1922 Southwest Conference football season

1922 Southwest Conference football season
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 29 – December 9, 1922 (1922-09-29 – 1922-12-09)
Number of teams7
ChampionBaylor
1922 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baylor $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Texas 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
SMU 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Texas A&M 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Arkansas 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rice 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1922 Southwest Conference football season was the eighth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and was a part of the 1922 college football season. The Baylor Bears won their first conference championship and went undefeated in conference play.

Results and team statistics

Conf. rank Team Head coach (s) Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Baylor Frank Bridges 8–3–0 (.727) 5–0–0 (1.000) 26.8 11.6
2 Texas Berry Whitaker 7–2–0 (.778) 2–1–0 (.667) 22.4 7.6
3 SMU Ray Morrison & Ewing Y. Freeland 6–3–1 (.650) 2–2–0 (.500) 23.5 6.9
4 Texas A&M Dana X. Bible 5–4–0 (.556) 2–2–0 (.500) 18.4 7.7
5 Oklahoma A&M John Maulbetsch 4–4–1 (.500) 2–3–0 (.400) 14.4 9.6
6 Arkansas Francis Schmidt 4–5–0 (.444) 1–3–0 (.250) 15.9 15.1
7 Phillips Philip Arbuckle 4–4–0 (.500) 1–4–0 (.200) 12.0 16.0

Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1]

Schedules

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SWC member won
Non-conference matchup; SWC member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
SWC teams in bold

Week One

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 29 Austin Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 19–0   [2]
September 29 Howard Payne Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 7–13  
September 30 North Texas State Normal Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 55–0   [3]
September 30 SMU freshmen[a] SMU Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX W 16–0  
September 30 Northwestern Oklahoma State Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 49–0  
September 30 Hendrix Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 39–0  
Week No Game
1 Rice

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 7 Simmons (TX) Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 42–0  
October 7 Phillips Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 41–10   [4]
October 7 North Texas State Normal SMU Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX (rivalry) W 66–0   [5]
October 7 Central State Teachers Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 17–0  
October 7 Drury Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 22–0  
October 7 Sam Houston Normal Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 23–3   [6]
Week No Game
2 Texas A&M

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 14 Baylor Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX  BAY 31-0  
October 14 Oklahoma A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX  UT 19-7   [7]
October 14 LSU SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX W 51-0   [8][9]
October 14 Southwestern (TX) Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 33-0  
October 14 Ouachita Baptist Arkansas Kavanaugh Field • Little Rock, AR L 7-13  

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 20 Austin SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX L 7–10   5,000 [10]
October 20 LSU Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) W 47–0   [11]
October 21 Arkansas Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX  BAY 60-13  
October 21 Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX L 10–20   11,000 [12]
October 21 Rice Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK  OAMU 21–0  

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 27 Ouachita Baptist Texas A&M Kyle Field • Dallas, TX W 19–6  
October 28 Mississippi College Baylor Cotton Palace • Waco, TX W 40-7   [13]
October 28 Alabama Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 19-10   [14]
October 28 Oklahoma A&M SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX  SMU 32-6   [15]
October 28 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds • Shreveport, LA (rivalry) W 40–6   [16]
October 28 Southwestern (TX) Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 28–6   [16]

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 4 Texas A&M Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX (rivalry)  BAY 13–7  
November 4 Texas Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX (rivalry)  UT 29–0   [17]
November 4 Southwestern (TX) SMU Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX W 46–14   [18]
November 4 Oklahoma A&M TCU Panther Park • Fort Worth, TX L 14-22   [19][20]
November 4 Tulsa Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR L 6–13  

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 11 Baylor Boston College Braves Field • Boston, MA L 0-33   [21][22][23]
November 11 Southwestern (TX) Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 26-0   [24]
November 11 Texas A&M SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX  SMU 17-6   9,000 [25]
November 11 Tulsa Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)  Cancelled   [26][27]
November 11 Arkansas Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX  RICE 31-7  

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 18 Baylor Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK  BAY 10–0  
November 18 Texas Oklahoma Boyd Field • Norman, OK (rivalry) W 32-7   [28]
November 18 SMU Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR  ARK 6-0   [29]
November 18 Rice Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX  TAMU 24–0  

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 25 Arizona Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 14-7   [30]
November 25 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry) T 3-3  
Week No Game
9 Baylor Texas SMU Texas A&M Arkansas

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 30 Baylor SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX  BAY 24-0   [31]
November 30 Texas A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX (rivalry)  TAMU 14–7   20,000 [32]
November 30 Oklahoma A&M Arkansas Ft. Smith, AR  OAMU 13-0   [33]
Week No Game
10 Rice

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 9 Haskell Baylor Schwaub Field • San Antonio, TX L 20-21   [34]
December 9 SMU TCU Panther Park • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry) T 0-0   [35][36]
Week No Game
11 Texas Texas A&M Oklahoma A&M Arkansas Rice

References

  1. ^ prior to 1972 Freshmen were not allowed to play Varsity football in college and many teams operated their own freshmen team in conjunction with their varsity one
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