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1922 Iowa

7–⁠0 (5–⁠0 Western Conference), coached by Howard Jones.

Iowa, 1922
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1922, game by game: won vs. Knox 61–0; won at Yale 6–0; won at Illinois 8–7; won vs. Purdue 56–0; won vs. Minnesota 28–14; won at Ohio State 12–9; won vs. Northwestern 37–3+61Won 61–0 vs. Knox+61KnoxWon 6–0 at Yale+6YaleWon 8–7 at Illinois+1IllinoisWon 56–0 vs. Purdue+56PurdueWon 28–14 vs. Minnesota+14MinnesotaWon 12–9 at Ohio State+3Ohio StateWon 37–3 vs. Northwestern+34Northwestern
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 7vsKnoxW 61–⁠094%
Oct 14atYaleW 6–⁠043%
Oct 21atIllinoisW 8–⁠763%
Oct 28vsPurdueW 56–⁠086%
Nov 11vsMinnesotaW 28–⁠1477%
Nov 18atOhio StateW 12–⁠964%
Nov 25vsNorthwesternW 37–⁠385%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northwestern 37–⁠3; Western Conference champions.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).

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

Western Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Michigan

Consensus All-AmericanGordon Locke, FB

Record
7–⁠0
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
208–⁠33
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1677 +72 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
22.8 No. 4 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-Big Ten

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Max KadeskyECA; CJ-2; CT-3; PA-2; WE-2
  • George ThompsonOTWE-2; CJ-3; CP
  • Paul MinickOGCON; CA; CJ-1; CP; PA-1; WE-2
  • John C. HeldtCCJ-1; CT-1; WE-2
  • Gordon LockeFB

Second team

  • Chester MeadOGCT-2

From Wikipedia’s 1922 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1922 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Iowa5–⁠07–⁠0
Michigan4–⁠06–⁠0–⁠1
Chicago4–⁠0–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1
Wisconsin2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1
Minnesota2–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois2–⁠42–⁠5
Northwestern1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1
Ohio State1–⁠43–⁠4
Indiana0–⁠2–⁠11–⁠4–⁠2
Purdue0–⁠3–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.