1926 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
CaptainBenjamin Cresse
Home stadiumTemple Field
1926 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Lafayette   –  9 –0 –0
No. 10 Brown   –  9 –0 –1
NYU   –  8 –1 –0
No. 9 Army   –  7 –1 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –  7 –1 –1
Boston College   –  6 –0 –2
No. 10 Penn   –  7 –1 –1
Cornell   –  6 –1 –1
Princeton   –  5 –1 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  7 –2 –0
Springfield   –  6 –2 –0
Syracuse   –  7 –2 –1
Villanova   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  5 –2 –2
Columbia   –  6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –  5 –2 –2
CCNY   –  5 –3 –0
Temple   –  5 –3 –0
Penn State   –  5 –4 –0
Tufts   –  4 –4 –0
Yale   –  4 –4 –0
Bucknell   –  4 –5 –1
Fordham   –  3 –4 –1
Harvard   –  3 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  3 –6 –0
Vermont   –  3 –6 –0
Drexel   –  2 –5 –0
Boston University   –  2 –6 –0
Lehigh   –  1 –8 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  0 –8 –1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its second season under head coach Heinie Miller, the team compiled a 5–3 record.[1] The team played its home games on a new field located at City Line and Vernon Road; it was known variously as Temple Field, Owl Field, or the Temple athletic field.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 12–0[3]
October 9Lebanon Valley
W 13–3> 5,000[2]
October 16Susquehanna
  • Temple Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–0[4]
October 23Schuylkill[n 1]
  • Temple Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–05,000[5]
October 30Albright
  • Temple Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–196,000[6]
November 6at MuhlenbergAllentown, PAL 12–29[7]
November 11Quantico Marines
L 12–42[8]
November 20Washington College
  • Temple Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–0[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ In 1928, Schuylkill College of Reading, Pennsylvania, merged with Albright College, also located in Reading.

References

  1. ↑ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 128. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Lebanon Valley Is Victim of Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 10, 1926. p. 7S – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Temple Eleven Wins From Ursinus Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 26, 1926. p. 6S – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Susquehanna Bows To Temple Gridmen By 14 to 0 Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1926. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Temple Gridmen Defeat Doggie Julian's Pride and Keep Goal Line Unscathed". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 24, 1926. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Albright College Hands Surprising Defeat to Temple University, 19-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 31, 1926. p. 5S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Muhleberg Downs Temple: Though Defeated, Temple Team Is Constant Threat in Game". Allentown Morning Call. November 7, 1926. pp. 11, 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Quantico Rides Roughshod Over Temple in Great Football Duel at Stadium". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 12, 1926. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Temple Rings Down Season With Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 21, 1926. p. 3S – via Newspapers.com.
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