1926 Wisconsin Badgers football team
| 1926 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1926 record | 5–2–1 (3–2–1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | George Little (2nd season) |
| MVP | Jefferson Burrus |
| Captain | Doyle Harmon |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1926 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5–2–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 122 to 72. George Little was in his second and final year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]
End Jefferson Burrus was selected as the team's most valuable player.[3] Burrus was also selected by the United Press as a second-team player on the 1926 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[4] Doyle Harmon was the team captain.[5]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium. The stadium's capacity was expanded in 1926 from 29,783 to 38,293.[6] During the 1926 season, the average attendance at home games was 19,228.[7]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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| October 2 | Cornell* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 38–0 | ||||||
| October 9 | Kansas* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 13–0 | ||||||
| October 16 | at Purdue | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | T 0–0 | ||||||
| October 23 | Indiana | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 27–2 | ||||||
| October 30 | at Minnesota | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 10–16 | ||||||
| November 6 | at Michigan | Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI | L 0–37 | ||||||
| November 13 | Iowa | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 20–10 | ||||||
| November 20 | at Chicago | Stagg Field • Chicago, IL | W 14–7 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  | |||||||||
References
- 1 2 "1926 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. March 14, 2017.
- 1 2 "Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book" (PDF). University of Wisconsin. 2016. pp. 212, 217. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 181.
- ↑ Clark B. Kelsey (November 23, 1926). "United Press Honors Herb Joesting: Karow and Tiny Lewis Share Honors". The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. p. 6.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 185.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 280.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 258.