1921 Columbus Panhandles season

1921 Columbus Panhandles season
Head coach	Ted Nesser
Home field	Neil Field
Results
Record	3–8 Overall 1–8 APFA
League place	17th APFA

The 1921 Columbus Panhandles season was their second in the newly formed American Professional Football Association (soon to become the National Football League). The team failed to improve on their previous output of 2–6–2, winning only one league game. They finished seventeenth in the league.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	September 25, 1921	at Akron Pros	L 14–0
2	October 2, 1921	at Dayton Triangles	L 42–13
3	October 9, 1921	at Buffalo All-Americans	L 38–0
4	October 16, 1921	at Cleveland Indians	L 35–9
5	October 23, 1921	at Chicago Cardinals	L 17–6
6	October 30, 1921	at Minneapolis Marines	L 28–0
7	November 6, 1921	Akron Pros	L 21–0
8	November 13, 1921	Fort Wayne Pros	W 17–7
9	November 20, 1921	at Rochester Jeffersons	L 27–13
10	December 4, 1921	at Louisville Brecks	W 6–0
11	December 11, 1921	Columbus Wagner Pirates	W 20–0

• Games in italics are against non-NFL teams and do not contribute to the league standings.

Standings

APFA standings
	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 Indians	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.