1926 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1926 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Ralph H. Young, the Spartans compiled a 3–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents 171 to 97.[1][2]

1926 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainMartin F. Rummel
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Haskell     12 0 1
No. 3 Notre Dame     9 1 0
Western State Normal (MI)     7 1 0
Michigan State Normal     6 1 0
Muncie Normal     5 1 1
Northern Illinois State     5 1 1
Marquette     6 3 0
Lombard     5 3 0
Loyola (IL)     4 3 0
Central Michigan     3 4 1
Michigan State     3 4 1
Detroit     3 6 1
Butler     3 6 0
Saint Louis     3 6 0
John Carroll     2 5 1
Kent State     2 6 0
Valparaiso     1 4 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26AdrianW 16–0
October 2Kalamazoo
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 9–0
October 9at MichiganL 3–5533,000
October 16at CornellL 14–24
October 23Lake Forest
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
T 0–0
October 30at Colgate
L 6–385,000[3]
November 6Centre 
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 42–14
November 20Haskell
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 7–40[4]
  •  Homecoming

Game summaries edit

Michigan edit

On October 9, 1926, Michigan State lost to Michigan by a 55–3 score.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 148. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "1926 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Colgate Tramples Over Michigan State in Game Played on Muddy Field, 38-6". Detroit Free Press. October 31, 1926. p. 23 – via Newspapers,com.
  4. ^ "Haskell Indians Show Flashy Attack and Smother Michigan State, 40-7". Detroit Free Press. November 21, 1926. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Michigan Wins, 55-3". Chicago Tribune. October 10, 1926.
  6. ^ "Michigan Gallops to Victory, 55 to 3: Michigan State Unable to Cope With Fast Running and Passing Game". The New York Times. October 10, 1926.