1926 Colgate football team

1926 Colgate football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–2
Head coach	George Hauser (1st season)
Captain	Nicholas Mehler
Home stadium	Whitnall Field

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 Colgate football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its first season under head coach George Hauser, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 218 to 58. Nicholas Mehler was the team captain. The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Hamilton	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 19–0
October 2	Clarkson	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 46–0
October 9	St. Bonaventure	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 44–0
October 16	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 16–19	20,000
October 23	at Navy	Thompson Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–13	15,000
October 30	Michigan State	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 38–6	5,000
November 6	Providence	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 28–0
November 13	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	T 10–10	33,000
November 27	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	T 10–10	30,000