1926 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1926 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1926 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 4–4 record under ninth-year head coach Tad Jones.[1]

1926 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Lafayette     9 0 0
No. 10 Brown     9 0 1
NYU     8 1 0
No. 9 Army     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     7 1 1
Boston College     6 0 2
No. 10 Penn     7 1 1
Cornell     6 1 1
Princeton     5 1 1
Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
Springfield     6 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 1
Villanova     6 2 1
Colgate     5 2 2
Columbia     6 3 0
Pittsburgh     5 2 2
CCNY     5 3 0
Temple     5 3 0
Penn State     5 4 0
Tufts     4 4 0
Yale     4 4 0
Bucknell     4 5 1
Fordham     3 4 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Rutgers     3 6 0
Vermont     3 6 0
Drexel     2 5 0
Boston University     2 6 0
Lehigh     1 8 0
Franklin & Marshall     0 8 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Neither the Associated Press nor Collier's Weekly selected any Yale players for their 1926 College Football All-America Teams.[2][3] However, Yale guard Herbert Sturhahn was named a first-team All-American for 1926 by the All-American Board composed of three coaches, Knute Rockne, Glenn Scobey Warner and Yale's Tad Jones.[4] Sturhahn was also later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Boston UniversityW 51–0
October 9 Georgia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 19–0[5]
October 16 Dartmouth
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–755,000 [6]
October 23 Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–7
October 30 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–3375,000[7]
November 6 Maryland
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
L 0–15[8]
November 13at Princeton L 7–1055,000[9]
November 20 Harvard
W 12–7[10]

References

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  1. ^ "1926 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Associated Press Picks All-American Eleven". Morning News Review. South Carolina. December 5, 1926.
  3. ^ "Seven Western Players Named On Collier's All-American; Big Three Teams Are Slighted". Charleston Daily Mail. December 6, 1926.
  4. ^ "Ten States Represented on Coaches' All-American Grid Selection". Davenport Democrat And Leader. December 19, 1926.
  5. ^ "Strong Yale Team Downs Plucky Georgia Eleven In Bowl By Three Touchdowns". The Hartford Courant. October 10, 1926. pp. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Harrison, James R. (October 17, 1926). "Yale Aerial Attack Brings Victory, 14-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Leslie A. Young (October 31, 1926). "75,000 See Army Eleven Swamp Yale". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Jones Keeps Regulars In Stands While Maryland Smears Yale Subs 15 To 0: Blue Uses Second, Third And Fourth String Men". The Hartford Courant. November 7, 1926. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ William J. Lee (November 14, 1926). "Princeton Trounces Yale, 10-7: 55,000 People See Game That Decides Possible Final Championship of Famous 'Big Three'". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Albert W. Keane (November 21, 1926). "Yale Fights Uphill Battle To Win 12-7". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.