1922 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team

The 1922 Northern Illinois State Teachers football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1922 college football season. The team competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which was also known as the Little Nineteen; it was the first season they competed in a conference. They were led by third-year head coach Paul Harrison and played their home games at Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus. The Teachers finished the season with an 5–4–1 record and an 3–1–1 record in conference play. Leo Conahan was the team's captain.^[1]

1922 Northern Illinois State Teachers football
Conference	Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	5–4–1 (3–1–1 IIAC)
Head coach	Paul Harrison (3rd season)
Captain	Leo Conahan
Home stadium	Glidden Field
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

1922 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lombard +	3	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	2
Eastern Illinois	3	–	0	–	2			4	–	0	–	2
Shurtleff	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	1	–	1
Illinois Wesleyan	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Northern Illinois State	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Western Illinois	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Eureka	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Carthage	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Lake Forest	0	–	0	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
McKendree	1	–	1	–	1			1	–	1	–	2
Mount Morris	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Millikin	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Monmouth (IL)	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Knox (IL)	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Illinois State Normal	1	–	3	–	3			1	–	4	–	3
Lincoln (IL)	1	–	3	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Augustana (IL)	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
St. Viator	0	–	1	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Wheaton (IL)	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Southern Illinois	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Illinois College	?	–	?	–	?			5	–	4	–	0
Blackburn	?	–	?	–	?			1	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 23	Elmhurst*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 45–0	[2]
September 30	at Beloit*	Beloit, WI	L 0–34	[3]
October 7	at North-Western College	Naperville, IL	W 6–3	[4]
October 14	Whitewater Normal*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	L 6–20	[5]
October 21	at Mount Morris	Mount Morris, IL	W 13–7	[6]
October 28	at Millikin	Decatur, IL	L 0–15	[7]
November 3	Wisconsin Mines*	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 20–7	[8]
November 11	at Illinois State Normal	Normal, IL	T 0–0	[9]
November 17	at Milwaukee Normal*	Milwaukee, WI	L 6–12	[10]
November 25	Wheaton (IL)	Glidden Field DeKalb, IL	W 37–0	[11]
*Non-conference game