1922 Princeton Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1922 Princeton Tigers football teamofdestiny.jpg 260 Independent 8–0 Bill Roper 9th Short punt Mel Dickenson Palmer Stadium National champion (Boand, CFRA)Co-national champion (NCF, Davis, Sagarin-ELO) 80px The 1922 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Bill Roper, the Tigers compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 127 to 34.1922 Princeton Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/princeton/1922-schedule.html Mel Dickenson was the team captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1922 for determining a national champion. However, Princeton was retroactively named as the national champion by the Boand System and College Football Researchers Association, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation, Parke H. Davis, and Jeff Sagarin (using the ELO-Chess methodology).http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 8, 2016 PDF August 6, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220806220105/https://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf dead California and Cornell were recognized by some selectors as the national champion or co-champion. Princeton tackle Herb Treat was a consensus first-team player on the 1922 All-America team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other notable players on the 1922 team included end Howdy Gray, halfback Jack Cleaves, tackle Harland "Pink" Baker, and guard Mel Dickinson. One player went to the NFL and used the name of Howdy Gray but possibly mispronounced it as Dolly Gray. Schedule September 30 w 1922 Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Johns Hopkins Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 30–0 7,400 Princeton Defeats Hopkins: Tigers Spurt Toward End The Baltimore Sun October 1, 1922 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98318085/princeton-defeats-hopkins-tigers-spurt/ Newspapers.com October 7 w Virginia Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 5–0 Tigers Bothered By Virginia Eleven https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86210470/new-york-herald/ New York Herald New York, New York October 8, 1922 52 September 29, 2021 Newspapers.com Virginia Holds Princeton 5 to 0; Augusta Teams Lose https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86210545/the-news-leader/ The News Leader Staunton, Virginia October 8, 1922 1 September 29, 2021 Newspapers.com Virginia Holds (continued) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86210584/the-news-leader/ The News Leader Staunton, Virginia October 8, 1922 2 September 29, 2021 Newspapers.com October 14 w Colgate Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 10–0 Tiger Eleven Triumphs Over Colgate by 10 to 0 New York Tribune W.B. Hanna October 15, 1922 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98317195/tiger-eleven-triumphs-over-colgate-by/ Newspapers.com October 21 w Maryland Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 26–0 Maryland Easy For Princeton: College Parkers Form Fine Feast For The Tigers The Baltimore Sun October 22, 1922 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98316946/maryland-easy-for-princeton-college/ Newspapers.com October 28 w y Chicago Stagg Field Chicago, IL first national radio broadcast 21–18 31,000 Chicago Loses To Princeton, Score: 21 to 18; Struggle Won Near Its Close Chicago Tribune Hugh Fullerton October 29, 1922 1, 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98316005/chicago-loses-to-princeton-score-21/ Newspapers.com November 4 w 1922 Swarthmore Quakers Swarthmore Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ 22–13 Tigers Trim Swarthmore 22-13 in Scrappy Contest New York Daily News Al Copland November 5, 1922 51 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98315710/tigers-trim-swarthmore-22-13-in-scrappy/ Newspapers.com November 11 w y Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 10–3 52,000 Princeton Beats Harvard, 10 to 3 The New York Times November 12, 1922 Sports 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98315381/princeton-beats-harvard-10-to-3/ Newspapers.com November 18 w Yale Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry 3–0 56,000 Princeton Eleven Beats Yale 3 to 0 The New York Times November 19, 1922 Sports 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98315118/princeton-eleven-beats-yale-3-to-0/ Newspapers.com Roster Oliver Alford, C Harland Baker, T Barry, FB Bob Beattie, FB Bergen, HB Buckner, G Charlie Caldwell, HB Jack Cleaves, FB Harry W. Crum, HB Mel Dickinson, G Brad Dinsmore, QB Ted Drews, E Harvey Emery, HB Paul Euwer, HB Gaines, E John P. Gorman, QB Howdy Gray, E Griffin, C Hills, T Howard, G J. J. Johnson, G Lawrence, E Ed McMillan, C Newby, HB Pagenkopf, QB Schenk, T Schneider, T Shackelford, FB Smith, E A. Barr Snively, E Snyder, T Stinson, HB Stout, E Tillson, E Thomson, C Herb Treat, T Tyson, E Howell Van Gerbig, T Wingate, QB References Princeton Category:Princeton Tigers football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Princeton Tigers football