| 1922 Big Ten Conference football season | |
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| Sport | Football |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Co-champions | Iowa, Michigan |
| 1922 Big Ten Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 Big Ten Conference football season was the 27th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1922 college football season.
Iowa, under head coach Howard Jones, compiled a perfect 7–0 records and led the conference in scoring offense with 29.7 points per game, and Michigan led the conference in scoring defense with 1.9 points allowed per game. Quarterback Gordon Locke was a consensus first-team All-American. The 1922 Iowa team was retroactively selected as the national champion by the Billingsley Report. [1]
Michigan compiled a record of 6–0–1, led the conference in scoring defense at 1.9 points allowed per game, shut out five opponents, and tied for the Big Ten championship. Michigan's lone blemish was a scoreless tie in the 1922 Michigan vs. Vanderbilt football game. Halfback Harry Kipke was a consensus first-team All-American. Left end Bernard Kirk, who also received first-team All-American honors, died of meningitis in December 1922 after sustaining a brain injury in an automobile crash.
| Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
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| 1 (tie) | Iowa | Howard Jones | 7–0 | 5–0 | 29.7 | 4.7 |
| 1 (tie) | Michigan | Fielding H. Yost | 6–0–1 | 4–0 | 26.1 | 1.9 |
| 3 | Chicago | Amos A. Stagg | 5–1–1 | 4–0–1 | 12.6 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | John R. Richards | 4–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 14.4 | 3.1 |
| 5 | Minnesota | William H. Spaulding | 3-3-1 | 2-3-1 | 11.3 | 9.3 |
| 6 | Illinois | Robert Zuppke | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3.7 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Northwestern | Glenn Thistlethwaite | 3–3–1 | 1–3–1 | 17.0 | 13.1 |
| 8 | Ohio State | John Wilce | 3–4 | 1–4 | 6.1 | 8.1 |
| 9 | Indiana | James P. Herron | 1–4–2 | 0–2–1 | 3.0 | 16.1 |
| 10 | Purdue | James Phelan | 1–5–1 | 0–3–1 | 5.1 | 18.0 |
Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game [2]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [2]
Iowa 61, Knox 0
Michigan 48, Case 0
Chicago 20, Georgia 0
Wisconsin 41, Carleton 0
Minnesota 22, North Dakota 0
Northwestern 17, Beloit 0
Ohio State 5, Ohio Wesleyan 0
Indiana 0, DePauw 0
Purdue 10, James Milliken 0
Butler 10, @ Illinois 7
Iowa 6, @ Yale 0
Michigan 0, @ Vanderbilt 0
Chicago 15, Northwestern 7
Minnesota 20, @ Indiana 0
Ohio State 14, Oberlin 0
Wisconsin 20, South Dakota State 6
Notre Dame 20, @ Purdue 0
Chicago 12, Purdue 0
Iowa 8 @ Illinois 7
Michigan 19, @ Ohio State 0
Minnesota 7, Northwestern 7
Wisconsin 20, Indiana 0
Iowa 56, Purdue 0
Michigan 24, Illinois 0
Minnesota 9, Ohio State 0
Princeton 21, @ Chicago 18
Indiana 14, Michigan Agricultural 6
Michigan 63, Michigan Agricultural 0
Illinois 6, Northwestern 3
Wisconsin, 14, @ Minnesota 0
Notre Dame 27, Indiana 0
Wabash 7, @ Purdue 6
Chicago 14, @ Ohio State 9
Illinois 3, @ Wisconsin 0
Iowa 28, Minnesota 14
Northwestern 24, Purdue 13
West Virginia 33, @ Indiana 0
Iowa 12, @ Ohio State 9
Michigan 13, Wisconsin 6
Chicago 9, Illinois 0
Northwestern 58, Monmouth 14
Indiana 7, Purdue 7
Iowa 37, Northwestern 3
Michigan 16, @ Minnesota 7
Ohio State 6, @ Illinois 3
Wisconsin 0, Chicago 0
No Big Ten teams participated in any bowl games during the 1922 season.
Players who received the greatest support as first-team players on the 1922 All-Big Ten Conference football team were:
Three Big Ten players were recognized as consensus first-team players on the 1922 College Football All-America Team:
Other Big Ten players receiving first-team honors from at least one selector were:
The 1922 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1922. The only selector recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1922 season is Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly. Additional selectors who chose All-American teams in 1922 included: Athletic World magazine, selected by 214 coaches; Norman E. Brown, sports editor of the Central Press Association; the New York Tribune, selected by Ray McCarthy with advice from Grantland Rice and William B. Hanna; Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Tribune; Frank G. Menke; and Billy Evans, who polled 200 sports editors.
The 1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1925 Big Ten Conference football season.
The 1934 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1934 Big Ten Conference football season.
The 1920 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1920 Big Ten Conference football season.
The 1924 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1924 Big Ten Conference football season.
The 1923 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1923 Big Ten Conference football season.
The 1922 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1922 Big Ten Conference football season.
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