2021 Slippery Rock football team

American college football season

2021 Slippery Rock football

NCAA Division II First Round, L 25–33 at Notre Dame (OH)
Conference	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
Ranking
AFCA	No. 20
Record	9–3 (8–1 PSAC)
Head coach	Shawn Lutz (6th season)
Home stadium	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 8 Kutztown xy$^	7	–	0	11	–	2
No. 5 Shepherd x^	6	–	1	13	–	2
Shippensburg	5	–	2	9	–	2
West Chester	4	–	3	6	–	5
East Stroudsburg	3	–	4	5	–	6
Bloomsburg	2	–	5	3	–	8
Millersville	1	–	6	2	–	9
Lock Haven	0	–	7	1	–	10
West Division
No. 20 Slippery Rock xy^	6	–	1	9	–	3
No. 21 California (PA) x	5	–	1	9	–	1
IUP	5	–	2	7	–	3
Gannon	3	–	4	5	–	6
Edinboro	3	–	4	4	–	6
Mercyhurst	3	–	4	4	–	7
Seton Hill	2	–	5	5	–	6
Clarion	0	–	6	0	–	10
Championship: Kutztown 38, Slippery Rock 32
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2021 Slippery Rock football team represented Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in the 2021 NCAA Division II football season. A member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference they competed in the conference's West Division. The conference did not play football last fall due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The team was coached by Shawn Lutz in his sixth season with the school.^[1]

Schedule


Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at Wayne State*	No. 5	Tom Adams Field Detroit, MI	W 24–21	2,431
September 11	6:05 p.m.	East Stroudsburg	No. 8	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA	W 22–7	8,101
September 18	6:00 p.m.	Lock Haven	No. 6	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA	W 57–7	7,224
September 25	6:00 p.m.	at Seton Hill	No. 6	Offutt Field Greensburg, PA	W 41–17	1,150
October 2	6:00 p.m.	Clarion	No. 7	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slipper Rock, PA	W 75–0	5,003
October 9	2:00 p.m.	at Edinboro	No. 6	Sox Harrison Stadium Edinboro, PA	W 49–13	5,850
October 16	1:00 p.m.	IUP	No. 6	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA	L 21–48	9,317
October 23	12:00 p.m.	at Mercyhurst	No. 17	Saxon Stadium Erie, PA	W 20–17	1,320
October 30	12:00 p.m.	at Gannon	No. 15	McConnell Family Stadium Erie, PA	W 63–21	556
November 6	1:00 p.m.	California (PA)	No. 15	N. Kerr Thompson Stadium Slippery Rock, PA (Senior Day)	W 38–26	7,191
November 13	12:05 p.m.	at Kutztown*	No. 10	Andre Reed Stadium Kutztown, PA (PSAC Football Championship Game)	L 32–38	3,352
November 20	12:00 p.m.	at Notre Dame (OH)*	No. 10	Mueller Field South Euclid, OH (NCAA Division II first round)	L 25–33^[2]	1,755
*Non-conference game Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "Shawn Lutz - Football Coach". Slippery Rock University Athletics. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
^ "Slippery Rock vs Notre Dame (OH) DII Football Game Summary - November 20th, 2021". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.

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