1922 California Golden Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1922
| team = California Golden Bears
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf = PCC
| record = 9–0
| conf_record = 4–0
| head_coach = Andy Smith
| hc_year = 7th
| off_scheme = Short-punt
| def_scheme =
| captain = Charles F. Erb
| stadium = California Field
| champion = National champion (Billingsley MOV, Houlgate)
Co-national champion (NCF, Sagarin)
PCC champion
| uniform = 22californiauniform.png
}}
{{1922 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
The 1922 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1922 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Andy Smith, the team compiled a 9–0 record (4–0 against PCC opponents), won the PCC championship, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 398 to 34.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/california/1922-schedule.html|title=1922 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=October 21, 2016}}{{cite web|title=California 2015 Football Information Guide |url=https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf |website=CalBears.com |publisher=Cal Golden Bears Athletics |access-date=October 21, 2016 |page=162 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170757/https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf |archive-date=October 26, 2016 }} The 398 points scored led major college football.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
There was no contemporaneous system in 1921 for determining a national champion. However, California was retroactively named as the national champion for 1922 by the Billingsley Report (using its alternative "margin of victory" methodology) and Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation and Jeff Sagarin.{{cite book | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf | title=2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records | publisher=The National Collegiate Athletic Association | pages=112–114 | date=July 2020 | location=Indianapolis | access-date=January 12, 2021 | archive-date=November 1, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf | url-status=live }}
California end Harold "Brick" Muller was a consensus first-team selection to the 1922 All-America college football team.{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=October 21, 2017|page=6|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}} Additionally, Cal took eight of eleven spots on the United Press' 1922 All-Pacific Coast football team: quarterback Charles F. Erb; halfback Donald Nichols; fullback Jesse B. Morrison; ends Harold Muller and Robert A. Berkey; tackle Stewart A. Beam; and guards Webster V. Clark and Leo Calland.{{cite news|title=Seven Bears Picked For Mythical Coast Football Eleven|author=M.D. Tracy|newspaper=Modesto Evening News|date=December 5, 1922|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/54435465/}} A ninth Cal player, center Prink Callison, was named to the All-Pacific Coast team by George Bertz.{{cite news|title=King, of Salem, Given Berth On All-Star Eleven|newspaper=Daily Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon)|date=December 4, 1922|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/100258636/}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Santa Clara
| site_stadium = California Field
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 45–14
| source = {{cite news|title=California Takes Santa Clara Team Into Camp|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|date=October 1, 1922|page=33|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98836094/california-takes-santa-clara-team-into/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Mare Island Marines
| site_stadium = California Field
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 80–0
| source = {{cite news|title=California Overwhelms U.S. Marines: Bears Parade Through Afternoon of Light Practice; Score Is 80 to 0|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|date=October 8, 1922|page=103|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98836411/california-overwhelms-us-marines/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Saint Mary's
| site_stadium = California Field
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 41–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Californian Bears Claw St. Mary's Footballers: St. Mary's Fails To Score Against Bears While U.C. Makes 41|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|date=October 15, 1922|author=Doug Montell|pages=1D, 3D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23090041/californian_bears_claw_st_marys/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Olympic Club
| site_stadium = California Field
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 25–0
| attend = 30,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Bears Outclass Olympic Club, 25-0|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|author=Jack James|date=October 22, 1922|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98835587/bears-outclass-olympic-club-25-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = USC
| site_stadium = Tournament of Roses Stadium
| site_cityst = Pasadena, CA
| score = 12–0
| attend = 40,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Golden Bears Humble Trojans in Thrilling Football Fray|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Lowry|date=October 29, 1922|pages=1–2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98835373/golden-bears-humble-trojans-in/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| w/l = w
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = California Field
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 61–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Bears Pile Up a Big Score: Washington State Completely Routed by Berkeley Bruins|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|author=Doug Montell|date=November 5, 1922|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98835091/bears-pile-up-a-big-score-washington/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| score = 45–7
| attend = 30,075
| source = {{cite news|title=Bruins Swamp Washington: Nichols Stars When California Defeats Washington Team|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|date=November 12, 1922|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98834883/bruins-swamp-washington-nichols-stars/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = w
| opponent = Nevada
| site_stadium = California Field
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| score = 61–13
| source = {{cite news|title=California Scores Easy Win Over Nevada Team: California Bruins Trample Nevada Team for 61 to 13 Victory|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|author=Doug Montell|date=November 19, 1922|pages=1D, 4D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98834183/california-scores-easy-win-over-nevada/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium
| site_cityst = Stanford, CA
| gamename = Big Game
| score = 28–0
| source = {{cite news|title=California Crushes Stanford 28-0: Cardinals, However, Give Bruins Toughest Fight of Entire 1922 Season |newspaper=Oakland Tribune|author=Doug Montell |date=November 26, 1922 |page=Main 1, Sports 1| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98834524/california-crushes-stanford-28-0/ |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
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References
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