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1922 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1922 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Missouri Valley co-champion
Conference Big Eight Conference
1922 record 7–1 (5–0 MVIAA)
Head coach Fred Dawson (2nd year)
Home stadium Nebraska Field
Seasons
« 1921 1923 »
1922 Missouri Valley football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Nebraska + 5 0 0     7 1 0
Drake + 4 0 0     7 0 0
Kansas State 3 1 2     5 1 2
Missouri 4 3 0     5 3 0
Iowa State 2 4 0     2 6 0
Oklahoma 1 2 2     2 3 3
Grinnell 1 3 0     3 4 1
Kansas 1 3 1     3 3 1
Washington (MO) 0 5 1     1 5 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
South Dakota at Nebraska
1 2 Total
South Dakota 0
Nebraska 66
Missouri at Nebraska
1 2 Total
Missouri 0
Nebraska 48
  • Date: 1922-10-21
  • Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska at Oklahoma
1 2 Total
Nebraska 39
Oklahoma 7
Nebraska at Syracuse
1 2 3 4 Total
Nebraska 0 0 6 0 6
Syracuse 3 0 0 6 9
Nebraska at Kansas
1 2 3 4 Total
Nebraska 2 7 0 19 28
Kansas 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas State at Nebraska
1 2 3 4 Total
Kansas State 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska 0 7 14 0 21
  • Date: November 18
  • Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
Iowa State at Nebraska
1 2 Total
Iowa State 6
Nebraska 54
  • Date: 1922-11-25
  • Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
Notre Dame at Nebraska
1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 0 0 6 0 6
Nebraska 7 7 0 0 14
  • Date: November 30
  • Location: Nebraska Field • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 16,000

The 1922 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1922 college football season. The team was coached by Fred Dawson and played their home games at Nebraska Field in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Now permitted three weeks of pre-season practice, the league champion Cornhuskers prepared under second-year coach Dawson to attempt to repeat as champs. Plans were in motion to build a new playing field and stadium for Nebraska, and this would be the final season of games played on Nebraska Field. Longtime trainer Jack Best, who had been with the program since its very beginning in 1890 through all of the coaching turnovers, was in declining health but came back for the season to help ready his beloved Cornhuskers.

South Dakota served as Nebraska's tune up game of the season, and the Coyotes were easily brushed aside with no points as the Cornhuskers cruised and looked ahead to the homecoming game coming up in two weeks. South Dakota's record against Nebraska fell to 1-7-2.

Missouri was supposed to be a worthy foe according to some pregame press, but the Cornhuskers rolled up their opponent for the second game in a row, holding the Tigers to just 17 total yards on the day, while playing virtually error-free in the conference opener. Missouri fell further behind in the series as Nebraska began to pull out of sight by leading 13-3.

High winds and high heat complicated matters during Nebraska's first ever trip to Norman, but the outcome was familiar for Nebraska as the Sooners were defeated on their own home field, the 8th straight win for the Cornhuskers going back into the previous season. Oklahoma found itself farther behind in the series 0-3-1.

Nebraska journeyed east again to take on Syracuse as the season's signature eastern game. Coming into the game, the Cornhuskers were feeling confident after three straight wins by a combined margin of 143-7. Playing in muddy conditions unfavorable to the Nebraska game plan, with both teams suffering from miscues, fumbles and penalties, the Orangemen ultimately stunned the Cornhuskers with a late touchdown to go up 9-6 before the final whistle, moving ahead in the series 2-1.

Kansas brought the Cornhuskers to Lawrence to play in their new Memorial Stadium, but Nebraska ruined that game day for the stadium's first season, as the Jayhawks were completely shut down and shut out. Nebraska scored slowly in the first half before blowing it open in the 4th quarter, with the final score coming from backup players giving the starters a rest. Kansas fell farther behind Nebraska in the series, 9-19-1.


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