1926 Kent State Silver Foxes football team

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1926
Kent State Silver Foxes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
CaptainDonald Menough
Home stadiumRockwell Field
Seasons
1926 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Haskell   –   12 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Notre Dame   –   9 – 1 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   7 – 1 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   6 – 1 – 0
Muncie Normal   –   5 – 1 – 1
Northern Illinois State   –   5 – 1 – 1
Marquette   –   6 – 3 – 0
Lombard
   –   5 – 3 – 0
Loyola (IL)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan   –   3 – 4 – 1
Michigan State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Detroit   –   3 – 6 – 1
Butler   –   3 – 6 – 0
Saint Louis   –   3 – 6 – 0
John Carroll   –   2 – 5 – 1
Kent State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Valparaiso
   –   1 – 4 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Kent State Silver Foxes football team represented Kent State during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Merle E. Wagoner, Kent State compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 176 to 35.[1]

In the final game of the season, the Silver Foxes gave up two first-quarter touchdowns to Wilmington College. Kent State came back with touchdowns by Searle and Schwartz, but the extra points were missed and the Silver Foxes trailed, 14-12. With one minute remaining in the game, Joe DeLeone drop-kicked the game-winning field goal. Kent State won by a 15-14 score.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at WittenbergSpringfield, OHL 0–27[2]
October 9
West Liberty State Normal
L 2–25[2][3]
October 16at
Heidelberg
Tiffin, OHL 0–25[2]
October 23at
Ashland
Ashland, OHL 0–55[2][4]
October 30
Edinboro State Teachers
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 12–0[2][5]
November 6at
Findlay
Findlay, OHL 6–7[2][6]
November 13Indiana Normal (PA)dagger
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
L 0–23[2]
November 20
Wilmington
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 15–14[2]
  • daggerHomecoming

Roster

The following 24 players received varsity letters for their participation in the 1926 football team:[7]

  • Colville, senior
  • Feeley, senior
  • Rogers, senior
  • Peterka, senior
  • Williamson, senior
  • Gandee, senior
  • Schwartz, senior
  • Donald Menough, Ravenna, Ohio, junior, captain
  • Burkett, junior
  • Levering, junior
  • C. Davis, junior
  • Chernin, junior
  • Thomas, junior
  • A. Davis, junior
  • Vair, sophomore
  • Curtiss, sophomore
  • Searl, sophomore
  • R. Hall, sophomore
  • Spanlger, sophomore
  • Graber, sophomore
  • McDermott, sophomore
  • Dunlavy, sophomore
  • Kelso, freshman
  • M. McDermott, freshman

References

  1. ^ "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i 1927 The Chestnut Burr. Students of Kent State College. 1927. p. 175.
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  7. ^ 1927 The Chestnut Burr, p. 172.
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