1922 Big Ten Conference football season

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rdf:langString 1922 Big Ten Conference football season was the 27th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1922 college football season. Iowa, under head coach Howard Jones, compiled a perfect 7–0 records and led the conference in scoring offense with 29.7 points per game, and Michigan led the conference in scoring defense with 1.9 points allowed per game. Quarterback Gordon Locke was a consensus first-team All-American. The 1922 Iowa team was retroactively selected as the national champion by the Billingsley Report. Michigan compiled a record of 6–0–1, led the conference in scoring defense at 1.9 points allowed per game, shut out five opponents, and tied for the Big Ten championship. Michigan's lone blemish was a scoreless tie in the 1922 Michigan vs. Vanderbilt football game. Halfback Harry Kipke was a consensus first-team All-American. Left end Bernard Kirk, who also received first-team All-American honors, died of meningitis in December 1922 after sustaining a brain injury in an automobile crash.