1926 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1926

| team = South Carolina Gamecocks

| sport = football

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| conference = Southern Conference

| short_conf = SoCon

| record = 6–4

| conf_record = 4–2

| head_coach = Branch Bocock

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = W. M. Boyd

| stadium = Melton Field

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The 1926 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina during the 1926 Southern Conference football season. Led by Branch Bocock in his second and final season as head coach, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the SoCon.

Schedule

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|September 25||{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Erskine Seceders|title=Erskine}}|Melton Field|Columbia, SC|W 41-0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93528587/gamecocks-defeat-erskines-game-team/|work=The Sunday Record|title=Gamecocks defeat Erskine's game team|date=September 26, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 2||Maryland|Melton Field|Columbia, SC|W 12-0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93528857/old-liners-bow-to-gamecocks/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=Old Liners bow to Gamecocks|date=October 3, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 9|at|North Carolina|Emerson Field|Chapel Hill, NC|L 0-7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93529258/tar-heels-upset-dope-by-70-victory/|work=The News and Observer|title=Tar Heels upset dope by 7–0 victory|date=October 10, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 15||{{cfb link|year=1926|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}}|Melton Field|Columbia, SC|W 27-13|4,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93529564/carolina-winner-defeats-wofford-terrier/|work=The State|title=Carolina winner, defeats Wofford Terrier in desperately fought game on Melton Field|date=October 16, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 21||Clemson|State Fairgrounds|Columbia, SC|W 24-0|12,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93529880/university-gamecock-takes-measure-of-cle/|work=Florence Morning News|title=University Gamecock takes measure of Clemson Tiger|date=October 22, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 28|vs.|The Citadel|County Fairgrounds|Orangeburg, SC|L 9-12||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93530174/citadel-upsets-dope-to-beat-carolina-bir/|work=The State|title=Citadel upsets Dope to beat Carolina birds|date=October 29, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 30||Virginia|Melton Field|Columbia, SC|L 0-6||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93530522/mkalls-toe-wins-over-gamecocks/|work=Daily Press|title=M'Kall's toe wins over Gamecocks|date=October 31, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 6|vs.|VPI|Tate Field|Richmond, VA|W 19-0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93530904/south-carolinians-down-vpi-190-in/|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=South Carolinians down V.P.I., 19–0, in gridiron season's biggest upset|date=November 7, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 13||Furman|Melton Field|Columbia, SC|L 7-10||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93531333/furman-is-victor-purple-hurricane-defea/|work=The Sunday Record|title=Furman is victor, Purple Hurricane defeats Gamecock in spirited clash|date=November 14, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 20||NC State|Melton Field|Columbia, SC|W 20-14||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93531749/wolfpack-loses-game-of-passes-to-gamecoc/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Wolfpack loses game of passes to Gamecocks|date=November 21, 1926|accessdate=January 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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