1922 NYU Violets football team

The 1922 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1922 college football season. In their first year under head coach Tom Thorp, the team compiled a 4–5 record. Prior to the start of the season, the Violets trained for ten days at Fort Slocum.^[1] In their final day of practice at the Fort, they played against a team of the Second Army Corps to a scoreless tie on September 25.^[1]

1922 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–5
Head coach	Tom Thorp (1st season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field
Seasons ← 1921 1923 →

1922 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	0	–	0
Army			–					8	–	0	–	2
Syracuse			–					6	–	1	–	2
Franklin & Marshall			–					8	–	2	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	2	–	0
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Springfield			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	3	–	0
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	3	–	1
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					7	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					5	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	5	–	0
Fordham			–					3	–	5	–	2
Geneva			–					4	–	6	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	4	–	3
Lehigh			–					3	–	5	–	1
New Hampshire			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					1	–	4	–	1
Buffalo			–					1	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					0	–	8	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	New York Aggies	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 32–0		^[2]
October 7	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 0–32		^[3]
October 14	Hobart	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 0–20	3,000	^[4]
October 21	at Columbia	South Field New York, NY	L 2–6	11,000	^[5]
October 28	Rhode Island State	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 23–7		^[6]
November 4	Trinity (CT)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 13–0		^[7]
November 7	Fordham	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 6–14	6,000	^[8]
November 11	CCNY	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 7–0		^[9]
November 18	at Rutgers	Ashland Stadium East Orange, NJ	L 0–37	6,000	^[10]

References

1. "N.Y.U. finishes Slocum stay by opposing soldiers". New York Herald. September 26, 1922. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "N.Y.U. overwhelms N.Y. Aggies, 32 to 0". The New York Times. October 1, 1922. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "N.Y.U. is swamped by Syracuse, 32–0". The New York Times. October 8, 1922. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Hobart College eleven defeats N.Y.U. by 20 to 0". New York Herald. October 15, 1922. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Referee Morice reverses decision, rules that Columbia, not N.Y.U., won game Saturday". New York Tribune. October 25, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "New York University wins from Rhode Island State, score 23 to 7". New York Herald. October 29, 1922. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "N.Y.U. eleven crosses Trinity goal line twice, winning by 13 to 0". New York Herald. November 5, 1922. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Fordham is victor over N.Y.U. eleven". The New York Times. November 8, 1922. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "C.C.N.Y. holds N.Y.U. to 7–0 in hard game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 12, 1922. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Gov. Edwards cheers as Rutgers smothers N.Y.U." New York Herald. November 19, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.