Year: | 1922 |
Team: | Utah Utes |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Rocky Mountain Conference |
Short Conf: | RMC |
Record: | 7–1 |
Conf Record: | 5–0 |
Head Coach: | Thomas M. Fitzpatrick |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Captain: | Neil Smith |
Stadium: | Cummings Field |
Champion: | RMC champion |
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.
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]