1926 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team

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1926 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–7–1 (3–4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumSpiller Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →

1926 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centenary + 5 0 0 5 3 0
Chattanooga + 4 0 2 6 2 2
Presbyterian 5 1 0 7 2 0
Furman 3 1 1 8 1 1
Stetson 3 1 0 5 1 1
Georgetown (KY) 3 1 1 6 2 1
Louisiana Tech 3 1 0 5 2 2
Birmingham–Southern 3 1 2 5 3 2
Mercer 3 1 1 4 3 2
Mississippi College 5 2 0 6 3 0
Louisville 2 1 0 6 2 0
Centre
2 1 2 3 4 2
The Citadel 5 3 0 7 3 0
SW Louisiana 2 2 0 6 3 1
Transylvania 1 1 0 4 3 0
Florida Southern 2 2 0 4 4 0
Oglethorpe 3 4 1 3 7 1
Howard (AL) 2 3 1 4 4 1
Western Kentucky State Normal 1 2 1 4 4 1
Newberry
2 4 0 2 5 0
Millsaps 2 6 0 2 8 0
Wofford 1 3 0 2 8 0
Union (TN)
1 4 0 3 6 0
Louisiana College
0 4 0 3 5 0
Kentucky Wesleyan 0 4 0 3 6 0
Erskine
0 4 0 1 7 0
Rollins 0 4 0 0 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1926 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1926 college football season. The highlight of the season was the 7 to 6 victory over Georgia Tech.

A scene from the Georgia Tech game

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Georgia Tech*W 7–610,000[1]
October 2at Howard (AL)L 0–23[2]
October 9at
Centre
W 12–0[3]
October 16at ChattanoogaT 14–14[4]
October 22at Arkansas Tech*Russellville, ARL 0–26[5]
October 302:00 p.m.Furman
W 12–113,000[6][7]
November 6at
College Park Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
  • W 0–10[8]
    November 20Mercer
    • Spiller Field
    • Atlanta, GA
    L 7–31[9]
    November 25at CentenaryShreveport, LAL 7–567,000[10]
    November 27Presbyterian
    • Spiller Field
    • Atlanta, GA
    L 13–18[11]
    January 1vs. Geneva*Jacksonville, FL (Orange Blossom festival)L 7–96,000[12]
    • *Non-conference game

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