1926 Michigan State Spartans football team

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1926 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1926 record3–4–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Haskell     12 0 1
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)     5 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

The 1926 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in 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]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26Adrian
W 16–0
October 2Kalamazoo
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 9–0
October 9at Michigan
L 3–55
October 16at CornellL 14–24
October 23Lake Forest
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
T 0–0
October 30at Colgate
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
L 6–38
November 6Centredagger
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 42–14
November 20Haskell
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 7–40
  • daggerHomecoming

Game summaries[]

Michigan[]

On October 9, 1926, Michigan State lost to Michigan by a 55–3 score.[3][4]

References[]

  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. ^ "Michigan Wins, 55-3". Chicago Tribune. October 10, 1926.
  4. ^ "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.
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