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The 1926 Big Ten Conference football season was the 31st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1926 college football season.
1926 Big Ten Conference football season | |
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Sport | Football |
Number of teams | 10 |
Co-champions | Michigan, Northwestern |
Season MVP | Benny Friedman |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Michigan + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Northwestern + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Ohio State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf. Rank | Team | Head coach | DS | Overall record | Conf. record | PPG | PAG |
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1 (tie) | Michigan | Fielding H. Yost | #3 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 23.9 | 4.8 |
1 (tie) | Northwestern | G. Thistlethwaite | #11 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 22.4 | 2.8 |
3 | Ohio State | John Wilce | #8 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 24.5 | 5.4 |
4 | Purdue | James Phelan | NR | 5–2–1 | 2–1–1 | 18.3 | 8.4 |
5 | Wisconsin | George Little | NR | 5–2–1 | 3–2–1 | 15.3 | 9.0 |
6 (tie) | Illinois | Robert Zuppke | #12 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 15.1 | 5.8 |
6 (tie) | Minnesota | Clarence Spears | NR | 5-3 | 2-2 | 33.6 | 8.0 |
8 | Indiana | Harlan Page | NR | 3–5 | 0–4 | 10.0 | 17.1 |
9 (tie) | Iowa | Ossie Solem | NR | 3–5 | 0–5 | 14.1 | 14.6 |
9 (tie) | Chicago | Amos A. Stagg | NR | 2–6 | 0–5 | 5.9 | 14.5 |
Key
DS = Ranking in the Dickinson System, a system used at the time to rank the country's best college football teams and to award the Knute Rockne Trophy to the national champion[1]
PPG = Average of points scored per game[2]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]
The following players received first-team honors on the 1932 All-Big Ten Conference football team from at least two of the following selectors: Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), Billy Evans (BE), and Walter Eckersall (WE).
Five Big Ten players were recognized as consensus first-team players on the 1926 College Football All-America Team:
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