1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football team

1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football
FWC champion
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record9–0–1 (4–0 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumEwing Field
Kezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Mary's $ 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

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]

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.

  1. ^ "Saint Mary's Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "Stanford and U.S.C. Well Represented on Coast Team". Altoona Tribune. December 2, 1926. p. 10.