1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
Base defense7–2–2
CaptainGlen Carberry
Home stadiumCartier Field
1922 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Western State Normal – 6–0–0
Bradley – 9–0–1
Marquette – 8–0–1
Central Michigan – 6–0–2
Notre Dame – 8–1–1
Butler – 8–2–0
Haskell – 8–2–0
Detroit – 7–2–1
Michigan Mines – 1–0–1
Wabash – 7–3–0
St. Ignatius (OH) – 4–1–3
Dayton – 6–3–0
Saint Louis – 6–3–1
Valparaiso – 3–2–2
Baldwin–Wallace – 4–3–1
DePauw – 4–3–2
Michigan Agricultural – 3–5–2
Earlham – 2–6–0
Kent State – 0–7–0

The 1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Knute Rockne, the Irish compiled an 8–1–1 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 222 to 27.[1] They were undefeated through the first nine games, defeating Purdue, Georgia Tech, 1922 Indiana Hoosiers football team, and 1922 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team,[1] and playing Army to a scoreless tie at West Point on Armstice Day.[2] In the final game of the season, played on Thanksgiving Day, the Irish lost their rivalry game Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.[3]

Fullback Paul Castner and guard Ed DeGree received first-team honors from one or more selectors on the 1922 All-America college football team. DeGree also received first-team All-Western honors from Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune.[4]

The team played its home games at Cartier Field in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Kalamazoo
W 56–05,000
October 7Saint Louis
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 26–06,000–7,000[5]
October 14at Purdue
W 20–09,000
October 21DePauw
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 34–75,000
October 28at Georgia Tech
W 13–318,000–20,000[6]
November 4Indiana
  • Cartier Field
  • Notre Dame IN
W 27–022,000
November 11at Army
T 0–015,000[7]
November 18at ButlerIndianapolis, INW 31–312,000
November 25at Carnegie Tech
W 19–030,000
November 30at Nebraska
L 6–1416,000[8]

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Personnel

Players

[9][10]

Coaching staff

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1922 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Forward passes fail, Army held scoreless". Milwaukee Journal. November 12, 1922. p. 1, part 3.
  3. ↑ "Notre Dame closes with defeat, 14 to 6". Milwaukee Journal. December 1, 1922. p. 45.
  4. ↑ Walter Eckersall (December 10, 1922). "Tribune Expert Chooses Honor Eleven of West". Chicago Tribune.
  5. ↑ Holland, Joseph F. (October 8, 1922). "Billiken, Defeated, 26-0, Hold Notre Dame Team to Six Points in First Half". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3S. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ↑ "Passes prove too much for Georgia Tech". Fort Worth Record-Telegram. October 29, 1922. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Notre Dame-Army Unable to Score in Desperate Duel". Buffalo Courier. November 12, 1922. Retrieved October 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Nebraskas' Brilliant Offensive, Too Much for "Fighting Irish"". Omaha Daily News. December 1, 1922. Retrieved October 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Who's who On the Notre Dame Squad". South Bend News-Times. November 4, 1922. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Scholastic Football NumberThe Rest of the Cantos" (PDF). The Notre Dame Scholastic. December 1922. pp. 297–300 – via Notre Dame Archives.
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