| 1926 SMU Mustangs football | |
SWC champion | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| 1926 record | 8–0–1 (5–0 SWC) |
| Head coach | Ray Morrison (7th season) |
| Captain | Stanley Dawson, Howard Wade |
| Home stadium | Ownby Stadium |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU † | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1926 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented the Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1926 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled an 8–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 229 to 47.[1][2]
Coach Morrison brought the forward pass to the southwest during his time at SMU, using Gerald Mann as his passer.[3]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 24 | [[{{{school}}}|North Texas State Teachers]]* | W 42–0 | |
| October 2 | Trinity (TX)* |
| W 48–0 |
| October 8 | Centenary* |
| W 37–0 |
| October 16 | at Missouri* | T 7–7 | |
| October 23 | Texas A&M | W 21–17 | |
| October 30 | at Texas | W 14–0 | |
| November 6 | Rice |
| W 20–0 |
| November 13 | Baylor |
| W 31–3 |
| November 25 | TCU |
| W 14–13 |
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References[]
- ↑ "1926 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/southern-methodist/1926-schedule.html. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.collegefootballdatadvds.com/guides/smu2008.pdf.
- ↑ "Shaping College Football". google.com. https://books.google.com/books?id=_RqQQHqQdAAC&pg=PA101#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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