1926 Michigan State Spartans football team

1926 Michigan State Spartans football
1926 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–1
Head coach	Ralph H. Young (4th season);
Captain	Martin F. Rummel
Home stadium	College Field
	Seasons ← 1925 1927 →

1926 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Haskell		–		12	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Notre Dame		–		9	–	1	–	0
Western State Normal (MI)		–		7	–	1	–	0
Michigan State Normal		–		6	–	1	–	0
Muncie Normal		–		5	–	1	–	1
Northern Illinois State		–		5	–	1	–	1
Marquette		–		6	–	3	–	0
Lombard		–		5	–	3	–	0
Loyola (IL)		–		4	–	3	–	0
Central Michigan		–		3	–	4	–	1
Michigan State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Detroit		–		3	–	6	–	1
Butler		–		3	–	6	–	0
Saint Louis		–		3	–	6	–	0
John Carroll		–		2	–	5	–	1
Kent State		–		2	–	6	–	0
Valparaiso		–		1	–	4	–	1
Michigan Mines		–		0	–	2	–	1

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Ralph H. Young, the Spartans compiled a 3–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents 171 to 97.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Adrian	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 16–0
October 2	Kalamazoo	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 9–0
October 9	at Michigan	Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 3–55	33,000
October 16	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 14–24
October 23	Lake Forest	College Field East Lansing, MI	T 0–0
October 30	at Colgate	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 6–38	5,000	^[3]
November 6	Centre	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 42–14
November 20	Haskell	College Field East Lansing, MI	L 7–40		^[4]
Homecoming