	Notre Dame	3	1
Jug Earp	14	C-MG	6-0	236	24	Monmouth (Illinois)	6	6
Freeman Fitzgerald	17	C-MG	6-0	195	30	Notre Dame	2	1
Pat Gavin	10	FB-LB	5-10	179	30	none	3	2
Hal Hanson	15	ROG-RDG	6-1	190	25	South Dakota	6	0
John Hasbrouck	20	ROE-RDE	6-0	190	28	none	1	1
Dave Hayes	9	LOE-LDE	5-8	165	25	Notre Dame	3	2
Ed Healey	19	LOT-LDT-ROT--RDT-LOG-LDG-LOE-LDE	6-1	210	27	Dartmouth	7	4
Jerry Johnson	9	ROH-RDH	6-0	195	27	Morningside	2	1
Emmett Keefe	18	LOG-LDG	5-10	195	28	Notre Dame	7	7
Dewey Lyle	16	ROG-RDG	5-11	196	30	none	7	6
Grover Malone	7	ROH-RDH	5-8	175	26	Notre Dame	3	1
Jerry Mansfield		FB-LB	5-8	160	29	none	1	0
Vic Menefee	4	LOE-LDE	6-0	185	24	Morningside	2	0
Sid Nichols	5/4	QB-S-LOH-LDH	5-7	177	26	Illinois	5	3
Eddie Novak	6/7	LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH	5-10	174	24	none	7	7
Paddy Quinn	1/5	FB-LB	5-7	160	31	none	1	0
Oke Smith	8	LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE	6-2	185	26	Drake	5	5
Ed Travis	3	ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT	6-1	205	24	Tarkio; Missouri	5	4
George Vanderloo	7	FB-LB	5-10	191	24	Iowa State	3	3
Obe Wenig	12	ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE	5-10	190	26	Morningside	7	6

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	14	24	0	27	65
Opponents Totals	10	3	10	7	30

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Obe Wenig	3	8	9	88.9				0	1	0.0	0	26
Jimmy Conzelman	2	0	0					1	7	14.3	0	15
Dave Hayes	1	0	0					0	0		0	6
Ed Healey	1	0	0					0	0		0	6
Sid Nichols	1	0	0					0	1	0.0	0	6
Eddie Novak	1	0	0					0	0		0	6
Walt Brindley	0	0	0					0	1	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	9	8	9	88.9				1	10	10.0	0	65
Opponents Totals	3	3	3	100.0				3			0	30

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jimmy Conzelman	1	7	14.3		40	0/	0/	0/	1/	0/
Walt Brindley	0	1	0.0			0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Sid Nichols	0	1	0.0			0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Obe Wenig	0	1	0.0			0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Team Totals	1				40	0/	0/	0/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	3					0/	1/	2/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jimmy Conzelman					1
Sid Nichols					1
Team Totals					2
Opponents Totals					1

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Jimmy Conzelman									2
Eddie Novak									1
Team Totals									3
Opponents Totals									1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Obe Wenig					2
Dave Hayes					1
Team Totals					3
Opponents Totals					1

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ed Healey							1
Eddie Novak							1
Team Totals							2
Opponents Totals							0

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