The 1922 California Golden Bears football team was an

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team that represented the

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in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the

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. In their seventh year under head coach Andy Smith, the team compiled a 9–0 record (4–0 against PCC opponents), won the PCC championship, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 398 to 34. The 398 points scored led major college football. There was no contemporaneous system in 1921 for determining a national champion. However, California was retroactively named as the national champion for 1922 by the

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(using its alternative "margin of victory" methodology) and

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, and as a co-national champion by the

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and

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. California end Harold "Brick" Muller was a consensus first-team selection to the 1922 All-America college football team. Additionally, Cal took eight of eleven spots on the

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1922 All-Pacific Coast football team The 1922 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1922 college football season. All-Pacific Coast selections Quarterback * Charles F. Erb, California ...

: quarterback Charles F. Erb; halfback Donald Nichols; fullback Jesse B. Morrison; ends Harold Muller and Robert A. Berkey; tackle Stewart A. Beam; and guards Webster V. Clark and

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. A ninth Cal player, center

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, was named to the All-Pacific Coast team by George Bertz.

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