1922 North Carolina

9–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by William Fetzer.

Schedule and results

North Carolina in 1922, game by game: won vs. Wake Forest 62–3; lost at Yale 0–18; won vs. Duke 20–0; won vs. South Carolina 10–7; won at NC State 14–9; won vs. Maryland 27–3; won at Tulane 19–12; won at VMI 9–7; won vs. Davidson 20–6; won at Virginia 10–7+59−18Won 62–3 vs. Wake Forest+59Wake ForestLost 0–18 at Yale-18YaleWon 20–0 vs. Duke+20DukeWon 10–7 vs. South Carolina+3South CarolinaWon 14–9 at NC State+5NC StateWon 27–3 vs. Maryland+24MarylandWon 19–12 at Tulane+7TulaneWon 9–7 at VMI+2VMIWon 20–6 vs. Davidson+14DavidsonWon 10–7 at Virginia+3Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30vsWake ForestW 62–⁠377%
Oct 7atYaleL 0–⁠1834%
Oct 12vsDukeW 20–⁠056%
Oct 14vsSouth CarolinaW 10–⁠762%
Oct 19atNC StateW 14–⁠948%
Oct 28vsMarylandW 27–⁠376%
Nov 4atTulaneW 19–⁠1246%
Nov 11atVMIW 9–⁠748%
Nov 18vsDavidsonW 20–⁠682%
Nov 30atVirginiaW 10–⁠759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 10–⁠7; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The tied 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 127 on file).

Southern Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference, shared with Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Southern Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
191–⁠72
Coach
William Fetzer
Elo
1628 +121 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.9 No. 39 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Grady Pritchard

1922 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina5–⁠09–⁠1
Vanderbilt4–⁠08–⁠0–⁠1
Georgia Tech4–⁠07–⁠2
Virginia Tech3–⁠08–⁠1–⁠1
Florida2–⁠07–⁠2
Tennessee4–⁠28–⁠2
Auburn2–⁠18–⁠2
Alabama3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠26–⁠3
Virginia1–⁠1–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Mississippi State2–⁠33–⁠4–⁠2
Washington and Lee1–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Clemson1–⁠25–⁠4
Maryland1–⁠24–⁠5–⁠1
LSU1–⁠23–⁠7
Georgia1–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Sewanee1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠44–⁠4
South Carolina0–⁠35–⁠4
Ole Miss0–⁠24–⁠5–⁠1
NC State0–⁠54–⁠6

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