The 1926 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1926 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 5–1–2 with a mark of 4–1 against conference opponents, placed third in the MVC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 122 to 33. Gwinn Henry was the head coach for the fourth of nine seasons.[1][2]
| 1926 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–1–2 (4–1 MVC) |
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| Captain | Carl Bacchus |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grinnell | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On October 2, 1926, the team played its first game at the new Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The game, a scoreless tie with Tulane, was played in the rain before a crowd of 10,000 persons.[3] The first Missouri touchdown at the new stadium was scored on October 16 on a pass from Emmett "Abe" Stuber to Bert Clark.[4] The first Missouri victory in the new stadium was a 45-6 victory over Washington University on November 13.[1]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 2 | Tulane* | T 0–0 | 10,000 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | at Nebraska | W 14–7 | |||||
| October 16 | SMU* |
| T 7–7 | ||||
| October 23 | at Iowa State | W 7–3 | |||||
| October 30 | at West Virginia* | W 27–0 | [6] | ||||
| November 6 | at Oklahoma | L 7–10 | |||||
| November 13 | Washington University |
| W 45–6 | [7] | |||
| November 20 | Kansas |
| W 15–0 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ a b "1926 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ "Missouri Tigers Battle Tulane U. To Scoreless Tie". Joplin Globe. October 3, 1926. p. 1.
- ^ "Bengals In Tie With Methodists". The Sedalia. MO Democrat. October 17, 1926. p. 6.
- ^ "Missouri Tigers battle Tulane U. to scoreless tie". Joplin Globe. October 3, 1926. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "University of Missouri buries West Virginia under 27–0 score". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 31, 1926. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McBride, C. E. (November 14, 1926). "Fists Fly When Tigers Defeat Bears, 45 To 6". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1S. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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