1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1926 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. The Wildcats compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 179 to 22.[2]

1926 Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–1 (5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainRalph Baker[1]
Home stadiumNorthwestern Field
Uniform
1926 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Michigan + 5 0 07 1 0
No. 10 Northwestern + 5 0 07 1 0
No. 8 Ohio State 3 1 07 1 0
Purdue 2 1 15 2 1
Wisconsin 3 2 15 2 1
No. 10 Illinois 2 2 06 2 0
Minnesota 2 2 05 3 0
Indiana 0 4 03 5 0
Iowa 0 5 03 5 0
Chicago 0 5 02 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Tim Lowry (right) receiving the 1925 Chicago Tribune Silver Football. At the left is Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite and at the center is Athletics Director Kenneth L. Wilson
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2South DakotaW 34–0
October 9Carleton
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 31–3
October 16Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 20–0
October 23Notre Dame
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 0–6
October 30IndianaW 21–0
November 6Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 22–0
November 13Chicago
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 38–747,000[3]
November 20IowaW 13–6

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. "Northwestern Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  3. Don Maxwell (November 14, 1926). "Northwestern Humbles Chicago, 38-7". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1 via Newspapers.com.


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