The 1922 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (later renamed Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1922 college football season. The Bobcats compiled a 4–4 record (0–1 against RMC opponents), finished last in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 128 to 127.[1] The team lost the annual rivalry game to Montana by a 7–6 score on Armistice Day.
| 1922 Montana State Bobcats football | |
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 "The 1922 Bobcat Squad" from "The Montanan 1923" | |
| Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
| Record | 4–4 (0–1 RMC) |
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| Captain | Ray McCarren |
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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 | – | 1 | 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 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1922 season was the school's first under head coach Ott Romney. Romney was hired in the fall of 1922 as both the football coach and as head of the Department of Athletics. He attended the University of Utah and transferred to Montana State as a senior.[2]
Quarterback Ray McCarren was the team captain.[3] McCarren was a senior, studying electrical engineering. He also played for the baseball and basketball teams and served as the Commissioner of Athletics.[4]
Three players received all-state honors: McCarren at quarterback; Champ Hannon at guard; and Frank Hatfeld at end.[5]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 3 | Billings Athletic Club* | W 46–6 | [6] | ||||
| October 7 | Mount St. Charles* | Bozeman, MT | W 26–3 | ||||
| October 13 | Utah Agricultural | Bozeman, MT | L 6–39 | [7] | |||
| October 21 | at North Dakota Agricultural* | L 0–54 | [8] | ||||
| October 23 | at Billings Polytechnic Institute* | Billings, MT | W 34–6 | [9] | |||
| October 28 | at Montana Mines* |
| W 10–0 | ||||
| November 4 | Gonzaga* | Bozeman, MT | L 0–12 | ||||
| November 11 | at Montana* | L 6–7 | |||||
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Personnel
editPlayers
editThe following players played for the 1922 football team:[10]
- William Bawden - fullback
- John Brittain - center
- Clarence Bryan - halfback
- Dewey Cashmore - guard
- Edward Cates
- Alvin Cleveland - guard
- Frank Cowan - tackle
- Norman DeKay - end
- Glenn Fox - halfback
- Champ Hannon - guard, all-state 1922
- Frank Hatfield - end, all-state 1922
- Bruce Hollister - end
- Carl Husemeyer - end
- Arthur Jorgenson
- Leoanrd Jourbert - tacle
- Frank Knight - tackle
- Donald LeCornu - guard
- John Mashin - end, all-state 1920 and 1921
- Donald "Scotty" MacDonald - tackle
- Ray "Hoss" McCarren - captain, quarterback, all-state 1921 and 1922
- Verl McCoy - guard
- Tracy McGuin - fullback
- Arthur McDonald - halfback, chosen captain for the 1923 team
- Kenneth McIvor - center
- George Rassley - quarterback
- Glenn Sands - guard
- Tom Shoebotham - quarterback
- Robert Walter - halfback
Staff
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bobcat Record Book" (PDF). Montana State University. 2018. p. 56.
- ^ a b The Montanan 1923, p. 77.
- ^ The Montanan 1923, p. 80.
- ^ The Montanan 1923, p.34.
- ^ The Montanan 1923, p. 92.
- ^ "Billings A.C. Eleven Easy for the Bobcats". The Butte Miner. October 4, 1922. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Utah Aggies Defeat State By Speedy Play". The Billings Gazette. October 14, 1922. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Montana Bobcats Run Into Grief on Road: Smothered by North Dakota Aggies in Wild 54 to 0 Route at Fargo". The Butte Miner. October 22, 1922. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies Beat Billings Polytechnic, 34 to 6". The Daily Missoulian. October 24, 1922. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The Montanan 1923, pp. 76, 80-92.
- ^ a b The Montanan 1923, p. 78.