1922 Ohio State

3–⁠4 (1–⁠4 Western Conference), coached by John Wilce.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1922, game by game: won vs. Ohio Wesleyan 5–0; won vs. Oberlin 14–0; lost vs. Michigan 0–19; lost at Minnesota 0–9; lost vs. Chicago 9–14; lost vs. Iowa 9–12; won at Illinois 6–3+14−19Won 5–0 vs. Ohio Wesleyan+5Ohio WesleyanWon 14–0 vs. Oberlin+14OberlinLost 0–19 vs. Michigan-19MichiganLost 0–9 at Minnesota-9MinnesotaLost 9–14 vs. Chicago-5ChicagoLost 9–12 vs. Iowa-3IowaWon 6–3 at Illinois+3Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 7vsOhio WesleyanW 5–⁠093%
Oct 14vsOberlinW 14–⁠092%
Oct 21vsMichiganL 0–⁠1960%
Oct 28atMinnesotaL 0–⁠949%
Nov 11vsChicagoL 9–⁠1447%
Nov 18vsIowaL 9–⁠1236%
Nov 25atIllinoisW 6–⁠343%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Illinois 6–⁠3; 8th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

Record
3–⁠4
Conference
1–⁠4 8th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
43–⁠57
Coach
John Wilce
Elo
1509 −64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.7 No. 36 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Lloyd Pixley

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Lloyd PixleyOGCJ-1; CT-1; PA-2; WE-3

Second team

  • Hoge WorkmanRBCJ-2; CT-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.