1926 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 1926 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Pop McKale, the Wildcats compiled a 5–1–1 record, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents, 143 to 18. The team captain was Robert E. Crouch.^[1]

1926 Arizona Wildcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–1–1
Head coach	Pop McKale (12th season)
Captain	Robert E. Crouch
Seasons ← 1925 1927 →

1926 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Loyola (CA)			–					6	–	0	–	2
Arizona			–					5	–	1	–	1
Regis			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tempe State			–					4	–	1	–	1
Gonzaga			–					5	–	2	–	1
New Mexico			–					4	–	2	–	1
New Mexico A&M			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hawaii			–					5	–	4	–	0
Santa Clara			–					5	–	4	–	0
St. Ignatius (CA)			–					2	–	3	–	3
Santa Barbara State			–					2	–	4	–	0

In October 1926, Arizona's quarterback John "Button" Salmon died after being injured in a car crash. According to some reports, he told coach Pop McKale before dying: "Tell them.....tell the team to bear down." The phrase became the university's athletic motto.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 9	Phoenix Junior College	Tucson, AZ	W 54–0
October 16	Tempe State	Tucson, AZ (rivalry)	W 35–0
October 22	at New Mexico A&M	Las Cruces, NM	W 7–0
October 30	Whittier	Tucson, AZ	W 16–6
November 6	New Mexico	Tucson, AZ (rivalry)	W 21–0
November 13	at Occidental	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–9
November 25	Colorado Agricultural	Tucson, AZ	T 3–3	[3]
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