1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1922 college football season, led by fifth-year head coach Knute Rockne.

1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainGlen Carberry
Home stadiumCartier Field
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Midwestern college football independents records
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

The Irish played a scoreless tie at Army on Armistice Day,[1] and lost the season finale at Nebraska on Thanksgiving for an 8–1–1 record.[2]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30KalamazooW 56–05,000
October 7Saint Louis
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 26–06,000–7,000[3]
October 14at PurdueW 20–09,000
October 21DePauw
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 34–75,000
October 28at Georgia TechW 13–318,000–20,000[4]
November 4Indiana
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame IN
W 27–022,000
November 11at ArmyT 0–015,000[1]
November 18at ButlerIndianapolis, INW 31–312,000
November 25at Carnegie TechW 19–030,000
November 30at NebraskaL 6–1416,000[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "Forward passes fail, Army held scoreless". Milwaukee Journal. November 12, 1922. p. 1, part 3.
  2. ^ a b "Notre Dame closes with defeat, 14 to 6". Milwaukee Journal. December 1, 1922. p. 45.
  3. ^ Holland, Joseph F. (October 8, 1922). "Billiken, Defeated, 26-0, Hold Notre Dame Team to Six Points in First Half". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3S. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Passes prove too much for Georgia Tech". Fort Worth Record-Telegram. October 29, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.