1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football team
American college football season
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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 9â0â1 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]
- Slip Madigan (6th season)
Kezar Stadium
| 1926 Saint Mary's Gaels football | |
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FWC champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 9â0â1 (4â0 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Ewing Field Kezar Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 1 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | West Coast Army* | W 34â6 | 12,000 | [3] | |||
| October 3 | St. Ignatius (CA)* |
| W 38â0 | 10,000 | [4] | ||
| October 9 | at California* | W 26â7 | 67,000 | [5] | |||
| October 16 | Cal Aggies |
| W 20â7 | [6] | |||
| October 23 | at Nevada | W 13â0 | [7] | ||||
| October 31 | Olympic Club* |
| W 21â0 | 15,000 | [8] | ||
| November 6 | at Gonzaga* | T 0â0 | [9] | ||||
| November 13 | at Pacific (CA) |
| W 67â7 | 7,000 | [10] | ||
| November 19 | at Fresno State | W 16â0 | > 3,000 | [11] | |||
| November 27 | Santa Clara* |
| W 7â0 | 21,000 | [12] | ||
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