1921 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team

1921 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football
Co-national champion (Boand)
Rose Bowl, T 0–0 vs. California
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–0–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeShort-punt
Home stadiumCollege Field
1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson     10 0 1
Lafayette     9 0 0
Cornell     8 0 0
Penn State     8 0 2
Yale     8 1 0
New Hampshire     8 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     6 1 2
Villanova     6 1 2
Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 0
Harvard     7 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 1
Brown     5 3 1
Bucknell     5 3 1
Geneva     5 3 1
Pittsburgh     5 3 1
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Army     6 4 0
Princeton     4 3 0
Boston College     4 3 1
Fordham     4 3 2
Penn     4 3 2
Colgate     4 4 2
Lehigh     4 4 0
Springfield     4 5 2
Vermont     3 4 0
NYU     2 3 3
Buffalo     2 3 2
Drexel     2 3 1
Rutgers     4 6 0
Rhode Island State     3 5 0
Columbia     2 6 0
Tufts     1 5 2
Duquesne     0 4 1

The 1921 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team was an American football team that represented Washington & Jefferson College as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their first year under head coach Greasy Neale, the Presidents compiled a 10–0 record, shut out seven of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 222 to 33. During the regular season, they defeated Pitt, Detroit, and Syracuse. Their 7–0 victory over rival Pitt was celebrated with a day of canceled classes and a bonfire with inspirational speeches in front of the Washington County Courthouse. They concluded their season with a tie against California in the 1922 Rose Bowl.

The Red and Black finished the season with a share of the 1921 national championship, as determined by the Boand System. In a later ranking of 1921 college football teams by TipTop25, Washington & Jefferson was ranked No. 4.

Tackle Russ Stein was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American. Halfback Hal Erickson was selected as a second-team player on the 1921 All-Eastern football team. Charles Fremont West was the team's quarterback.