1922 Army Cadets football team

1922 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
1922 record	8–0–2
Head coach	Charles Dudley Daly (8th year)
Captain	Fritz Breidster
Home stadium	The Plain

The 1922 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1922 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Charles Dudley Daly, the Cadets compiled a 8–0–2 record, shut out seven of their ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 228 to 27 – an average of 22.8 points scored and 2.7 points allowed.^[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen 17 to 14.^[2]

Two Army players were recognized as first-team players on the 1922 College Football All-America Team: guard Fritz Breidster and center Edgar Garbisch. Garbisch was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Players

Army's first-string players started only six games, against the Springfield YMCA, Kansas, Auburn, Yale, Notre Dame, and Navy. The following individuals were starters in at least two of those six games. ^[3]

Fritz Breidster - started 5 games at left guard, 1 game at right guard
Francis Dodd - started 3 games at right halfback
August W. Farwick - started 1 game at right tackle, 1 game at left guard, 4 games at right guard
Edgar Garbisch - started 5 games at center
Sanford J. Goodman - started 2 games at left tackle, 4 games at right tackle
Charles W. Lawrence - started 1 game at right halfback, 1 game at left halfback
Dennis J. Mulligan - started 1 game at right tackle, 4 games at left tackle
Charles T. Myers - started 3 games at left end, 2 games at right end
George Winfered Smythe - started 6 games at quarterback
Patrick W. Timberlake - started 5 games at left halfback
Washington M. Ives - started 2 game at right halfback
Walter C. White - started 2 games at left end, 3 games at right end
William H. Wood - started 6 games at fullback.

References

↑ "Army Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
↑ "1922 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
↑ 1923 "The Howitzer" (USMA yearbook), pp. 295-298 and 338-344.

Army Black Knights football

Venues	The Plain (1890–1923) Michie Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Navy: Army–Navy Game (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy; Thompson Cup) Notre Dame

Culture and lore	Army Mule Black Death Award "On Brave Old Army Team" "The Army Goes Rolling Along" 1946 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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