1922 Northwestern Purple football team

American college football season

1922 Northwestern Purple football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–3–1 (1–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Glenn Thistlethwaite (1st season)
CaptainJames Patterson[1]
Home stadiumNorthwestern Field
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Iowa + 5 0 0 7 0 0
Michigan + 4 0 0 6 0 1
Chicago + 4 0 1 5 1 1
Wisconsin 2 2 1 4 2 1
Minnesota 2 3 1 3 3 1
Illinois 2 4 0 2 5 0
Northwestern 1 3 1 3 3 1
Ohio State 1 4 0 3 4 0
Indiana 0 2 1 1 4 2
Purdue 0 3 1 1 5 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1922 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1922 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, the Purple compiled a 3–3–1 record (1–3–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Beloit*W 17–0
October 15at ChicagoL 7–15
October 21Minnesota
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
T 7–7
November 4at Illinois
L 3–6
November 11Purdue
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 24–13
November 18Monmouth*
  • Northwestern Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 58–14
November 25at IowaL 3–37
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1922 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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