1922 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team

1922 Gonzaga Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumGonzaga Stadium
Seasons
← 1921
1923 →
1922 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
La Verne     6 2 2
New Mexico A&M     6 2 0
Arizona     6 3 0
Hawaii     5 1 1
Gonzaga     5 3 0
Nevada     5 3 1
Santa Clara     4 4 1
Cal Aggies     3 4 2
Montana     3 4 0
New Mexico     3 4 0
Saint Mary's     3 6 0
Tempe Normal     0 3 1

The 1922 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Gonzaga University during the 1922 college football season. In their third year under head coach Gus Dorais, the Bulldogs compiled a 5–3 record and outscored their opponents 214 to 79.

Dorais' 1922 lineup included back Hust Stockton and end Ray Flaherty.[1] Flaherty later played ten years in the National Football League (NFL) and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Stockton played five years in the NFL and is the grandfather of NBA great John Stockton.

The new Gonzaga Stadium opened this season;[2][3][4] the first game was against Washington State on October 14, won by the Cougars with a late field goal, 10–7. After the opening loss, Gonzaga was undefeated in the next ten games at the stadium, with eight wins and two ties.[4]

This year marked the only bowl appearance for the Gonzaga football program,[1] the San Diego East-West Christmas Classic, where they fell, 21–13, to favored West Virginia on Christmas Day.

  1. ^ a b Blanchette, John (December 24, 1982). "Where did this ridiculous bowl hype start? Gonzaga?". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 13.
  2. ^ "Gonzaga's new stadium is ready for opening game". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 13, 1922. p. 1.
  3. ^ Duffy, Bernard (October 24, 1965). "Life and death of the Gonzaga Stadium". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Inland Empire. p. 4.
  4. ^ a b Weber, W. W. (November 28, 1924). "Gonzaga has lost only one of eleven games in stadium". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 25.