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1922 Minnesota

3–⁠3–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Western Conference), coached by William Spaulding.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1922, game by game: won vs. North Dakota 22–0; won at Indiana 20–0; tied at Northwestern 7–7; won vs. Ohio State 9–0; lost vs. Wisconsin 0–14; lost at Iowa 14–28; lost vs. Michigan 7–16+22−14Won 22–0 vs. North Dakota+22North DakotaWon 20–0 at Indiana+20IndianaTied 7–7 at Northwestern0NorthwesternWon 9–0 vs. Ohio State+9Ohio StateLost 0–14 vs. Wisconsin-14WisconsinLost 14–28 at Iowa-14IowaLost 7–16 vs. Michigan-9Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 7vsNorth DakotaW 22–⁠091%
Oct 14atIndianaW 20–⁠039%
Oct 21atNorthwesternT 7–⁠755%
Oct 28vsOhio StateW 9–⁠051%
Nov 4vsWisconsinL 0–⁠1445%
Nov 11atIowaL 14–⁠2823%
Nov 25vsMichiganL 7–⁠1635%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 16–⁠7; 5th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 103rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Photographs from 1922

  • Ted Cox
    Ted CoxPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Bill McCart
    Bill McCartPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Otis C. McCreery Makes First Touchdown in Gopher's First Big Game at Indianapolis
    Otis C. McCreery Makes First Touchdown in Gopher’s First Big Game at IndianapolisPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Carl Schjoll
    Carl SchjollPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Joe Furst
    Joe FurstPhoto: Hennepin County Library, No Copyright – United States, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Fred Oster
    Fred OsterPhoto: 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.

Record
3–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
79–⁠65
Coach
William Spaulding
Elo
1464 +14 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.0 No. 35 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Oliver Aas

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Oliver S. AasC
  • Earl MartineauRBCA; CJ-2; CP; CT-2; PA-1; WE-1

Second team

  • Louis GrossOTCT-2
  • Otis C. McCreeryRBCT-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.