1921 University of Akron football team

1921 Akron football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	5–3 (4–3 OAC)
Head coach	Fred Sefton (7th season)
Captain	Herman Eckert
Home stadium	Buchtel Field

1921 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH) $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
St. Xavier	1	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Oberlin	7	–	0	–	1			7	–	0	–	1
Case	6	–	1	–	2			6	–	2	–	2
Wooster	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Denison	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Akron	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Ohio Northern	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Wittenberg	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Kenyon	1	–	1	–	4			1	–	1	–	5
Ohio	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Otterbein	1	–	3	–	2			1	–	5	–	2
Western Reserve	2	–	5	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Hiram	1	–	4	–	2			2	–	4	–	2
Ohio Wesleyan	1	–	6	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Mount Union	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Cincinnati	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Heidelberg	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1921 Akron football team represented the University of Akron in the 1921 college football season as a part of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). The team was led by seventh-year head coach Fred Sefton. Akron outscored their opponents by a total of 117–69 and finished with a 5–3 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Western Reserve	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 14–7
	Case	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 0–14
	at Hiram	Hiram, OH	L 0–6
	Heidelberg	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 14–0
	Ohio Northern	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 26–7
	Mount Union	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 28–14
	Muskingum*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 35–8
	at Wooster	Wooster, OH	L 0–13
*Non-conference game