1926 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–0 (7–0 OAC)
Head coach
1926 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Muskingum $ 7 –0 –09 –0 –0
Dayton 3 –0 –08 –2 –0
St. Xavier 1 –0 –09 –1 –0
Oberlin 6 –1 –06 –1 –0
Wittenberg 4 –1 –06 –2 –0
Ohio Wesleyan 5 –1 –16 –2 –1
Wooster 5 –2 –06 –2 –0
Miami (OH) 4 –2 –15 –2 –1
Ohio 4 –2 –15 –2 –1
Akron 4 –2 –25 –2 –2
Mount Union 5 –3 –06 –3 –0
Case 4 –2 –34 –2 –3
Baldwin–Wallace 3 –3 –23 –3 –2
Western Reserve 3 –4 –13 –4 –1
Heidelberg 2 –4 –03 –4 –0
Cincinnati 2 –5 –13 –5 –1
Denison 2 –6 –02 –6 –1
Otterbein 1 –5 –02 –5 –0
Ohio Northern 1 –6 –01 –6 –0
Kenyon 1 –6 –01 –7 –0
Marietta 1 –6 –01 –7 –0
Hiram 0 –7 –00 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1926 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team was an American football team that represented Muskingum University of New Concord, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bill Lange, the Fighting Muskies compiled a perfect 9–0 record (7–0 against OAC opponents), won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 178 to 68.[1][2]

The 1926 season was the first perfect season in Muskingum football history. Additional perfect seasons followed in 1931, 1955, and 1960.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Ashland*New Concord, OHW 6–0
October 2at HiramHiram, OHW 19–0
October 8at Capital*Columbus, OHW 28–7[4]
October 16at Ohio NorthernAda, OHW 6–0[5]
October 23HeidelbergNew Concord, OHW 19–8[6]
October 30at OtterbeinWesterville, OHW 12–0[7]
November 6KenyonNew Concord, OHW 39–34[8]
November 12DenisonNew Concord, OHW 22–13[9]
November 20MariettadaggerNew Concord, OHW 27–6[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "1926 - Muskingum (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2019 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Record Book" (PDF). Ohio Athletic Conference. 2019. p. 43. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Muskingum (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ Kenneth White (October 9, 1926). "Cleat-Footed Muskies Beat Capital University 28 to 7". The Times Recorder. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Muskingum Wins over O. Northern". The Coschocton Tribune. October 17, 1926. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Muskingum 19, Heidelberg 8". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 24, 1926. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Muskingum 12, Otterbein 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 31, 1926. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Muskingum 39, Kenyon 34". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 7, 1926. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Muskingum Is Winner Over Denison Team". The Dayton Herald. November 13, 1926. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Muskingum Holds Conference Lead". The Lima Morning Star and Republican-Gazette. November 21, 1926. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
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