1926 Kent State Silver Foxes football team

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1926 Kent State Silver Foxes football
File:1926 Kent State Silver Foxes football team.png
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
CaptainDonald Menough
Home stadiumRockwell Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Haskell     12 0 1
Notre Dame     9 1 0
Western State Normal (MI)     7 1 0
Michigan State Normal     6 1 0
Muncie Normal     5 1 1
Northern Illinois State     5 1 1
Marquette     6 3 0
Lombard     5 3 0
Loyola (IL)     4 3 0
Central Michigan     3 4 1
Michigan State     3 4 1
Detroit     3 6 1
Butler     3 6 0
Saint Louis     3 6 0
John Carroll     2 5 1
Kent State     2 6 0
Valparaiso     1 4 1

The 1926 Kent State Silver Foxes football team represented Kent State during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Merle E. Wagoner, Kent State compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 176 to 35.[1]

In the final game of the season, the Silver Foxes gave up two first-quarter touchdowns to Wilmington College. Kent State came back with touchdowns by Searle and Schwartz, but the extra points were missed and the Silver Foxes trailed, 14-12. With one minute remaining in the game, Joe DeLeone drop-kicked the game-winning field goal. Kent State won by a 15-14 score.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at WittenbergSpringfield, OHL 0–27[2]
October 9West Liberty State NormalL 2–25[2][3]
October 16at HeidelbergTiffin, OHL 0–25[2]
October 23at AshlandAshland, OHL 0–55[2][4]
October 30Edinboro State Teachers
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 12–0[2][5]
November 6at FindlayFindlay, OHL 6–7[2][6]
November 13Indiana Normal (PA)dagger
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
L 0–23[2]
November 20Wilmington
  • Rockwell Field
  • Kent, OH
W 15–14[2]
  • daggerHomecoming

Roster

The following 24 players received varsity letters for their participation in the 1926 football team:[7]

  • Colville, senior
  • Feeley, senior
  • Rogers, senior
  • Peterka, senior
  • Williamson, senior
  • Gandee, senior
  • Schwartz, senior
  • Donald Menough, Ravenna, Ohio, junior, captain
  • Burkett, junior
  • Levering, junior
  • C. Davis, junior
  • Chernin, junior
  • Thomas, junior
  • A. Davis, junior
  • Vair, sophomore
  • Curtiss, sophomore
  • Searl, sophomore
  • R. Hall, sophomore
  • Spanlger, sophomore
  • Graber, sophomore
  • McDermott, sophomore
  • Dunlavy, sophomore
  • Kelso, freshman
  • M. McDermott, freshman

References

  1. ^ "2016 Kent State Football Record Book" (PDF). Kent State University. p. D5. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i 1927 The Chestnut Burr. Students of Kent State College. 1927. p. 175.
  3. ^ "Kent State Plays West Liberty 11". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 8, 1926. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Ashland Attack Smothers Kent State Normal, 55-0". News-Journal. October 24, 1926 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Kent Staters Are Jubilant". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 4, 1926. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Findlay Wins Over Kent 7 to 6 in Homecoming Go". News-Journal. November 7, 1926 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ 1927 The Chestnut Burr, p. 172.