1922 Cornell

8–⁠0, coached by Gilmour Dobie.

Schedule and results

Cornell in 1922, game by game: won vs. St. Bonaventure 55–6; won vs. Niagara 66–0; won vs. New Hampshire 68–7; won vs. Colgate 14–0; won vs. Columbia 56–0; won vs. Dartmouth 23–0; won vs. Albright 48–14; won at Pennsylvania 9–0+66Won 55–6 vs. St. Bonaventure+49St. BonaventureWon 66–0 vs. Niagara+66NiagaraWon 68–7 vs. New Hampshire+61New HampshireWon 14–0 vs. Colgate+14ColgateWon 56–0 vs. Columbia+56ColumbiaWon 23–0 vs. Dartmouth+23DartmouthWon 48–14 vs. Albright+34AlbrightWon 9–0 at Pennsylvania+9Pennsylvania
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pennsylvania 9–⁠0.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Photographs from 1922

  • All-American Halfback Eddie Kaw
    All-American Halfback Eddie KawPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1922.

National championsa title the school claims

Consensus All-AmericanEddie Kaw, RB

Record
8–⁠0
Conference
—
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
339–⁠27
Coach
Gilmour Dobie
Elo
1658 +76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
26.7 No. 2 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Eddie Kaw
Offense
Single-wing
Defense
6–⁠3–⁠2