1922 California Golden Bears football
National champion (Billingsley MOV, Houlgate)
Co-national champion (NCF, Sagarin)
PCC champion
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record9–0 (4–0 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeShort-punt
CaptainCharles F. Erb
Home stadiumCalifornia Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
California $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Oregon 3 – 0 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Washington 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
USC^ 3 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Oregon Agricultural 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Stanford 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Washington State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ Selected as Rose Bowl representative

The 1922 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1922 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Andy Smith, the team compiled a 9–0 record (4–0 against PCC opponents), won the PCC championship, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 398 to 34.[1][2] The 398 points scored led major college football.[citation needed]

There was no contemporaneous system in 1921 for determining a national champion. However, California was retroactively named as the national champion for 1922 by the Billingsley Report (using its alternative "margin of victory" methodology) and Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation and Jeff Sagarin.[3]

California end Harold "Brick" Muller was a consensus first-team selection to the 1922 All-America college football team.[4] Additionally, Cal took eight of eleven spots on the United Press' 1922 All-Pacific Coast football team: quarterback Charles F. Erb; halfback Donald Nichols; fullback Jesse B. Morrison; ends Harold Muller and Robert A. Berkey; tackle Stewart A. Beam; and guards Webster V. Clark and Leo Calland.[5] A ninth Cal player, center Prink Callison, was named to the All-Pacific Coast team by George Bertz.[6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Santa Clara*
W 45–14[7]
October 7Mare Island Marines*
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 80–0[8]
October 14Saint Mary's*
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 41–0[9]
October 21Olympic Club*
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 25–030,000[10]
October 28at USC
W 12–040,000[11]
November 4Washington State
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 61–0[12]
November 11at Washington
W 45–730,075[13]
November 18Nevada
  • California Field
  • Berkeley, CA
W 61–13[14]
November 25at Stanford
W 28–0[15]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "1922 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. ^ M.D. Tracy (December 5, 1922). "Seven Bears Picked For Mythical Coast Football Eleven". Modesto Evening News. p. 10.
  6. ^ "King, of Salem, Given Berth On All-Star Eleven". Daily Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon). December 4, 1922. p. 1.
  7. ^ "California Takes Santa Clara Team Into Camp". Oakland Tribune. October 1, 1922. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "California Overwhelms U.S. Marines: Bears Parade Through Afternoon of Light Practice; Score Is 80 to 0". The San Francisco Examiner. October 8, 1922. p. 103 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Doug Montell (October 15, 1922). "Californian Bears Claw St. Mary's Footballers: St. Mary's Fails To Score Against Bears While U.C. Makes 41". Oakland Tribune. pp. 1D, 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Jack James (October 22, 1922). "Bears Outclass Olympic Club, 25-0". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Paul Lowry (October 29, 1922). "Golden Bears Humble Trojans in Thrilling Football Fray". The Los Angeles Times. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Doug Montell (November 5, 1922). "Bears Pile Up a Big Score: Washington State Completely Routed by Berkeley Bruins". Oakland Tribune. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Bruins Swamp Washington: Nichols Stars When California Defeats Washington Team". Oakland Tribune. November 12, 1922. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Doug Montell (November 19, 1922). "California Scores Easy Win Over Nevada Team: California Bruins Trample Nevada Team for 61 to 13 Victory". Oakland Tribune. pp. 1D, 4D – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Doug Montell (November 26, 1922). "California Crushes Stanford 28-0: Cardinals, However, Give Bruins Toughest Fight of Entire 1922 Season". Oakland Tribune. p. Main 1, Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "1922 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.


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