1926 Oklahoma Sooners football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1926

| team = Oklahoma Sooners

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Missouri Valley Conference

| short_conf = MVC

| record = 5–2–1

| conf_record = 3–2–1

| head_coach = Bennie Owen

| hc_year = 22nd

| off_scheme = Single-wing

| def_scheme =

| captain = Pollock Wallace

| stadium = Memorial Stadium

}}

The 1926 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1926 college football season. In their 22nd and final season under head coach Bennie Owen, the Sooners compiled am overall record of 5–2–1 with a mark of 3–2–1 in conference play, placing fifth in the MVC, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 137 to 52.{{cite web|title=1926 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=July 20, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oklahoma/1926-schedule.html}}

No Sooners were recognized as All-Americans,{{cite web|title=2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement|publisher=University of Oklahoma|year=2014|access-date=July 20, 2014|page=90|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2900563.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31000&}} but three Sooners received all-conference honors: end Roy LeCrone; back Frank Potts; and center Pollock Wallace.{{cite web|title=2014 Oklahoma Football Records Supplement|publisher=University of Oklahoma|year=2014|access-date=July 20, 2014|page=95|url=https://admin.xosn.com/pdf9/2900563.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=31000&}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 9

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Arkansas

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| score = 13–6

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 16

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Drake

| site_stadium = Drake Stadium

| site_cityst = Des Moines, IA

| score = 11–0

| source = {{cite news|title=Fumbles at Critical Stages Down Drake, 11-0|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|author=Harry "Pat" Page|date=October 17, 1926|pages=1S, 2S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116689387/drake/ |via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23

| w/l = l

| opponent = Kansas State

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| score = 12–15

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 30

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Washington University

| site_stadium = Francis Field

| site_cityst = St. Louis, MO

| score = 21–0

| attend = 7,500

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Washington Outweighed By Oklahoma |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/127750170/ |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=October 30, 1926 |page=4 |access-date=July 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=J. Walter |title=Sooner Air Attack Sinks Washington, 21-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/127750008/ |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=October 31, 1926 |page=1S |access-date=July 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=J. Walter |title=Air Attack of Sooners Beats Washington, 21-0 (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/127750085/ |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=October 31, 1926 |page=2S |access-date=July 6, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 6

| w/l = w

| opponent = Missouri

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 10–7

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Kansas

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lawrence, KS

| score = 9–10

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 20

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Saint Louis

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| score = 47–0

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

| w/l = t

| away = y

| opponent = Oklahoma A&M

| site_stadium = Lewis Field

| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK

| gamename = Bedlam

| score = 14–14

}}

References

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