1926 Michigan State Spartans football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1926

| team = Michigan State Spartans

| sport = football

| image = 1926 Michigan State Spartans football team.png

| image_size = 285

| conference = Independent

| record = 3–4–1

| head_coach = Ralph H. Young

| hc_year = 4th

| captain = Martin F. Rummel

| stadium = College Field

}}

The 1926 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Ralph H. Young, the Spartans compiled a 3–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents 171 to 97.{{cite news|title=2017 Football Media Guide|publisher=Michigan State University|pages=142, 148|access-date=March 17, 2020|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/msuspartans.com/documents/2017/8/3/_msu_m_footbl_2017_18_misc_non_event__spartan-history.pdf}}{{cite web|title=1926 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=June 14, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1926-schedule.html}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 26||{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Adrian Bulldogs|title=Adrian}}|College Field|East Lansing, MI|W 16-0||

|October 2||{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Kalamazoo Hornets|title=Kalamazoo}}|College Field|East Lansing, MI|W 9-0||

|October 9|at|Michigan|Ferry Field|Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)|L 3-55|33,000|

|October 16|at|Cornell|Schoellkopf Field|Ithaca, NY|L 14-24||

|October 23||{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Lake Forest Foresters|title=Lake Forest}}|College Field|East Lansing, MI|T 0-0||

|October 30|at|Colgate|Whitnall Field|Hamilton, NY|L 6-38|5,000|{{cite news|title=Colgate Tramples Over Michigan State in Game Played on Muddy Field, 38-6|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 31, 1926|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120796643/colgate-tramples-over-michigan-state-in/|via=Newspapers,com}}

|November 6||{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Centre Colonels|title=Centre}}|College Field|East Lansing, MI|W 42-14||

|November 20||Haskell|College Field|East Lansing, MI|L 7-40||{{cite news|title=Haskell Indians Show Flashy Attack and Smother Michigan State, 40-7|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 21, 1926|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31888172/haskell_indians_show_flashy_attack_and/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

Game summaries

=Michigan=

On October 9, 1926, Michigan State lost to Michigan by a 55–3 score.{{cite news|title=Michigan Wins, 55-3|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 10, 1926|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1926/10/10/page/30/article/illinois-trods-rough-shod-on-butler-38-to-7}}{{cite news|title=Michigan Gallops to Victory, 55 to 3: Michigan State Unable to Cope With Fast Running and Passing Game|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 10, 1926|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/10/10/archives/michigan-gallops-to-victory-55-to-3-michigan-state-unable-to-cope.html}}

References

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Category:Michigan State Spartans football seasons

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