1922 Michigan Wolverines football team

1922 Michigan Wolverines football
Big Ten co-champion
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1922 record	6–0–1 (4–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fielding H. Yost (22nd year)
Captain	Paul G. Goebel
Home stadium	Ferry Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

1922 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Iowa +	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	0
Michigan +	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	1
Chicago +	4	–	0	–	1			5	–	1	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Illinois	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Ohio State	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Indiana	0	–	2	–	1			1	–	4	–	2
Purdue	0	–	3	–	1			1	–	5	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions

Week 1: Case at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Case 0 0 0 0 0 • Michigan 0 21 13 14 48 Date: October 7, 1922 Location: Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 10,000 Referee: W. Bechtel (Wittenberg)

Week 2: Michigan at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 14, 1922 Location: Dudley Field Nashville, TN Game attendance: 16,000 Referee: Horatio B. Hackett

Week 3: Michigan at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan 3 7 6 3 19 Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 21, 1922 Location: Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH Game attendance: 72,000 Referee: Horatio B. Hackett

Week 4: Illinois at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 • Michigan 0 10 14 0 24 Date: October 28, 1922 Location: Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 41,000 Referee: Walter Eckersall

Week 5: Michigan Agricultural at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan Agricultural 0 0 0 0 0 • Michigan 14 19 9 21 63 Date: November 4, 1922 Location: Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ray (Illinois)

Week 6: Wisconsin at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 0 0 6 6 • Michigan 0 0 7 6 13 Date: November 18, 1922 Location: Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 42,000 Referee: Masker (Northwestern)

Week 7: Michigan at Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan 0 13 0 3 16 Minnesota 7 0 0 0 7 Date: November 25, 1922 Location: Northrop Field Minneapolis, MN Game attendance: 23,000

The 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1922 Big Ten Conference football season. In Fielding H. Yost's 22nd season as head coach, Michigan compiled a record of 6–0–1 (4–0 in Big Ten Conference games), outscored opponents 183–13, and tied with Iowa for the Big Ten championship. On defense, the team did not allow its opponents to score a point in the first five games of the season, and its scoring defense of 1.85 points per game is among the lowest in Michigan football history.

Highlights of the 1922 season included participation in dedication games for Vanderbilt University's Dudley Field, the first large athletic stadium in the South, and Ohio State University's Ohio Stadium. In the latter, the Wolverines shut out the Buckeyes, 19–0.

Halfback Harry Kipke led the team in scoring with 48 points in six games, handled punting responsibilities, and was also one of the team's best defensive players. Kipke was a consensus All-American, receiving first-team honors from Walter Camp, Athletic World, Walter Eckersall, Norman E. Brown, and Lawrence Perry. Team captain and right end Paul Goebel was also selected as a first-team All-American by Athletic World magazine based on polling of 214 coaches. Left end Bernard Kirk, who received first-team All-American honors from Eckersall, died of meningitis in December 1922 after sustaining a brain injury in an automobile crash.

Months before the start of the 1922 season, reports circulated that Fielding H. Yost intended to resign as Michigan's head football coach. He had served in that capacity since 1901 and had taken on additional responsibilities as the university's athletic director in 1921. In late February 1922, Yost denied the reports and said, "I have just begun my real work at Michigan, and I am not considering resigning."

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