1922 Tennessee Volunteers football team

The 1922 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1922 college football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach M. B. Banks, in his second year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1922 Vols won eight games, lost two, and tied zero (8–2 overall, 3–2 in the SoCon). The Volunteers outscored their opponents 239 to 45 and posted four shutouts.

1922 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	8–2 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach	M. B. Banks (2nd season)
Captain	Pap Striegel
Home stadium	Shields–Watkins Field
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

1922 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Carolina +	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Georgia Tech +	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Vanderbilt * +	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	1
VPI	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Florida	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Alabama	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Virginia	1	–	1	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Mississippi A&M	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	2
Kentucky	1	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Clemson	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
LSU	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Georgia	1	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Tulane	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
South Carolina	0	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
NC State	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions * – co-member of SIAA

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Emory and Henry*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 50–0		[1]
September 30	Carson–Newman*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 32–7		[2]
October 7	Maryville (TN)*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	W 21–0		[3]
October 14	at Fort Benning*	Driving Park Stadium Columbus, GA	W 15–0	5,000	[4]
October 21	at Georgia	Sanford Field Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 3–7		[5]
October 28	Ole Miss	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 49–0		[6]
November 4	Vanderbilt	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 6–14		[7]
November 11	vs. Mississippi A&M	Russwood Park Memphis, TN	W 31–3	10,000	[8]
November 18	vs. Sewanee*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 18–7	4,000	[9]
November 30	Kentucky	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 14–7		[10]
*Non-conference game