In its seventh season under head coach William "Butch" Cowell,[c] the team compiled a 3–5–1 record, and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 180 to 105.

The team played its home games in Durham, New Hampshire, at Memorial Field.

[4] While contemporary news reports and The Granite yearbook described it as a "practice game",[1][4] the result is listed by College Football Data Warehouse and the Wildcats' media guide.

[12] The 1922 game remains the only time that the New Hampshire and Cornell football programs have met.

[13] New Hampshire and Massachusetts (commonly known as UMass since the late 1940s) next met in 1952.