1926 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1926 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jesse Hawley, the Indians compiled a 4–4 record. Newman Horton was the team captain.[1]

1926 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
1926 record4–4
Head coachJesse Hawley (4th season)
CaptainNewman Horton
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1926 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Lafayette      9 0 0
Brown      9 0 1
NYU      8 1 0
Army      7 1 1
Boston College      6 0 2
Penn      7 1 1
Cornell      6 1 1
Geneva      8 2 0
Princeton      5 1 1
Carnegie Tech      7 2 0
Syracuse      7 2 1
Villanova      6 2 1
Colgate      5 2 2
Columbia      6 3 0
Pittsburgh      5 2 2
Temple      5 3 0
Penn State      5 4 0
Tufts      4 4 0
Yale      4 4 0
Fordham      3 4 1
Harvard      3 5 0
Rutgers      3 6 0
Drexel      2 5 0
Duquesne      2 5 1
Lehigh      1 8 0
Franklin & Marshall      0 8 1

Myles Lane was the team's leading scorer, with 80 points, from 13 touchdowns and two kicked extra points.[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Norwich
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 59–0 [1]
October 2 Hobart
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 50–0 [1]
October 9 Virginia Tech
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 20–0 [1]
October 16 at Yale L 7–14 55,000 [3]
October 23 at Harvard L 12–16 53,000 [4]
October 30 Brown
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 0–10 20,000 [5]
November 6 Boston University
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 32–0 [1]
November 13 at Cornell
L 23–24 25,000 [6]
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References

  1. "Season-by-Season Results: 1881-1939". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. Harrison, James R. (October 17, 1926). "Yale Aerial Attack Brings Victory, 14-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. Harrison, James R. (October 24, 1926). "Harvard Wins, 16-12, After Twice Losing Lead to Dartmouth". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. Kelley, Robert F. (October 31, 1926). "Brown Marches On, Beating Dartmouth". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S2.
  6. "Carey's Kick Brings Victory to Ithacans". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 14, 1926. p. S3.
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