1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football team
| 1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football | |
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Far Western champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 9–0–1 (4–0 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Ewing Field Kezar Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1926 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Slip Madigan, the Gaels compiled a 9–0–1 record, shut out six opponents, won the Far Western Conference championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 242 to 27. The Gaels' victories including a 26-7 besting of California. The lone setback was a scoreless tie with Gonzaga.[1]
Two Saint Mary's players were selected by the Associated Press as members of the 1926 All-Pacific Coast football team: center Larry Bettencourt as a first-team player and halfback Jimmy Underhill as a second-team player.[2] Bettencourt was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | West Coast Army* | W 34–6 | |||||
| October 3 | St. Ignatius* |
| W 38–0 | ||||
| October 9 | at California* | W 26–7 | |||||
| October 16 | Cal Aggies |
| W 20–7 | [3] | |||
| October 23 | at Nevada | W 13–0 | |||||
| October 31 | Olympic Club* |
| W 21–0 | ||||
| November 6 | at Gonzaga* | T 0–0 | [4] | ||||
| November 13 | at Pacific (CA) |
| W 67–7 | ||||
| November 19 | at Fresno State | W 16–0 | |||||
| November 27 | Santa Clara* |
| W 7–0 | 18,000 | |||
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References
- ^ "Saint Mary's Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ^ "Stanford and U.S.C. Well Represented on Coast Team". Altoona Tribune. December 2, 1926. p. 10.
- ^ "California Aggies Bow to St. Mary's". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 17, 1926. p. I-a.3. Retrieved March 1, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gonzaga Holds Saints Scoreless". San Francisco Examiner. November 7, 1926. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
