1921 University of Akron football team

1921 Akron football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–3 (4–3 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainHerman Eckert
Home stadiumBuchtel 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.