1922 Utah Utes football team

The 1922 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1922 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Thomas M. Fitzpatrick the Utes compiled an overall record of 7–1 with a mark of 5–0 in conference play, winning the RMC title, the first conference championship in program history.

1922 Utah Utes football
RMC champion
Conference	Rocky Mountain Conference
Record	7–1 (5–0 RMC)
Head coach	Thomas M. Fitzpatrick (4th season)
Captain	Neil Smith
Home stadium	Cummings Field
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

1922 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Colorado Agricultural	5	–	1	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Denver	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Colorado Mines	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	2	–	1
Utah Agricultural	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Colorado College	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Colorado	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
BYU	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Wyoming	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Montana State	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

BYU resumed playing football in 1922; the two teams resumed their series for the first time since playing in 1898 when BYU was called Brigham Young Academy.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 7	College of Idaho*	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT	W 16–12
October 14	BYU	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 49–0	[2]
October 21	at Colorado	Gamble Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 3–0
October 25	at Wyoming	Campus athletic grounds Laramie, WY	W 27–0
November 4	Colorado College	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT	W 20–7
November 11	vs. Idaho*	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 0–16	[3][4]
November 18	Whitman*	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT	W 24–6	[5]
November 30	Utah Agricultural	Cummings Field Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 14–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming