1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team information
American college football season
1926Northwestern Wildcats football
Big Ten co-champion
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
7–1 (5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Glenn Thistlethwaite (5th season)
Captain
Ralph Baker[1]
Home stadium
Northwestern 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 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. The Wildcats compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 179 to 22.[2]
^"Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 145. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^"Northwestern Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
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