1922 college football season

1922 college football season
Image of pivotal play in Princeton–Chicago game
Number of bowls	2
Bowl games	December 25, 1922 – January 1, 1923
Champion(s)	California Cornell Princeton
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The 1922 college football season had a number of unbeaten and untied teams, and no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing California, Cornell, Iowa, Princeton, and Vanderbilt as national champions.^[1] California, Cornell, and Princeton were all picked by multiple selectors.

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The 1923 Rose Bowl at season's end was the first called the "Rose Bowl"^[7] and was held in the newly constructed stadium. In the first bowl appearance for either team, USC beat Penn State 14–3.

The West Virginia Mountaineers played the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the only other bowl game this season, the San Diego East-West Christmas Classic. WVU won 21–13.

Rule changes

The 1922 season included the new "try for a point" rule.^[8] One was allowed to either kick an extra point after a touchdown as usual, or to place the ball anywhere beyond the five yard line and try to score either by touchdown or by a kick, and receive the one point if successful. On the "try for a point," any foul by the defense awarded the offense the point, and any foul by the offense made the try no good

Conference and program changes

Conference establishments

• Five new conferences began play in 1922:
  • California Coast Conference – active until 1924
  • Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference
    – an active NCAA Division III conference
  • North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – an NCAA Division II conference active through the 2007 season; later known as just the North Central Conference
  • South Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference
  • Southern Conference – an active Division I FCS conference; its 20 members broke away from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SAIAA) in 1921 and 1922

Membership changes

School	1921 Conference	1922 Conference
Alabama Crimson Tide	SIAA	SoCon
Auburn Tigers	SIAA	SoCon
Brigham Young Cougars	New Program	Rocky Mountain
Clemson Tigers	SIAA	SoCon
Florida Gators	SIAA	SoCon
Georgia Buldogs	SIAA	SoCon
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	SIAA	SoCon
Idaho Vandals	Independent	Pacific Coast
Kentucky Wildcats	SIAA	SoCon
LSU Tigers	SIAA	SoCon
Maryland Terrapins	SAIAA	SoCon
Mississippi Rebels	SIAA	SoCon
Mississippi A&M Bulldogs	SIAA	SoCon
North Carolina Tar Heels	SAIAA	SoCon
NC State Wolfpack	SAIAA	SoCon
South Carolina Gamecocks	SIAA	SoCon
Southern California Trojans	Independent	Pacific Coast
Tennessee Volunteers	SIAA	SoCon
Tulane Green Wave	SIAA	SoCon
Virginia Cavaliers	SAIAA	SoCon
VPI Fighting Gobblers	SAIAA	SoCon
Vanderbilt Commodores	SIAA	SIAA/SoCon
Generals	SAIAA	SoCon

September

September 30 Harvard beat Middlebury 20–0, Princeton beat Johns Hopkins 30–0, and Cornell beat St. Bonaventure 55–6. Vanderbilt opened its season with a 38–0 win over Middle Tennessee Normal (now MTSU). Baylor beat North Texas 55–0 California beat Santa Clara 45–14.

October

October 7 Princeton defeated Virginia 5–0, Harvard beat Holy Cross 20–0, and Cornell beat Niagara 66–0 Vanderbilt beat Henderson-Brown College 33–0

lost to Yale at New Haven, 18–0. defeated Case 48–0. Chicago beat Georgia 20–0 Drake opened its season with a win over Cornell College of Iowa, 16–0 Baylor beat Hardin-Simmons 42–0 In a meeting with the visiting Mare Island Marines service team, California routed them 80–0.

Dudley Field

October 14 Princeton beat Colgate 10–0, Harvard defeated Bowdoin 15–0, and Cornell beat New Hampshire 68–7 At New Haven, Iowa defeated Yale 6–0. In the first game between Eastern and Western teams of the college football season, Iowa dominated Yale. Yale lost to a Western team for the first time ever.

In Nashville,

, the first dedicated football-only stadium in the South in the style of the Eastern schools. After beating Duke 20–0 in a Thursday game, beat South Carolina, 10–7. Centre gave VPI its only loss of the season. Drake defeated Kansas 6–0. California beat St. Mary's 41–0.

October 21 Harvard had been shocked the year before in a 6–0 upset by the "Prayin' Colonels" of Centre College of Danville, Kentucky. In the rematch, the Crimson beat Centre 24–10. Princeton recorded another shutout, blanking Maryland 26–0. Cornell defeated Colgate 14–0.

In Dallas, Vanderbilt and Texas, both unbeaten, met at the State Fair, with the Commodores winning 20–10. In Houston, Baylor defeated Rice 31–0.

won at NC State, 14–9. Georgia beat Tennessee 7–3.

won at Ohio State 19–0; In St. Louis, Drake beat Washington University, 31–7 Baylor beat Arkansas 60–13 California shut out the Olympic Club team, 25–0.

October 28 In the first football game ever broadcast nationally on the radio

Harvard defeated Dartmouth 12–3.

beat Illinois 24–0 Baylor beat Mississippi College 40–7

Vanderbilt beat Mercer 25–0

defeated Maryland 27–3

California was 4–0–0, and USC was 5–0–0, when the teams met in Pasadena. Cal had a 2–0 lead at halftime, and held off USC on two goal line stands, before scoring a touchdown and a field goal to win 12–0.^[11]

November

November 4

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North Carolina

defeated Tulane 19–12.

defeated Iowa State 14–7

Baylor beat Texas A&M 13–7. California defeated Washington State, 61–0.

November 11 Princeton and Harvard were both unbeaten(6–0–0) when the Tigers travelled to Cambridge to face the Crimson. Princeton had not won on Harvard's home field since 1896, and 54,000 turned out to watch. Although both teams were unbeaten, Harvard was heavily favored to overcome the young Tiger team, and led 3–0 early in the game. On the 18 yard line, though, the Tigers outsmarted Harvard with a triple pass that set up Harry Crum's touchdown run, and went on to win 10–3. Grantland Rice wrote the next day, "Crimson shadows around Cambridge way were thicker tonight than the Chinese wall and as deep as the darkness of Stygia itself..." ^[15]

At the Polo Grounds, Cornell beat Dartmouth, with the Big Red overcoming the Big Green, 23–0. In Boston, Baylor lost to Boston College, 33–0.

In Seattle, California (7–0–0) faced Washington (5–0–0) in a battle of unbeatens, and handed the Huskies their first defeat, 45–7.

beat Wisconsin 13–6; Drake beat Colorado State, 19–6 Vanderbilt beat Kentucky 9–0 beat VMI 9–7 at Richmond.

November 18 Princeton beat Yale, 3–0, to close a perfect season. Cornell beat Albright, 48–14 Harvard lost its second straight game, falling 3–0 to Brown Iowa won at Ohio State 12–9 to stay unbeaten. Drake defeated Grinnell College. 21–0 Baylor beat Oklahoma State, 10–0 Vanderbilt won at Georgia 12–0. Auburn upset Centre 6–0. The 1922 Tigers are considered one of Auburn's greatest football teams.^[16] At Charlotte, NC,

defeated Davidson 20–6. California defeated Nevada, 61–13.

November 25 Harvard won at Yale, 10–3. California closed its season with a 28–0 win at Stanford.

won at Mississippi State in Starkville, 48–6

November 30 was Thanksgiving Day in 1922. In Philadelphia, Cornell defeated Penn 6–3. In Dallas, Baylor defeated SMU, 24–0, to win the Southwest Conference title. The following week, Baylor lost to the Haskell Indians team, 21–20.

closed its season with a 10–7 win at Virginia, to finish at 9–1–0. Vanderbilt beat Sewanee, 26–0, to close at 8–0–1.

Bowl games

In the 1923 Rose Bowl, USC defeated Penn State, 14–3. Though USC had an overall record of 9–1 coming into the game, the Trojans finished fourth place in

, having been defeated by PCC champion California. Penn State won its first five games, then only one of the next five, and had a 6–4–1 record at season's end.

The 1922 San Diego East-West Christmas Classic was played on December 25 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, California. The West Virginia Mountaineers defeated the Gonzaga Bulldogs, 21 to 13, to finish the season undefeated with a 10–0—1 record.

National championship

Three different "retro polls", taken years later and based on opinions drawn from historical research, reached different conclusions. The Helms Athletic Foundation, founded in 1936, declared retroactively that Cornell (8–0) was the best, while the College Football Researchers Association (CFRA) recognized Princeton (8–0), and the National Championship Foundation (NCF) cited California (9–0) and Princeton as best.^[17] The Princeton team was dubbed the "team of destiny" by Grantland Rice after defeating Chicago in the first game nationally broadcast on radio.^[18] Today, college football on radio is common for nearly every game in every division.

The other unbeaten and untied team was

Conference standings

Major conference standings

For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.

1922 Big Ten Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Iowa + 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 Michigan + 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1 Chicago + 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1 Wisconsin 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1 Minnesota 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1 Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0 Northwestern 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1 Ohio State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 Indiana 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 4 – 2 Purdue 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	1922 Missouri Valley Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Nebraska + 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0 Drake + 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 Kansas State 3 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 2 Missouri 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Iowa State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 Oklahoma 1 – 2 – 2 2 – 3 – 3 Grinnell 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1 Kansas 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1 Washington University 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 5 – 1 + – Conference co-champions	1922 North Central Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T South Dakota State $ 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1 Creighton 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1 North Dakota 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 St. Thomas (MN) 1 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 North Dakota Agricultural 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Des Moines 0 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 1 Morningside 0 – 2 – 2 1 – 4 – 2 South Dakota 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 6 – 1 Nebraska Wesleyan 0 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1922 Pacific Coast Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T California $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0 Oregon 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1 Washington 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1 USC^ 3 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Oregon Agricultural 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 Stanford 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Washington State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0 Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ Selected as Rose Bowl representative	1922 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Utah $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0 Colorado Agricultural 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1 Denver 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1 Colorado Mines 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1 Utah Agricultural 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Colorado College 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1 Colorado 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 BYU 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0 Wyoming 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 Montana State 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1922 Southern Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T North Carolina + 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Georgia Tech + 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Vanderbilt * + 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1 VPI 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1 Florida 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Auburn 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Tennessee 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Alabama 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1 Virginia 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Mississippi A&M 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 2 Kentucky 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Clemson 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Washington and Lee 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1 Maryland 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1 LSU 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Georgia 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1 Tulane 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 South Carolina 0 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Ole Miss 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1 NC State 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 + – Conference co-champions * – co-member of SIAA
1922 Southwest Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Baylor $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Texas 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 SMU 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1 Texas A&M 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1 Oklahoma A&M 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1 Arkansas 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Rice 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 $ – Conference champion

Independents

1922 Eastern college football independents records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0 Princeton   –   8 – 0 – 0 Army   –   8 – 0 – 2 Syracuse   –   6 – 1 – 2 Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 2 – 0 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 2 – 0 Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1 Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 0 Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0 Springfield   –   6 – 2 – 0 Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 1 Brown   –   6 – 2 – 1 Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0 Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 0 Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0 Vermont   –   6 – 3 – 0 Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 3 – 1 Yale   –   6 – 3 – 1 Bucknell   –   7 – 4 – 0 Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 1 Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1 Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 1 Columbia   –   5 – 4 – 0 Rutgers   –   5 – 4 – 0 Tufts   –   5 – 4 – 0 Rhode Island State   –   4 – 4 – 0 NYU   –   4 – 5 – 0 Fordham   –   3 – 5 – 2 Geneva   –   4 – 6 – 0 Boston University   –   2 – 4 – 3 Lehigh   –   3 – 5 – 1 New Hampshire   –   3 – 5 – 1 Drexel   –   2 – 4 – 0 Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1 Buffalo   –   1 – 5 – 0 CCNY   –   1 – 6 – 0 Duquesne   –   0 – 8 – 0	1922 Midwestern college football independents records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Western State Normal (MI)   –   6 – 0 – 0 Bradley   –   9 – 0 – 1 Marquette   –   8 – 0 – 1 Central Michigan   –   6 – 0 – 2 Notre Dame   –   8 – 1 – 1 Butler   –   8 – 2 – 0 Haskell   –   8 – 2 – 0 Detroit   –   7 – 2 – 1 Wabash   –   7 – 3 – 0 St. Ignatius (OH)   –   4 – 1 – 3 Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 0 Saint Louis   –   6 – 3 – 1 Valparaiso   –   3 – 2 – 2 Baldwin–Wallace   –   4 – 3 – 1 DePauw   –   4 – 3 – 2 Michigan Agricultural   –   3 – 5 – 2 Earlham   –   2 – 6 – 0 Kent State   –   0 – 7 – 0	1922 Southern college football independents records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T West Virginia   –   10 – 0 – 1 Tennessee Docs   –   7 – 0 – 1 Western Kentucky State Normal   –   9 – 1 – 0 Trinity   –   7 – 2 – 1 VMI   –   7 – 2 – 0 Richmond   –   6 – 2 – 1 West Tennessee State Normal   –   5 – 2 – 3 Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0 Delaware   –   6 – 3 – 0 William & Mary   –   6 – 3 – 0 Georgetown   –   6 – 3 – 1 Marion   –   5 – 4 – 1 East Tennessee   –   5 – 4 – 0 Marshall   –   5 – 4 – 0 Roanoke   –   5 – 4 – 0 Texas Mines   –   5 – 4 – 0 Loyola (LA)   –   4 – 3 – 1 Spring Hill   –   4 – 4 – 0 Sam Houston Normal   –   3 – 4 – 0 Wake Forest   –   3 – 5 – 2 Davidson   –   2 – 6 – 2 Catholic University   –   2 – 6 – 0 George Washington   –   2 – 6 – 0 Middle Tennessee State Normal   –   2 – 6 – 0 Mississippi Normal   –   2 – 6 – 0 Louisville   –   2 – 7 – 0 Birmingham–Southern   –   1 – 6 – 1 Erskine   –   0 – 8 – 0
1922 Western college football independents records v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T La Verne   –   6 – 2 – 2 New Mexico A&M   –   6 – 2 – 0 Arizona   –   6 – 3 – 0 Hawaii   –   5 – 1 – 1 Gonzaga   –   5 – 3 – 0 Nevada   –   5 – 3 – 1 Santa Clara   –   4 – 4 – 1 Cal Aggies   –   3 – 4 – 2 Montana   –   3 – 4 – 0 New Mexico   –   3 – 4 – 0 Saint Mary's   –   3 – 6 – 0 Tempe Normal   –   0 – 3 – 1

Minor conferences

Conference	Champion(s)	Record
California Coast Conference	Fresno State Normal	2–0–1
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association	Hampton Institute	4–1
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin	Eau Claire Normal Whitewater Normal	2–0–1
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	Baker (KS)	—
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Centenary (LA)	3–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Albion	4–0–1
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference	Lawrence	2–0 1–0 2–0–1
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	St. Olaf St. Thomas	—
Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference	Unknown	—
North Central Intercollegiate Conference	South Dakota State College	4–1–1
Ohio Athletic Conference	Ohio Wesleyan	7–0
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference	Tulsa	4–0
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference	Dakota Wesleyan	—
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Pomona	5–0
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Morehouse	—
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Paul Quinn	—

Minor conference standings

1922 California Coast Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Fresno State $ 2 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 2 Pacific (CA) 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0 Chico State 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Modesto JC 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 3 – 4 Loyola (CA) 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1 Sacramento JC 0 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? Cal Poly 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 0 San Jose State 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1922 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Hampton $ 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0 Virginia Union 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1 Shaw 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1 Howard 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Virginia Normal 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Lincoln (PA) 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Virginia Seminary 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1922 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Lombard + 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 2 Eastern Illinois 3 – 0 – 2 4 – 0 – 2 Shurtleff 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 1 – 1 Illinois Wesleyan 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Northern Illinois State 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1 Western Illinois 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Eureka 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Carthage 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Lake Forest 0 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 2 McKendree 1 – 1 – 1 1 – 1 – 2 Mount Morris 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 Millikin 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 2 Monmouth (IL) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 Knox (IL) 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Illinois State Normal 1 – 3 – 3 1 – 4 – 3 Lincoln (IL) 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0 Augustana (IL) 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 St. Viator 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1 Wheaton (IL) 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0 Southern Illinois 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0 Illinois College ? – ? – ? 5 – 4 – 0 Blackburn ? – ? – ? 1 – 4 – 1 $ – Conference champion
1922 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Baker $ 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Kansas State Normal 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 College of Emporia 5 – 1 – 2 6 – 1 – 2 Friends 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0 Southwestern (KS) 5 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2 Bethany (KS) 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 McPherson 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Sterling 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 St. Mary's (KS) 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Pittsburg Teachers 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Fairmount 3 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1 Hays Teachers 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 1 Kansas Wesleyan 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Washburn 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 Bethel (KS) 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0 Ottawa 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1922 Midwest Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Coe + 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 Lawrence + 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1 Millikin + 1 – 0 – 0 3 – 4 – 2 Hamline 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1 Carleton 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0 Knox 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Beloit 0 – 1 – 1 3 – 3 – 1 Cornell (IA) 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 + – Conference co-champions	1922 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T St. Olaf + 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 0 – 1 St. Thomas (MN) + 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Hamline 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1 Carleton 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 1 – 0 Macalester 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 3 – 1 Concordia (MN) 0 – 1 – 0 1 – 4 – 0 Saint John's (MN) 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0 Gustavus Adolphus 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 4 – 1 + – Conference co-champions
1922 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Springfield (MO) $ 7 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 Kirksville 6 – 0 – 2 6 – 0 – 2 William Jewell 5 – 0 – 2 5 – 1 – 2 Central (MO) 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Cape Girardeau 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1 Missouri Valley 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 0 Missouri Wesleyan 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Maryville (MO) 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Drury 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1 Missouri Mines 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 6 – 1 Warrensburg 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Tarkio 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Culver–Stockton 0 – 2 – 2 1 – 4 – 2 Westminster (MO) 0 – 4 – 2 0 – 4 – 2 Central Wesleyan 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1922 Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Midland $ 7 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1 Peru Normal 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0 Nebraska Wesleyan 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1 Chadron Normal 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1 Kearney Normal 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1 Grand Island 4 – 2 – 1 ? – ? – ? Hastings 4 – 2 – 1 ? – ? – ? Doane 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1 Cotner 2 – 4 – 1 0 – 8 – 0 Nebraska Central 2 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? Wayne Normal 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0 York (NE) 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1922 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Ohio Wesleyan $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Oberlin 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0 St. Xavier 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Wooster 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Ohio 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Mount Union 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1 Wittenberg 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1 Akron 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Denison 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Miami (OH) 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 1 Kenyon 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Western Reserve 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Cincinnati 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1 Ohio Northern 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Otterbein 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 Case 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Muskingum 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Hiram 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Heidelberg 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1922 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Phillips + 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0 Tulsa + 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0 Southeastern Oklahoma State + 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1 Oklahoma A&M 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 4 – 1 Central State (OK) 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0 Southwestern State 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 East Central 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1 Northwestern Oklahoma State 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1 Oklahoma Baptist 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 1 Oklahoma City 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1922 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Dakota Wesleyan $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0 Spearfish 3 – 0 – 1 3 – 2 – 1 Yankton 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 South Dakota Mines 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1 Columbus (SD) 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 5 – 0 Augustana (SD) 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 Northern Normal 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 Huron 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 5 – 0 Sioux Falls 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1922 Southern California Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Pomona $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Occidental 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Caltech 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 Whittier 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1 Southern Branch 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 3 – 1 Redlands 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1922 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Furman $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Vanderbilt* 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1 Presbyterian 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1 Mississippi College 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Centre 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Georgetown (KY) 1 – 0 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 Chattanooga 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1 Western Kentucky 1 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Sewanee 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1 Millsaps 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 1 – 0 Mercer 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Transylvania 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 1 – 0 The Citadel 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Howard (AL) 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 2 Louisville 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Wofford 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Oglethorpe 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion * – co-member of SoCon	1922 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Austin $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 North Texas State Normal 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1 Rice 1 – 0 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Simmons (TX) 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 Howard Payne 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1 Trinity (TX) 2 – 2 – 2 3 – 2 – 3 Southwestern (TX) 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Daniel Baker 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 East Texas State 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 West Texas State 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Southwest Texas State 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0 TCU 0 – 3 – 2 2 – 5 – 3 $ – Conference champion	1922 Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Eau Claire Normal + 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 0 – 1 Whitewater Normal + 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 0 – 2 Oshkosh Normal 3 – 1 – 3 4 – 1 – 3 Milwaukee Normal 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 1 La Crosse Normal 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 1 River Falls Normal 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1 Superior Normal 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 2 Platteville Normal 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 Stevens Point Normal 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1 Stout Normal 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 3 – 0 $ – Conference champion

Awards and honors

All-Americans

The consensus All-America team included:

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Gordon Locke	5'10"	165	Jr.	Denison, Iowa	Iowa
HB	Harry Kipke	5'11"	155	Jr.	Lansing, Michigan	Michigan
HB	Eddie Kaw	5'10"	168	Sr.	Houston, Texas	Cornell
FB	John Webster Thomas			Jr.	Ocheyedan, Iowa	Chicago
E	Harold Muller	6'0"	180	Sr.	Dunsmuir, California	California
T	John Thurman	6'1"	225	Sr.		Penn
G	Charles Hubbard			Jr.		Harvard
C	Edgar Garbisch	6'0"	185	So.	Washington, Pennsylvania	Army
G	Frank Schwab	5'11"	195	Sr.	Saltsburg, Pennsylvania	Lafayette
T	Herb Treat	6'0"	190		Somerville, Massachusetts	Princeton
E	Wendell Taylor			Sr.		Navy

Statistical leaders

• Team scoring most points: California, 398 (including mid majors, King College, 498)
• Team giving up fewest points: Vanderbilt, 1.8 per game

References