1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Summary

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.