1922 BYU Cougars football team
The 1922 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1922 college football season. It was the first team to represent BYU in intercollegiate football, compiling a 1–5 record.[1]
| 1922 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
| 1922 record | 1–5 (1–5 RMC) |
| Head coach | Alvin Twitchell (1st season) |
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| 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 | – | 0 | 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 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team finished eighth in the RMC, suffered shutouts in four of six games, and were outscored by a total of 184 to 10.[2][1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 7 | Utah Agricultural | Provo, UT (rivalry) | L 3–41 | [3] | ||
| October 14 | at Utah | Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry) | L 0–49 | [4] | ||
| October 24 | Colorado Mines | Provo, UT | L 0–47 | [5] | ||
| November 14 | Wyoming | Provo, UT | W 7–0 | [6] | ||
| November 25 | at Colorado Agricultural | Fort Collins, CO | L 0–33 | [7] | ||
| November 30 | at Wyoming |
| L 0–13 | [8] | ||
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Notable firsts
On October 7, 1922, in the opening game of the season, right end Nelson drop-kicked a field goal from the 25-yard line for three points – the first points scored in BYU program history.[3]
The team won the first victory in program history by a 7–0 score against Wyoming on November 14, 1922. The first touchdown in program history was scored on a pass from captain and left halfback Paul Packard to fullback Hunter Manson who then ran 25 yards to score.[6]
Personnel
Alvin Twitchell was the head coach.[1] Twitchell was a graduate of Utah Agricultural College where he played both basketball and football. Before being hired at BYU (initially as the basketball coach), he coached basketball and football at Monroe High School and Brigham City's Box Elder High School.[9]
During the summer of 1922, Twitchell traveled to the University of Illinois for training in football strategy and technique. He returned to Provo in late August to assemble and train the school's first intercollegiate football team.[10]
The players on the first BYU football team included Bernardino Bowman, Merrill Bunnell, Royal Chamberlain, Buck Dixon, Boney Fuller, Victor Hatch, Elwood Jackson, Keith Maeser, Hunter Manson, Lynn Miller, Frank Morgan, Paul Packard, Truman Partridge, and Ike Young.[11]
References
- "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 166. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "1922 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "Aggies Take Initial Tilt in Grid Chase: Provoites Put Up Good Game, But Meet Defeat by 41 to 3 Score". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 8, 1922. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Utah Red Devils Easily Defeat Provoites; Rally Nets Crimson Big Score". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 15, 1922. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Y Gridders Lose To Mines". The Daily Herald. October 25, 1922. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Provo Eleven Trims Wyoming". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 15, 1922. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Colo. Aggies Romp Over 'Y'". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 26, 1922. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Wyoming Crosses First Opponent's Goal This Season". The Billings Gazette. December 1, 1922. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Twitchell's Resignation Is Accepted". The Springville Herald. April 24, 1925. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Twitchell Will Develop New Eleven". The Salt Lake Telegram. August 20, 1922. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- BYU Football 2015 Almanac, pp. 135–143.