1926 San Diego State Aztecs football team
American college football season
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The 1926 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State Teachers College[note 1] during the 1926 college football season. San Diego State competed as a member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in 1926. They had played as an Independent the previous year.
- Charles E. Peterson (6th season)
| 1926 San Diego State Aztecs football | |
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| Conference | Southern California Conference |
| Record | 3â4â1 (1â3â1 SCC) |
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| Home stadium | Navy "Sports" Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pomona $ | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Branch | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whittier | 4 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occidental | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caltech | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Verne | 1 | â | 1 | â | 2 | 2 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Redlands | 0 | â | 7 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 9 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1926 San Diego State team was led by head coach Charles E. Peterson in his sixth season as football coach of the Aztecs.[note 2] They played home games at Navy "Sports" Field.[note 3] The Aztecs finished the season with three wins, four losses and one tie (3â4â1, 1â3â1 SCIAC). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 78â150 points for the season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| October 2 | at Pomona |
| L 6â20 | [1] | |
| October 9 | at Southern Branch |
| L 7â42 | [2] | |
| October 16 | Redlands |
| W 14â9 | 2,000 | [3] |
| October 23 | at California Christian* |
| W 21â16 | [4] | |
| October 30 | Fresno State* |
| L 7â28 | [5] | |
| November 6 | Santa Barbara State* |
| W 16â0 | 3,500 | [6] |
| November 13 | La Verne |
| T 7â7 | [7] | |
| November 25 | Whittier |
| L 0â28 | 5,000 | [8] |
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Notes
- San Diego State University was known as San Diego State Teachers College from 1924 to 1934.
- San Diego State's Peterson Gym, which opened in 1961, was named after coach Peterson. At various times during his 37-year career with the Aztecs, Peterson was the athletic director, football coach, basketball coach, track coach, and Dean of Men.
- Navy "Sports" Field was the original name of what became Lane Field in downtown San Diego. It was converted to a baseball-only configuration in 1936.