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1922 Southwest Conference football season
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 29 – December 9, 1922 (1922-09-29 – 1922-12-09)
Number of teams7
ChampionBaylor
SWC seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baylor $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Texas 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
SMU 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Texas A&M 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Arkansas 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rice 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1922 Southwest Conference football season was the eighth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and was a part of the 1922 college football season. The Baylor Bears won their first conference championship and went undefeated in conference play.

Results and team statistics

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Conf. rank Team Head coach (s) Overall record Conf. record PPG PAG
1 Baylor Frank Bridges 8–3–0 (.727) 5–0–0 (1.000) 26.8 11.6
2 Texas Berry Whitaker 7–2–0 (.778) 2–1–0 (.667) 22.4 7.6
3 SMU Ray Morrison & Ewing Y. Freeland 6–3–1 (.650) 2–2–0 (.500) 23.5 6.9
4 Texas A&M Dana X. Bible 5–4–0 (.556) 2–2–0 (.500) 18.4 7.7
5 Oklahoma A&M John Maulbetsch 4–4–1 (.500) 2–3–0 (.400) 14.4 9.6
6 Arkansas Francis Schmidt 4–5–0 (.444) 1–3–0 (.250) 15.9 15.1
7 Phillips Philip Arbuckle 4–4–0 (.500) 1–4–0 (.200) 12.0 16.0

Key
PPG = Average of points scored per game[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1]

Schedules

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Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SWC member won
Non-conference matchup; SWC member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
SWC teams in bold

Week One

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 29 Austin Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 19–0   [2]
September 29 Howard Payne Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 7–13  
September 30 North Texas State Normal Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 55–0   [3]
September 30 SMU freshmen[a] SMU Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX W 16–0  
September 30 Northwestern Oklahoma State Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 49–0  
September 30 Hendrix Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 39–0  
Week No Game
1 Rice

Week Two

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 7 Simmons (TX) Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX W 42–0  
October 7 Phillips Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 41–10   [4]
October 7 North Texas State Normal SMU Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX (rivalry) W 66–0   [5]
October 7 Central State (OK) Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK W 17–0  
October 7 Drury Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR W 22–0  
October 7 Sam Houston Normal Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 23–3   [6]


Week No Game
2 Texas A&M

Week Three

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 14 Baylor Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX  BAY 31-0  
October 14 Oklahoma A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX  UT 19-7   [7]
October 14 LSU SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX W 51-0   [8][9]
October 14 Southwestern (TX) Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 33-0  
October 14 Ouachita Baptist Arkansas Kavanaugh Field • Little Rock, AR L 7-13  

Week Four

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 20 Austin SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX L 7–10   5,000 [10]
October 20 LSU Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) W 47–0   [11]
October 21 Arkansas Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX  BAY 60-13  
October 21 Vanderbilt Texas Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX L 10–20   11,000 [12]
October 21 Rice Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK  OAMU 21–0  

Week Five

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 27 Ouachita Baptist Texas A&M Kyle Field • Dallas, TX W 19–6  
October 28 Mississippi College Baylor Cotton Palace • Waco, TX W 40-7   [13]
October 28 Alabama Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 19-10   [14]
October 28 Oklahoma A&M SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX  SMU 32-6   [15]
October 28 Arkansas LSU Fair Grounds • Shreveport, LA (rivalry) W 40–6   [16]
October 28 Southwestern (TX) Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 28–6   [17]

Week Six

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 4 Texas A&M Baylor Carroll Field • Waco, TX (rivalry)  BAY 13–7  
November 4 Texas Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX (rivalry)  UT 29–0   [18]
November 4 Southwestern (TX) SMU Armstrong Field • Dallas, TX W 46–14   [19]
November 4 Oklahoma A&M TCU Panther Park • Fort Worth, TX L 14-22   [20][21]
November 4 Tulsa Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR L 6–13  

Week Seven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 11 Baylor Boston College Braves Field • Boston, MA L 0-33   [22][23][24]
November 11 Southwestern (TX) Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX W 26-0   [25]
November 11 Texas A&M SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX  SMU 17-6   9,000 [26]
November 11 Tulsa Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry)  Cancelled   [27][28]
November 11 Arkansas Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX  RICE 31-7  

Week Eight

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 18 Baylor Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK  BAY 10–0  
November 18 Texas Oklahoma Boyd Field • Norman, OK (rivalry) W 32-7   [29]
November 18 SMU Arkansas The Hill • Fayetteville, AR  ARK 6-0   [30]
November 18 Rice Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX  TAMU 24–0  

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 25 Arizona Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 14-7   [31]
November 25 Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK (rivalry) T 3-3  
Week No Game
9 Baylor Texas SMU Texas A&M Arkansas

Week Ten

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 30 Baylor SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, TX  BAY 24-0   [32]
November 30 Texas A&M Texas Clark Field • Austin, TX (rivalry)  TAMU 14–7   20,000 [33]
November 30 Oklahoma A&M Arkansas Ft. Smith, AR  OAMU 13-0   [34]
Week No Game
10 Rice

Week Eleven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 9 Haskell Baylor Schwaub Field • San Antonio, TX L 20-21   [35]
December 9 SMU TCU Panther Park • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry) T 0-0   [36][37]
Week No Game
11 Texas Texas A&M Oklahoma A&M Arkansas Rice

References

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  1. ^ prior to 1972 Freshmen were not allowed to play Varsity football in college and many teams operated their own freshmen team in conjunction with their varsity one
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