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1926 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
CaptainFrank Briante
Home stadium Ohio Field
Yankee Stadium
Seasons
←  1925
1927 →
1926 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their second year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 8–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Niagara
W 34–010,000 [1]
October 2 Allegheny
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–010,000 [2]
October 9 West Virginia Wesleyan
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 24–7 [3]
October 16 Tulane
W 21–025,000 [4]
October 23 Rutgers
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 30–020,000 [5]
October 30vs. Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 27–325,000 [6]
November 6 Carnegie Tech
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 6–035,000 [7]
November 13 Davis & Elkins
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 10–010,000 [8]
November 20at Nebraska
L 7–1515,000 [9]

References

  1. ^ "N.Y.U. overwhelms Niagara U., 34 to 0". Daily News. September 26, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. grinds out 13 to 0 victory over Allegheny". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 3, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "West Virginia Wesleyan falls before powerful attack of N.Y.U. eleven". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 10, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. eleven repels invasion of Tulane by 21 to 0 victory". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 17, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "N.Y.U. breaks Rutgers jinx". The Brooklyn Daily Times. October 24, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.Y.U. defeats Fordham eleven in hot finish". Daily News. October 31, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "New York U. vanquishes Skibos, 6 to 0". Pittsburgh Gazette Times. November 7, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "N.Y.U. defeats Davis-Elkins by 10–0 for 8th win". Daily News. November 14, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Nebraska smears New York U.'s unbeaten eleven". The Lincoln Star. November 21, 1926. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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