1922 Southwest Conference football season

1922 Southwest Conference football season
Sport	Football
Duration	September 29 – December 9, 1922 (1922-09-29 – 1922-12-09)
Number of teams	7
Champion	Baylor
SWC seasons
←  1921 1923  →

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

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.

Results and team statistics

Conf. rank	Team	Head coach (s)	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG
1	Baylor	Frank Bridges	8–3–0 (.727)	5–0–0 (1.000)	26.8	11.6
2	Texas	Berry Whitaker	7–2–0 (.778)	2–1–0 (.667)	22.4	7.6
3	SMU	Ray Morrison & Ewing Y. Freeland	6–3–1 (.650)	2–2–0 (.500)	23.5	6.9
4	Texas A&M	Dana X. Bible	5–4–0 (.556)	2–2–0 (.500)	18.4	7.7
5	Oklahoma A&M	John Maulbetsch	4–4–1 (.500)	2–3–0 (.400)	14.4	9.6
6	Arkansas	Francis Schmidt	4–5–0 (.444)	1–3–0 (.250)	15.9	15.1
7	Phillips	Philip Arbuckle	4–4–0 (.500)	1–4–0 (.200)	12.0	16.0

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

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
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 30	SMU 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	Arkansas	The Hill • Fayetteville, AR	W 39–0

Week	No Game
1	Rice

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 7	Simmons (TX)	Baylor	Carroll Field • Waco, TX	W 42–0
October 7	Phillips	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 41–10		[4]
October 7	North Texas State Normal	SMU	Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX (rivalry)	W 66–0		[5]
October 7	Central State Teachers	Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	W 17–0
October 7	Drury	Arkansas	The Hill • Fayetteville, AR	W 22–0
October 7	Sam Houston Normal	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	W 23–3		[6]

Week	No Game
2	Texas A&M

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 14	Baylor	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	BAY 31-0
October 14	Oklahoma A&M	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	UT 19-7		[7]
October 14	LSU	SMU	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	W 51-0		[8] [9]
October 14	Southwestern (TX)	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	W 33-0
October 14	Ouachita Baptist	Arkansas	Kavanaugh Field • Little Rock, AR	L 7-13

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 20	Austin	SMU	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 7–10	5,000	[10]
October 20	LSU	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry)	W 47–0		[11]
October 21	Arkansas	Baylor	Carroll Field • Waco, TX	BAY 60-13
October 21	Vanderbilt	Texas	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	L 10–20	11,000	[12]
October 21	Rice	Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	OAMU 21–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 27	Ouachita Baptist	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • Dallas, TX	W 19–6
October 28	Mississippi College	Baylor	Cotton Palace • Waco, TX	W 40-7		[13]
October 28	Alabama	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 19-10		[14]
October 28	Oklahoma A&M	SMU	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	SMU 32-6		[15]
October 28	Arkansas	LSU	Fair Grounds • Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	W 40–6		[16]
October 28	Southwestern (TX)	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	W 28–6		[16]

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 4	Texas A&M	Baylor	Carroll Field • Waco, TX (rivalry)	BAY 13–7
November 4	Texas	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX (rivalry)	UT 29–0		[17]
November 4	Southwestern (TX)	SMU	Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX	W 46–14		[18]
November 4	Oklahoma A&M	TCU	Panther Park • Fort Worth, TX	L 14-22		[19] [20]
November 4	Tulsa	Arkansas	The Hill • Fayetteville, AR	L 6–13

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 11	Baylor	Boston College	Braves Field • Boston, MA	L 0-33		[21] [22] [23]
November 11	Southwestern (TX)	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX	W 26-0		[24]
November 11	Texas A&M	SMU	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	SMU 17-6	9,000	[25]
November 11	Tulsa	Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	Cancelled		[26] [27]
November 11	Arkansas	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	RICE 31-7

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 18	Baylor	Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	BAY 10–0
November 18	Texas	Oklahoma	Boyd Field • Norman, OK (rivalry)	W 32-7		[28]
November 18	SMU	Arkansas	The Hill • Fayetteville, AR	ARK 6-0		[29]
November 18	Rice	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	TAMU 24–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 25	Arizona	Rice	Rice Field • Houston, TX	W 14-7		[30]
November 25	Oklahoma	Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)	T 3-3

Week	No Game
9	Baylor	Texas	SMU	Texas A&M	Arkansas

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 30	Baylor	SMU	Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX	BAY 24-0		[31]
November 30	Texas A&M	Texas	Clark Field • Austin, TX (rivalry)	TAMU 14–7	20,000	[32]
November 30	Oklahoma A&M	Arkansas	Ft. Smith, AR	OAMU 13-0		[33]

Week	No Game
10	Rice

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 9	Haskell	Baylor	Schwaub Field • San Antonio, TX	L 20-21		[34]
December 9	SMU	TCU	Panther Park • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	T 0-0		[35] [36]

Week	No Game
11	Texas	Texas A&M	Oklahoma A&M	Arkansas	Rice

References

1. prior to 1972 Freshmen were not allowed to play Varsity football in college and many teams operated their own freshmen team in conjunction with their varsity one

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