1926 BYU Cougars football team

The 1926 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1926 college football season. In their second season under head coach Charles J. Hart, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 1–5–1 with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, finished tenth in the RMC, and were outscored by a total of 115 to 49.[1][2]

1926 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record1–5–1 (1–4–1 RMC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 5 0 0 7 0 0
Montana State 4 0 0 4 2 1
Colorado College 5 2 0 5 2 0
Colorado Agricultural 5 2 0 6 2 1
Utah Agricultural 4 1 2 5 1 2
Colorado Teachers 3 3 0 6 4 0
Denver 4 4 0 4 4 0
Wyoming 1 2 2 2 4 2
Colorado 2 5 1 3 5 1
BYU 1 4 1 1 5 1
Colorado Mines 1 5 0 1 6 0
Western State (CO) 0 7 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Cal Aggies*Provo, UTL 0–17[3]
October 9at Colorado TeachersGreeley, COL 6–12
October 15Utah Agricultural Provo, UT (rivalry)T 0–0
October 23at Western State (CO)Gunnison, COW 30–0
November 6at Montana StateBozeman, MTL 0–27
November 13at UtahL 7–40[4]
November 20Colorado AgriculturalProvo, UTL 6–19
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming

References

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  1. ^ "1926 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "California Aggies Beat Mormon Squad". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 3, 1926. p. I-a.5. Retrieved March 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. 
  4. ^ "Utah U Defeats Cougars, 40-7; Ready for A.C." The Salt Lake Tribune. November 14, 1926. pp. 1, 18 – via Newspapers.com.