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1921 Rochester Jeffersons season

{{short description|Sports season}}

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{{Infobox NFL season

| team = Rochester Jeffersons

| year = 1921

| record = 2–3 APFA
(4–3–1 overall)

| league_place = 10th in APFA

| coach = Jack Forsyth

| stadium = Baseball Park (Rochester)

| playoffs =

}}

The 1921 Rochester Jeffersons season was their second completed in the young American Professional Football Association (APFA), soon to be renamed the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous record against league teams of 6–3–2, winning only two games.[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rch/1921.htm 1921 Rochester Jeffersons] They finished tenth in the league.[http://www.profootballarchives.com/1921apfaroc.html 1921 Rochester Jeffersons (APFA)] The Union Quakers were able to arrange a game with Rochester to make up for the loss of a game between the Quakers and the Canton Bulldogs. The Jeffersons played the Quakers to a 3–3 tie. Since the Jeffs were losing large amounts of money during the 1921 season and needed the revenue from the Union Quakers game, the APFA decided to not interfere.[http://home.comcast.net/~ghostsofthegridiron/Quakers2.htm/ Ghoss of the Gridiron] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022090253/http://home.comcast.net/~ghostsofthegridiron/Quakers2.htm |date=October 22, 2011 }}, which tracks the Football history of the Union Club of Philadelphia

Schedule

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!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Rochester Jeffersons|year=1921|border=2}}"| Venue

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!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Rochester Jeffersons|year=1921|border=2}}"| Recap

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| October 9

| All-Buffalo

| W 41–0

| —

| Exposition Park

| "good-sized crowd"

| —

| [https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-big-red-eleven-sw/163336890/ "Big Red Eleven Swamps Bisons: Rochester Pros Win First Engagement, 41 to 0,"] Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Oct. 10, 1921, p. 19.

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! 1

| October 16

| at Chicago Staleys

| L 13–16

| 0–1

| Cubs Park

| 8,000

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192110160chi.htm Recap]

| [https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-and-review-staleys-defeat-rochest/163055922/ "Staleys Defeat Rochester in Great Gridiron Battle: Starch Workers Come From Behind to Beat New York,"] Decatur Herald, Oct. 17, 1921, p. 4.

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! 2

| October 23

| at Buffalo All-Americans

| L 0–28

| 0–2

| Canisius Villa

| 10,000

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192110230bff.htm Recap]

|

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! 3

| October 30

| at Akron Pros

| L 0–19

| 0–3

| League Park

| 4,000

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192110300akr.htm Recap]

| [https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-akron-defeats-jef/163336512/ "Akron Defeats Jeffs by 19–0: Rochester Eleven Weakens in Fourth Quarter,"] Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Oct. 31, 1921, p. 18.

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! 4

| November 6

| Tonawanda Kardex

| W 45–0

| 1–3

| Baseball Park

| 3,000

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192111060rch.htm Recap]

|

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| November 19

| at Philadelphia Union Quakers

| T 3–3

| —

| National League Park

| 8,000

| —

| [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-kicks-field-go/163346722/ "Kicks Field Goal from 47-Yard Line: Morissey's Great Boot Enables Rochester to Tie Union Quakers, 3–3,"] Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 20, 1921, p. 21.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-47-yard-placement/163345605/ "47-Yard Placement Kick Gives Jeffersons a Tie,"] Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Nov. 20, 1921, p. 45.

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! 5

| November 20

| Columbus Panhandles

| W 27–13

| 2–3

| Baseball Park

| 2,500

| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/192111200rch.htm Recap]

|

–

| November 27

| Syracuse Pros

| W 12–0

| —

| Baseball Park

| "small crowd"

| —

| [https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-jeffs-finish-seas/163339272/ "Jeffs Finish Season With 12–0 Victory Over Syracuse: Red Backfield Too Strong for Salt City Team,"] Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Nov. 28, 1921, p. 16.

colspan="10"| Note: Games in italics indicate a non-league opponent. November 19: Saturday.

Standings

{{1921 APFA standings}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{1921 APFA season by team}}

{{Rochester Jeffersons seasons}}

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