page_title: 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team
section_title: Week 1: Case
hierarchical_section_title: 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team / Season summary / Week 1: Case
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context_page_description: The 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1922 Big Ten Conference football season. In Fielding H. Yost's 22nd season as head coach, Michigan compiled a record of 6–0–1, outscored opponents 183–13, and tied with Iowa for the Big Ten championship. On defense, the team did not allow its opponents to score a point in the first five games of the season, and its scoring defense of 1.85 points per game is among the lowest in Michigan football history.
  Highlights of the 1922 season included participation in dedication games for Vanderbilt University's Dudley Field, the first large athletic stadium in the South, and Ohio State University's Ohio Stadium. In the latter, the Wolverines shut out the Buckeyes, 19–0.
  Halfback Harry Kipke led the team in scoring with 48 points in six games, handled punting responsibilities, and was also one of the team's best defensive players. Kipke was a consensus All-American, receiving first-team honors from Walter Camp, Athletic World, Walter Eckersall, Norman E. Brown, and Lawrence Perry.
context_section_description: Michigan opened the season on October 7, 1922, with a 48–0 victory over the "Scientists" from Case Scientific School.  (Michigan opened its season with a home game against Case 16 times between 1902 and 1923.)  Facing an easy opponent in Case, head coach Fielding H. Yost opted to spend the day watching the Ohio State game in Columbus, Ohio.  Yost was accompanied in Columbus by team captain Paul Goebel and starting quarterback Irwin Uteritz.  Two of Yost's assistants also spent the day on scouting missions, with George Little watching the Michigan Aggies and A. J. Sturzenegger watching Vanderbilt.  Second-year assistant Tad Wieman was left in Ann Arbor as the game-day coach against Case.
  The game was played in drizzling rain with a ball that was described as being "as slippery as the well-known greased pig."  The first quarter was scoreless, as Michigan played defensive football, punting on first and second downs.  Harry Kipke attempted a drop-kick for a field goal late in the first quarter, but the kick fell short.  In the second quarter, Kipke ran 26 yards around right end for the first touchdown.  On the next drive, Doug Roby scored Michigan's second touchdown on a 37-yard run, "arming off three tacklers and outrunning three others."  Michigan's next possession began with a 43-yard kickoff return by Kipke and ended with a 15-yard touchdown run by Roby around the right end.  Ray Knode drop-kicked all three extra points in the first half, and Michigan led at halftime, 21–0.
  On Michigan's first play from scrimmage in the second half, Herb Steger took the ball at midfield and ran the length of the field for a touchdown.  The Detroit Free Press described Steger "cleverly dodging, twisting, and straight arming" through half of the Case team and called it "the most sensational run of the contest."  Steger place-kicked for the extra point after his touchdown.  Later in the third period, Franklin Cappon intercepted a pass (his second interception in the quarter) and returned it 47 yards for a touchdown.  Knode missed the extra point, and Michigan led, 34-0, at the end of the third quarter.
  In the fourth quarter, Michigan scored twice.  The Wolverines' sixth touchdown came on a 30-yard run through left tackle by Kipke, and the final touchdown was scored by Roby on a 12-yard run around right end.  Knode kicked both of the extra points in the fourth quarter. Playing with an inexperienced line, Michigan was penalized several times for offside and holding.  Despite the penalties, the Detroit Free Press praised Ed VanDerVoort for opening holes on offense and being immovable on defense, Jack Blott, who was "always under the plays" on defense, and Eddie Johns, who played with only one day's practice.  Michigan's 48 points were scored by Roby (18), Kipke (12), Steger (7), Cappon (6), and Knode (5).
  Michigan's starting lineup against Case was Kirk (left end), Blahnick (left tackle), Rosatti (left guard), Blott (center), Johns (right guard), VanDervoort (right tackle), Neisch (right end), Knode (quarterback), Roby (left halfback), Kipke (right halfback), and Cappon (fullback).
caption: All-American Harry Kipke
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