1921 Tennessee Docs football team

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1921 Tennessee Docs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
  • Bert Hodge (1st season)
CaptainGeorge L. Carmen
Home stadiumHodges Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tennessee Docs     8 0 0
Southwest Texas State     7 0 0
Talladega     4 0 1
Navy     6 1 0
Sam Houston Normal     3 1 2
Erskine     6 2 0
Marshall     5 2 1
Delaware     5 4 0
West Virginia     5 4 1
Middle Tennessee State Normal     3 2 1
East Tennessee State Normal     4 3 0
Birmingham–Southern     4 4 1
Louisville     2 2 1
Marion     4 4 0
Spring Hill     4 4 0
West Tennessee State Normal     4 5 1
Mississippi Normal     3 4 0
Loyola (LA)     2 4 0
Western Kentucky State Normal     2 4 1
Abilene Christian     2 5 0
Bryson College     2 5 0
Wake Forest     2 8 0
Texas Mines     1 4 0
Presbyterian     1 7 0

The 1921 Tennessee Docs football team (variously "Docs", "UT Doctors" or the "Tennessee Medicos") represented the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis in the 1921 college football season.[1] The team outscored its opponents 174 to 12.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30Tech High School
W 41–0[3]
October 8Union (TN)
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
W 14–0[4]
October 14Bethel (TN)
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
W 13–6[5]
October 24Middle Tennessee State Normal
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
W 20–0[6]
November 4at Arkansas College
W 19–0[7]
November 11Arkansas State Normal
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
W 28–0[8]
November 19Ole Miss
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
W 24–6[9]
November 24at Millsaps
W 14–0[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Reference at digital.lib.utk.edu".
  2. ^ "The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide. The official rules book and record book of college football". 1922.
  3. ^ "U. of T. Doctors in win over Tech High in season's opener". The Commercial Appeal. October 1, 1921. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "U.T. Doctors lick Union in their 1921 collegiate debut". The Commercial Appeal. October 9, 1921. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Doctors down Bethel eleven after hard struggle, 13 to 6". The Commercial Appeal. October 15, 1921. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "State Normal is defeated by Tennessee Meds". The Nashville Tennessean. October 25, 1921. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "U. of Tenn. Medics vs. Panthers". Batesville Daily Guard. November 5, 1921. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Memphis eleven defeats Normal". Daily Arkansas Gazette. November 12, 1921. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "U. of T. Doctors triumph over Ole Miss in sea of mud 24–6". The Commercial Appeal. November 20, 1921. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Real football displayed by Millsaps in holding undefeated Tenn. Doctors". Jackson Daily News. November 25, 1921. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.