1922 Northwestern Purple football team

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1922 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Iowa +	5	-	0	-	0			7	-	0	-	0
Michigan +	4	-	0	-	0			6	-	0	-	1
Chicago +	4	-	0	-	1			5	-	1	-	1
Wisconsin	2	-	2	-	1			4	-	2	-	1
Minnesota	2	-	3	-	1			3	-	3	-	1
Illinois	2	-	4	-	0			2	-	5	-	0
Northwestern	1	-	3	-	1			3	-	3	-	1
Ohio State	1	-	4	-	0			3	-	4	-	0
Indiana	0	-	2	-	1			1	-	4	-	2
Purdue	0	-	3	-	1			1	-	5	-	1
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1922 Northwestern Purple team represented Northwestern University during the 1922 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, the Purple compiled a 3–3–1 record (1–3–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.

Zeitplan

Date	Opponent	Website	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	Beloit*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 17–0
October 15	at Chicago	Stagg Field Chicago	L 7–15
October 21	Minnesota	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	T 7–7
November 4	at Illinois	Illinois Field Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 3–6
November 11	Purdue	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 24–13
November 18	Monmouth*	Northwestern Field Evanston, IL	W 58–14
November 25	at Iowa	Iowa Field Iowa City, IA	L 3–37
*Non-conference game