1922 Southwest Conference football season

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1922 Southwest Conference football season
Sport Football
DurationSeptember 29 – December 9, 1922 (1922-09-29 – 1922-12-09)
Number of teams7
Champion Baylor
SWC seasons
←  1921
1923  →
1922 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Baylor $ 5 –0 –08 –3 –0
Texas 2 –1 –07 –2 –0
SMU 2 –2 –06 –3 –1
Texas A&M 2 –2 –05 –4 –1
Oklahoma A&M 2 –3 –04 –4 –1
Arkansas 1 –3 –04 –5 –0
Rice 1 –4 –04 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1922 Southwest Conference football season was the eighth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and was a part of the 1922 college football season. The Baylor Bears won their first conference championship and went undefeated in conference play.

Contents

Results and team statistics

Conf. rankTeamHead coach (s)Overall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1Baylor Frank Bridges 8–3–0 (.727)5–0–0 (1.000)26.811.6
2Texas Berry Whitaker 7–2–0 (.778)2–1–0 (.667)22.47.6
3SMU Ray Morrison & Ewing Y. Freeland 6–3–1 (.650)2–2–0 (.500)23.56.9
4Texas A&M Dana X. Bible 5–4–0 (.556)2–2–0 (.500)18.47.7
5Oklahoma A&M John Maulbetsch 4–4–1 (.500)2–3–0 (.400)14.49.6
6Arkansas Francis Schmidt 4–5–0 (.444)1–3–0 (.250)15.915.1
7Phillips Philip Arbuckle 4–4–0 (.500)1–4–0 (.200)12.016.0

Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game [1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [1]

Schedules

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SWC member won
Non-conference matchup; SWC member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
SWC teams in bold

Week One

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
September 29 Austin Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 19–0   [2]
September 29 Howard Payne Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 7–13  
September 30 North Texas State Normal Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 55–0   [3]
September 30SMU freshmen [a] SMU Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX W 16–0  
September 30 Northwestern Oklahoma State Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 49–0  
September 30 Hendrix ArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 39–0  
WeekNo Game
1Rice

Week Two

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 7 Simmons (TX) BaylorCarroll Field • Waco, TXW 42–0  
October 7 Phillips TexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 41–10   [4]
October 7North Texas State NormalSMUArmstrong Field • Dallas, TX (rivalry)W 66–0   [5]
October 7 Central State (OK) Oklahoma A&MLewis Field • Stillwater, OKW 17–0  
October 7 Drury ArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, ARW 22–0  
October 7 Sam Houston Normal Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 23–3   [6]


WeekNo Game
2Texas A&M

Week Three

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 14BaylorRiceRice Field • Houston, TX BAY 31-0  
October 14Oklahoma A&MTexasClark Field • Austin, TX UT 19-7   [7]
October 14 LSU SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TXW 51-0   [8] [9]
October 14 Southwestern (TX) Texas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TXW 33-0  
October 14 Ouachita Baptist Arkansas Kavanaugh Field • Little Rock, AR L 7-13  

Week Four

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 20 Austin SMUFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TXL 7–10  5,000 [10]
October 20LSUTexas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry)W 47–0   [11]
October 21ArkansasBaylorCarroll Field • Waco, TX BAY 60-13  
October 21 Vanderbilt TexasFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TXL 10–20  11,000 [12]
October 21RiceOklahoma A&MLewis Field • Stillwater, OK OAMU 21–0  

Week Five

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 27Ouachita BaptistTexas A&MKyle Field • Dallas, TXW 19–6  
October 28 Mississippi College Baylor Cotton Palace • Waco, TXW 40-7   [13]
October 28 Alabama TexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 19-10   [14]
October 28Oklahoma A&MSMUFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX SMU 32-6   [15]
October 28ArkansasLSUFair Grounds • Shreveport, LA (rivalry)W 40–6   [16]
October 28Southwestern (TX)RiceRice Field • Houston, TXW 28–6   [17]

Week Six

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 4Texas A&MBaylorCarroll Field • Waco, TX (rivalry) BAY 13–7  
November 4TexasRiceRice Field • Houston, TX (rivalry) UT 29–0   [18]
November 4Southwestern (TX)SMUArmstrong Field • Dallas, TXW 46–14   [19]
November 4Oklahoma A&M TCU Panther Park • Fort Worth, TX L 14-22   [20] [21]
November 4 Tulsa ArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, ARL 6–13  

Week Seven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 11Baylor Boston College Braves Field • Boston, MA L 0-33   [22] [23] [24]
November 11Southwestern (TX)TexasClark Field • Austin, TXW 26-0   [25]
November 11Texas A&MSMUFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX SMU 17-6  9,000 [26]
November 11TulsaOklahoma A&MLewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry) Cancelled   [27] [28]
November 11ArkansasRiceRice Field • Houston, TX RICE 31-7  

Week Eight

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 18BaylorOklahoma A&MLewis Field • Stillwater, OK BAY 10–0  
November 18Texas Oklahoma Boyd Field • Norman, OK (rivalry)W 32-7   [29]
November 18SMUArkansasThe Hill • Fayetteville, AR ARK 6-0   [30]
November 18RiceTexas A&MKyle Field • College Station, TX TAMU 24–0  

Week Nine

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 25 Arizona RiceRice Field • Houston, TXW 14-7   [31]
November 25OklahomaOklahoma A&MLewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)T 3-3  
WeekNo Game
9BaylorTexasSMUTexas A&MArkansas

Week Ten

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 30BaylorSMUFair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX BAY 24-0   [32]
November 30Texas A&MTexasClark Field • Austin, TX (rivalry) TAMU 14–7  20,000 [33]
November 30Oklahoma A&MArkansas Ft. Smith, AR  OAMU 13-0   [34]
WeekNo Game
10Rice

Week Eleven

DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
December 9 Haskell BaylorSchwaub Field • San Antonio, TX L 20-21   [35]
December 9SMUTCUPanther Park • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)T 0-0   [36] [37]
WeekNo Game
11TexasTexas A&MOklahoma A&MArkansasRice

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