1922 Northwestern Purple football team

1922 Northwestern Purple football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–3–1 (1–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Glenn Thistlethwaite (1st season)
Captain	James Patterson[1]
Home stadium	Northwestern Field

1922 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	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

The 1922 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1922 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, the Purple compiled a 3–3–1 record (1–3–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	Beloit*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 17–0
October 15	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago	L 7–15
October 21	Minnesota	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	T 7–7
November 4	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 3–6
November 11	Purdue	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 24–13
November 18	Monmouth*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 58–14
November 25	at Iowa	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	L 3–37
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "1922 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.