1926 Missouri Tigers football team

1926 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–1–2 (4–1 MVC)
Head coach
CaptainCarl Bacchus
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma A&M $ 3 0 1 3 4 1
Nebraska 5 1 0 6 2 0
Missouri 4 1 0 5 1 2
Grinnell 3 1 1 6 1 1
Oklahoma 3 2 1 5 2 1
Kansas State 2 2 0 5 3 0
Iowa State 3 3 1 4 3 1
Drake 1 4 0 2 6 0
Kansas 1 5 0 2 6 0
Washington University 0 6 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1926 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1926 college football season. The team compiled an overall record of 5–1–2 with a mark of 4–1 against conference opponents, placed third in the MVC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 122 to 33. Gwinn Henry was the head coach for the fourth of nine seasons.[1][2]

On October 2, 1926, the team played its first game at the new Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The game, a scoreless tie with Tulane, was played in the rain before a crowd of 10,000 persons.[3] The first Missouri touchdown at the new stadium was scored on October 16 on a pass from Emmett "Abe" Stuber to Bert Clark.[4] The first Missouri victory in the new stadium was a 45-6 victory over Washington University on November 13.[1]

  1. ^ a b "1926 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Missouri Tigers Battle Tulane U. To Scoreless Tie". Joplin Globe. October 3, 1926. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Bengals In Tie With Methodists". The Sedalia. MO Democrat. October 17, 1926. p. 6.