1926 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team

The 1926 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team was an American football team that represented Muskingum University of New Concord, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bill Lange, the Fighting Muskies compiled a perfect 9–0 record (7–0 against OAC opponents), won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 178 to 68.[1][2]

1926 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–0 (7–0 OAC)
Head coach
1926 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Muskingum $ 7 0 09 0 0
Dayton 3 0 08 2 0
St. Xavier 1 0 09 1 0
Oberlin 6 1 06 1 0
Wittenberg 4 1 06 2 0
Ohio Wesleyan 5 1 16 2 1
Wooster 5 2 06 2 0
Miami (OH) 4 2 15 2 1
Ohio 4 2 15 2 1
Akron 4 2 25 2 2
Mount Union 5 3 06 3 0
Case 4 2 34 2 3
Baldwin–Wallace 3 3 23 3 2
Western Reserve 3 4 13 4 1
Heidelberg 2 4 03 4 0
Cincinnati 2 5 13 5 1
Denison 2 6 02 6 1
Otterbein 1 5 02 5 0
Ohio Northern 1 6 01 6 0
Kenyon 1 6 01 7 0
Marietta 1 6 01 7 0
Hiram 0 7 00 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1926 season was the first perfect season in Muskingum football history. Additional perfect seasons followed in 1931, 1955, and 1960.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Ashland*New Concord, OHW 6–0
October 2at HiramHiram, OHW 19–0
October 8at Capital*Columbus, OHW 28–7[4]
October 16at Ohio NorthernAda, OHW 6–0[5]
October 23HeidelbergNew Concord, OHW 19–8[6]
October 30at OtterbeinWesterville, OHW 12–0[7]
November 6KenyonNew Concord, OHW 39–34[8]
November 12DenisonNew Concord, OHW 22–13[9]
November 20MariettadaggerNew Concord, OHW 27–6[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[1]

References

  1. "1926 - Muskingum (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. "2019 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Record Book" (PDF). Ohio Athletic Conference. 2019. p. 43. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. "Muskingum (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. Kenneth White (October 9, 1926). "Cleat-Footed Muskies Beat Capital University 28 to 7". The Times Recorder. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Muskingum Wins over O. Northern". The Coschocton Tribune. October 17, 1926. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Muskingum 19, Heidelberg 8". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 24, 1926. p. 27 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Muskingum 12, Otterbein 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 31, 1926. p. 30 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Muskingum 39, Kenyon 34". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 7, 1926. p. 26 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Muskingum Is Winner Over Denison Team". The Dayton Herald. November 13, 1926. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Muskingum Holds Conference Lead". The Lima Morning Star and Republican-Gazette. November 21, 1926. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
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