1922 Utah Utes football team

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1922 Utah Utes football
RMC champion
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record7–1 (5–0 RMC)
Head coach
CaptainNeil Smith
Home stadiumCummings Field
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 5 0 0 7 1 0
Colorado Agricultural 5 1 1 5 2 1
Denver 3 1 1 6 1 1
Colorado Mines 3 2 1 4 2 1
Utah Agricultural 3 3 0 5 4 0
Colorado College 2 2 1 3 3 1
Colorado 2 3 0 4 4 0
BYU 1 5 0 1 5 0
Wyoming 1 7 0 1 8 0
Montana State 0 1 0 4 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1922 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1922 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Thomas M. Fitzpatrick the Utes compiled an overall record of 7–1 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the RMC title, the first conference championship in program history.

BYU resumed playing football in 1922; the two teams resumed their series for the first time since playing in 1898 when BYU was called Brigham Young Academy.[1]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7College of Idaho*W 16–12
October 14BYU
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 49–0[2]
October 21at ColoradoW 3–0
October 25at WyomingW 27–0
November 4Colorado Collegedagger
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 20–7
November 11vs. Idaho*L 0–16[3][4]
November 18Whitman*
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 24–6
November 30Utah Agricultural
  • Cummings Field
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 14–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jeremiah Jensen. "BYU vs. Utah: The history of the rivalry". KSL.com. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  2. ^ "Utah Red Devils Easily Defeat Provoites; Rally Nets Crimson Big Score". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 15, 1922. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Vandals wallop Utah University". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. November 13, 1922. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Gem State outfit plays above form shown heretofore". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 13, 1922. p. 2, part 2.