1922 Princeton Tigers football team

1922 Princeton Tigers football
National champion (Boand, CFRA) Co-national champion (NCF, Davis, Sagarin-ELO)
Conference	Independent
Record	8–0
Head coach	Bill Roper (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Short punt
Captain	Mel Dickenson
Home stadium	Palmer Stadium
Uniform
Seasons ←  1921 1923  →

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

The 1922 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Bill Roper, the Tigers compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 127 to 34. ^[1] Mel Dickenson was the team captain.

There was no contemporaneous system in 1922 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Boand System and College Football Researchers Association, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation, Parke H. Davis, and Jeff Sagarin (using the ELO-Chess methodology). ^[2] California and Cornell were recognized by some selectors as the national champion or co-champion.

Princeton tackle Herb Treat was a consensus first-team player on the 1922 All-America team. ^[3] Other notable players on the 1922 team included end Howdy Gray, halfback Jack Cleaves, tackle Harland "Pink" Baker, and guard Mel Dickinson. One player went to the NFL and used the name of Howdy Gray but possibly mispronounced it as Dolly Gray.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Johns Hopkins	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 30–0	7,400	[4]
October 7	Virginia	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 5–0		[5] [6] [7]
October 14	Colgate	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 10–0		[8]
October 21	Maryland	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 26–0		[9]
October 28	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL (first national radio broadcast)	W 21–18	31,000	[10]
November 4	Swarthmore	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 22–13		[11]
November 11	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 10–3	52,000	[12]
November 18	Yale	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 3–0	56,000	[13]

^[1]

Roster

• Oliver Alford, C
• Harland Baker, T
• Barry, FB
• Bob Beattie, FB
• Bergen, HB
• Buckner, G
• Charlie Caldwell, HB
• Jack Cleaves, FB
• Harry W. Crum, HB
• Mel Dickinson, G
• Brad Dinsmore, QB
• Ted Drews, E
• Harvey Emery, HB
• Paul Euwer, HB
• Gaines, E
• John P. Gorman, QB
• Howdy Gray, E
• Griffin, C
• Hills, T
• Howard, G
• J. J. Johnson, G
• Lawrence, E
• Ed McMillan, C
• Newby, HB
• Pagenkopf, QB
• Schenk, T
• Schneider, T
• Shackelford, FB
• Smith, E
• A. Barr Snively, E
• Snyder, T
• Stinson, HB
• Stout, E
• Tillson, E
• Thomson, C
• Herb Treat, T
• Tyson, E
• Howell Van Gerbig, T
• Wingate, QB

References

1. "1922 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
3. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
4. "Princeton Defeats Hopkins: Tigers Spurt Toward End". The Baltimore Sun. October 1, 1922. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Tigers Bothered By Virginia Eleven". New York Herald . New York, New York. October 8, 1922. p. 52. Retrieved September 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Virginia Holds Princeton 5 to 0; Augusta Teams Lose". The News Leader . Staunton, Virginia. October 8, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved September 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
7. "Virginia Holds (continued)". The News Leader . Staunton, Virginia. October 8, 1922. p. 2. Retrieved September 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
8. W.B. Hanna (October 15, 1922). "Tiger Eleven Triumphs Over Colgate by 10 to 0". New York Tribune. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Maryland Easy For Princeton: College Parkers Form Fine Feast For The Tigers". The Baltimore Sun. October 22, 1922. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Hugh Fullerton (October 29, 1922). "Chicago Loses To Princeton, Score: 21 to 18; Struggle Won Near Its Close". Chicago Tribune. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Al Copland (November 5, 1922). "Tigers Trim Swarthmore 22-13 in Scrappy Contest". New York Daily News. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Princeton Beats Harvard, 10 to 3". The New York Times. November 12, 1922. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Princeton Eleven Beats Yale 3 to 0". The New York Times. November 19, 1922. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.