1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football team

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]

1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football
Far Western champion
ConferenceFar Western Conference
1926 record9–0–1 (4–0 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEwing Field
Kezar Stadium
1926 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Saint Mary's (CA) $ 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
  • $ Conference champion

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26West Coast Army*W 34–6
October 3St. Ignatius*
  • Ewing Field
  • San Francisco
W 38–0
October 9at California*W 26–7
October 16Cal Aggies
  • Ewing Field
  • San Francisco
W 20–7[3]
October 23at NevadaW 13–0
October 31Olympic Club*
  • Ewing Field
  • San Francisco
W 21–0
November 6at Gonzaga*T 0–0[4]
November 13at Pacific (CA)
W 67–7
November 19at Fresno StateW 16–0
November 27Santa Clara*
W 7–018,000
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Saint Mary's Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  2. "Stanford and U.S.C. Well Represented on Coast Team". Altoona Tribune. December 2, 1926. p. 10.
  3. "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.
  4. "Gonzaga Holds Saints Scoreless". San Francisco Examiner. November 7, 1926. p. Sports 1 via Newspapers.com.
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