1926 Michigan Wolverines football team information
American college football season
1926Michigan Wolverines football
Co-national champion (Sagarin) Big Ten co-champion
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
7–1 (5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Fielding H. Yost (25th season)
MVP
Benny Friedman
Captain
Benny Friedman
Home stadium
Ferry Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
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
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System
The 1926 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. In the team's 25th and final season under head coach Fielding H. Yost, Michigan compiled a record of 7–1, outscored its opponents 191 to 38, and tied with Northwestern for the Big Ten Conference championship.[1] Michigan's only loss was to an undefeated Navy team that was recognized as the national champion by several selectors. At the end of the season, Michigan ranked third in the country under the Dickinson System, trailing only Stanford and Navy.[2] One selector, Jeff Sagarin, has retroactively named Michigan as a 1926 co-national champion.[3]
Quarterback Benny Friedman and end Bennie Oosterbaan were both selected as consensus All-Americans.[4] Friedman was also Michigan's 1926 team captain and most valuable player.[1]
^ ab"1926 Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
^National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
^"2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
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