1926 Maine Black Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1926
| team = Maine Black Bears
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = New England Conference
| short_conf = New England
| conference2 = Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf2 = MIAA
| record = 7–1
| conf_record = 2–1
| conf2_record = 3–0
| head_coach = Fred Brice
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium = Alumni Field
| champion = MIAA champion
}}
{{1926 New England Conference football standings}}
The 1926 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the New England Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1926 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Fred Brice, the team compiled a 7–1 record and played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Paul Lamoreau was the team captain.{{cite web|title=2019 Maine Football Media Guide |publisher=University of Maine |year=2019 |page=86 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/umaine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/17/2019_Maine_Football_Media_Guide.pdf|accessdate=June 2, 2020}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 25||Fort Williams
|October 2|at|Rhode Island State||Kingston, RI|W 7–0|
|October 9|at|{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Middlebury Panthers|title=Middlebury}}
|October 16||Connecticut|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|W 21–0|
|October 23||{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Bates Bobcats|title=Bates}}|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|W 33–0|
|October 30||{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Colby Mules|title=Colby}}|Alumni Field|Orono, ME|W 7–6|
|November 6|at|{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Bowdoin Polar Bears|title=Bowdoin}}|Whittier Field|Brunswick, ME|W 21–6|
|November 13|at|New Hampshire|Memorial Field|Durham, NH (rivalry)|L 7–14|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44185581/defeat_of_maine_causes_upset_in_ranking/ |title=Defeat Of Maine Causes Upset In Ranking Of State College Teams |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=11 |date=November 15, 1926 |accessdate=February 13, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}
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