1926 St. Xavier Musketeers football team

1926 St. Xavier Musketeers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (1–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCorcoran Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Muskingum $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Dayton 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
St. Xavier 1 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Oberlin 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Wittenberg 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Wooster 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Miami (OH) 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Ohio 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Akron 4 – 2 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
Mount Union 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Case 4 – 2 – 3 4 – 2 – 3
Baldwin–Wallace 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Western Reserve 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Heidelberg 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Cincinnati 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Denison 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Otterbein 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Ohio Northern 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Kenyon 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Marietta 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Hiram 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1926 St. Xavier Musketeers football team was an American football team that represented St. Xavier College (later renamed Xavier University) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1926 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Joseph A. Meyer, the team compiled a 9–1 record (1–0 against OAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 348 to 64. After winning its first nine games, the team's lost on Thanksgiving Day to the undefeated 1926 Haskell Indians football team that led the country in scoring. The team played its home games at Corcoran Field in Cincinnati.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Cedarville (OH)*
W 54–0[1]
October 2Transylvania*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 56–0[2]
October 9Quantico Marines*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 27–11[3]
October 16Louisville*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 20–7[4]
October 23Kenyon
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 33–0[5]
October 30Marshall*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 20–6[6]
November 6Toledo*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 69–6[7]
November 13Murray State*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 48–0[8]
November 20West Virginia Wesleyan*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
W 21–7[9]
November 25Haskell*
  • Corcoran Field
  • Cincinnati, OH
L 0–2712,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Soft! Cedarville trounced!". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 26, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Pioneers lose to Musketeers". The Lexington Herald. October 3, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "St. Xavier beats Quantico Marines". The Roanoke Times. October 10, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cardinals fall before Cincinnati St. Xavier, 20 to 7 score". The Courier-Journal. October 17, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "St. X defeats Kenyon 33 to 0". The Lima Morning Star. October 24, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Marshall loses to Xavier 20–6". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. October 31, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "St. Xavier steam roller flattend Toledo, 69 to 6". Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Teachers learn grid lesson". The Kentucky Post. November 14, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "St. Xavier men crush Wesleyan on Cincy field". Pittsburgh Daily Post. November 21, 1926. Retrieved May 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Edward J. Allen (November 26, 1926). "Haskell Indians Break Winning Streak of Musketeer Eleven". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.