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1922 Nebraska

7–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Fred Dawson.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1922, game by game: won vs. South Dakota 66–0; won vs. Missouri 48–0; won at Oklahoma 39–7; lost at Syracuse 6–9; won at Kansas 28–0; won vs. Kansas State 21–0; won vs. Iowa State 54–6; won vs. Notre Dame 14–6+66−3Won 66–0 vs. South Dakota+66South DakotaWon 48–0 vs. Missouri+48MissouriWon 39–7 at Oklahoma+32OklahomaLost 6–9 at Syracuse-3SyracuseWon 28–0 at Kansas+28KansasWon 21–0 vs. Kansas State+21Kansas StateWon 54–6 vs. Iowa State+48Iowa StateWon 14–6 vs. Notre Dame+8Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 7vsSouth DakotaW 66–⁠096%
Oct 21vsMissouriW 48–⁠063%
Oct 28atOklahomaW 39–⁠757%
Nov 4atSyracuseL 6–⁠961%
Nov 11atKansasW 28–⁠064%
Nov 18vsKansas StateW 21–⁠076%
Nov 25vsIowa StateW 54–⁠687%
Nov 30vsNotre DameW 14–⁠658%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Notre Dame 14–⁠6; Missouri Valley Conference champions.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

Missouri Valley Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
7–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Missouri Valley Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
276–⁠28
Coach
Fred Dawson
Elo
1726 +106 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
26.2 No. 3 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Ten

1 first team

First team

  • Bub WellerOTWE-1

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

1922 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska5–⁠07–⁠1
Drake4–⁠07–⁠0
Kansas State3–⁠1–⁠25–⁠1–⁠2
Missouri4–⁠35–⁠3
Oklahoma1–⁠2–⁠22–⁠3–⁠3
Iowa State2–⁠42–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Grinnell1–⁠33–⁠5
Washington St. Louis0–⁠5–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1

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