page_title: 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team
section_title: Week 6: Wisconsin
hierarchical_section_title: 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team / Season summary / Week 6: Wisconsin
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Cappy Cappon
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: After a bye week, Michigan played Wisconsin at Ferry Field on November 18, 1922.  A week before the game, The New York Times reported that demand for tickets was so intense that even Henry Ford was unable to obtain seats.  The game drew a crowd of 42,000 spectators – estimated to be "at least as large as the record breaking number" that attended the 1921 Michigan–Ohio State game.  Michigan's head coach, Fielding Yost, traveled to watch Wisconsin play Minnesota one week earlier, and the Associated Press called the game "a clear example of the value of scouting football games", as Wisconsin had no plays that had not already been studied closely by Yost.
  In the first half, defense dominated, and neither team scored.  A drive into Michigan territory during the second quarter was stopped when Jackson Keefer intercepted a Wisconsin pass.  In the second half, cloud cover brought darkness to the field.  Michigan opened up its offense with a passing attack that Yost had been developing for three weeks.  The Associated Press called Michigan's second half attack "one of the most brilliant ever seen on Ferry Field."  In the third quarter, Harry Kipke led Michigan on a 65-yard scoring drive that included a 25-yard pass from Paul Goebel to Kipke, a 10-yard pass from Kipke to Keefer, and runs of 10 and 11 yards by Kipke.  Fullback Franklin Cappon carried the ball from the one-yard line for the touchdown, and Goebel kicked the extra point from placement.  Michigan led 7–0 at the end of the third quarter.
  
  Early in the fourth quarter, Irwin Uteritz threw to Kipke from mid-field, and Kipke ran 40 yards for Michigan's second touchdown.  The Associated Press wrote:
  "His run of nearly half the length of the field for a touchdown in the final period was all the most ardent seeker after football thrills could ask.  During the first 20 yards of the run Kipke eluded a number of Wisconsin players by dodging around them.  Then he fell in behind a trio of Wolverines who provided interference and his run was unbroken."
  Kipke's drop-kick for the extra point was unsuccessful, and Michigan led 13–0.  Late in the fourth quarter, a punt by Kipke went out of bounds at Michigan's 42-yard line. Wisconsin then drove down the field to score the first points allowed by Michigan during the 1922 season. The touchdown was scored by Pulaski on a pass from Wallace Barr.  Merrill Taft's drop-kick for the extra point was blocked, and the game ended on the ensuing kick return.  Michigan won, 13–6.
  Only one penalty was called in the game, a 15-yard holding penalty against Wisconsin.  Former University of Chicago All-American Walter Eckersall served as the linesman.  After watching the game, Eckersall opined that Yost "has lost none of his cunning."  He cited two plays as evidence of the mental acuity of the Michigan team.  The first play followed a substitution for Wisconsin's All-American end Gus Tebell.  Uteritz faked a handoff to Cappon who dove into the middle of the line, drawing the Wisconsin substitute into the play while Kipke ran around the end.  The second play was "the old talking play" in which Michigan's team captain Goebel walked from his position at right end, appearing to reprimand Uteritz for the prior call.  According to Eckersall, "The Badger forwards relaxed in their charging positions and as they did so the ball was snapped and another large gain was made."
  Michigan's starting lineup against Wisconsin was Kirk (left end), Rosatti (left tackle), Steele (left guard), Blott (center), Slaughter (right guard), Muirhead (right tackle), Goebel (right end), Uteritz (quarterback), Kipke (left halfback), Steger (right halfback), and Cappon (fullback).
caption: Fullback Franklin Cappon ran the length of the field vs. Wisconsin.
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