1925–26 Ottawa Senators season
The 1925–26 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 41st season of play and ninth season in the NHL. The Senators placed first during the regular season but were upset in the playoffs by the Montreal Maroons.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season
The Hamilton Tigers franchise folded and their players would be purchased by the New York Americans expansion team, while the Pittsburgh Pirates would also join the NHL, making it a seven team league.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Off-season
Prior to the season, Tommy Gorman and Ted Dey sold their interests in the team to T. Franklin Ahearn, who then hired Dave Gill to be the GM, and former Senators player Alex Currie as head coach.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Pre-season
The Senators welcomed the Stanley Cup champion Victoria Cougars to town for two exhibition games on November 19 and 21, with proceeds to the Ottawa Humane Society. Ottawa won both games, 6–2 and 2–0.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season
Ottawa, who missed the playoffs the previous season, would go on to finish with a league best 24–8–4 record, and earn a bye in the first round of the playoffs, however, they were upset by the Montreal Maroons in the NHL final, losing the two-game total-goal series 2–1. Cy Denneny would once again lead the club offensively, scoring 24 goals and 36 points, while Frank Nighbor would win the Lady Byng Trophy for the 2nd straight season.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, November/December
The Senators opened the 1925-26 season with a four game home stand that began on November 28, as Ottawa held off the Montreal Maroons for a 3-2 victory. The Senators, led by goaltender Alec Connell, would earn three consecutive shutouts against the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Americans to begin the season with a 4-0-0 record.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, November/December
Ottawa traveled to Montreal on December 12 for their first road game of the season as the Montreal Maroons snapped the Senators winning streak at four games with a 5-2 loss. The next game in Boston against the Boston Bruins three nights later saw the Senators return to their winning ways, as Ottawa defeated the Bruins 2-1.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, November/December
The Senators stayed hot for the month of December, as the club finished the month with five consecutive victories, including shutout victories against the Montreal Canadiens on December 17 and the Pittsburgh Pirates on December 30.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, November/December
The club finished the month with a very impressive 9-1-0 record in 10 games, earning 18 points. The Senators were in first place as they held a two point lead on the second place Montreal Maroons.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, January
The Toronto St. Patricks snapped Ottawa's five game winning streak on New Year's Day, as the Senators lost 3-0 on the road. This proved to be the only loss that Ottawa would suffer in the month of January.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, January
Following the loss, the Senators returned home and defeated the Montreal Canadiens by a score of 5-0 on January 5. Two nights later, Ottawa traveled to Montreal to face the Montreal Maroons as the two clubs fought to a 1-1 draw. The Senators then would earn shutouts in their next two games, as they defeated the New York Americans 1-0 in overtime on January 11, then they shutout the Pittsburgh Pirates two nights later by another 1-0 score.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, January
Ottawa stayed red hot, as they won their final five games in January, which extended their unbeaten streak nine games (8-0-1). On January 26, the Senators scored a season-high eight goals in a game, as they defeated the Boston Bruins 8-2 at the Boston Garden. On January 30, Alec Connell earned his eighth shutout of the season in a 1-0 win over the New York Americans.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, January
The Senators had a league-best record of 17-2-1 at the end of January, earning 35 points. The team earned a record of 8-1-1 in ten games during the month. The club had a lead of eight points over the Montreal Maroons, who sat in second place in the NHL standings.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February
The Senators saw their nine game unbeaten streak snapped on February 2, as the Pittsburgh Pirates earned a shutout victory, defeating Ottawa 1-0. The Senators continued to slump during their next two games, as they lost to the Boston Bruins and Toronto St. Patricks to post their first multi-game losing streak of the season.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February
Ottawa snapped their three game skid with a 2-1 victory over the Toronto St. Patricks on February 11, which was the start of a three game winning streak, in which the Senators also recorded back-to-back victories in a home-and-home series with the Montreal Canadiens. In their next two games, the Senators faced off against the Montreal Maroons as the teams fought to two ties. This extended the Senators unbeaten streak to five games.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February
Ottawa capped off the month of February with a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on February 27, which extended their unbeaten streak to six games (4-0-2).


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, February
Ottawa earned a record of 4-3-2 record in nine games during February. This brought their overall record to 21-5-3, earning 45 points. Ottawa remained in first place in the NHL standings, as they were six points ahead of the second place Montreal Maroons.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, March
Ottawa began the month of March with a home-and-home series against the New York Americans beginning on March 2 in Ottawa. The Americans snapped the Senators six game unbeaten streak as the Senators lost 3-1 in the first game, however, Ottawa rebounded two nights later with a 1-0 shutout victory at Madison Square Garden.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, March
On March 6, the Senators lost to the Boston Bruins 1-0, however, two nights later, the Senators returned to the win column with a 3-0 shutout victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, which was the 14th shutout of the season for goaltender Alec Connell.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, March
The Senators went on a quick two-game road trip beginning on March 13, as they tied the Toronto St. Patricks by a score of 1-1. Two nights later, the Senators suffered a 2-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, March
Ottawa finished the season on March 17 back at home against the Toronto St. Patricks, as Alec Connell earned his 15th shutout of the season in a 4-0 victory.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, March
The Senators earned a record of 3-3-1 in seven games in March. The club finished the regular season with a 24-8-4 record, earning 52 points and finishing in first place in the NHL standings, seven points ahead of the second place Montreal Maroons. The Senators advanced to the O'Brien Trophy finals and would play the winner of the second place Montreal Maroons and the third place Pittsburgh Pirates for the NHL championship.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
The Senators went against the Maroons in a two-game total-goals series for the NHL championship and lost two goals to one. The Maroons had Punch Broadbent and goaltender Clint Benedict, two former Senators stars in the lineup, who would figure prominently in the series.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
By placing first, the Senators had a bye to the NHL Championship round against the second-place Maroons who had defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates. At home in the first game, the Maroons tied the Senators 1–1. Former Senator Punch Broadbent scored at 8 minutes of the second period to put the Maroons ahead. The lead lasted until King Clancy tied the game with ten seconds left. In the second game, held at Ottawa, the Maroons took the series with a 1–0 shutout victory to win the NHL championship.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
Babe Siebert on an individual rush, scored off his own rebound at the six-minute mark of the second period. Cy Denneny appeared to tie the score a minute later, but the play was off-side. The Maroons held off the attack of the Senators the rest of the way in front of a record attendance of 10,525.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Playoffs
After the playoff, the Senators welcomed the Saskatoon Sheiks for a pair of exhibition games on April 1 and April 3. The series matched the two leagues' runner-up teams. The Senators won the first game, played under NHL rules 4–3. The second game was played under WHL rules and the Sheiks won 7–5. The Sheiks were on an exhibition tour and played in Montreal on April 4 against the Canadiens in a benefit game for Georges Vezina's family.


1925–26 Ottawa Senators season, Transactions
The Senators were involved in the following transactions during the 1925–26 season.


1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season
The 1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the first season of the new Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League. The club made the playoffs in its first season after placing third in the league. The Pirates lost in the playoffs to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Montreal Maroons.


1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season, Off-season
In October, the team signed former Montreal Canadiens player Odie Cleghorn as their new playing coach.


1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season, Playoffs
The Pirates qualified for the playoffs and faced the Montreal Maroons in a two-game total goals series. In game one at Montreal, Montreal won 3–1. In game two, Pittsburgh tied 3–3 and Montreal won the series 6–4.


1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season, Player stats, Playoffs
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was Port Vale's seventh consecutive season of football (20th overall) in the English Football League. They improved on their previous season's success by two points. They finished in a higher league position than rivals Stoke City for only the second time in their history, and with Stoke relegated in 21st place, they guaranteed playing in a higher league than Stoke for the first time in their history.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season
With seven games left to play, April 1926 would be arguably the club's best ever chance at reaching the top flight; however, they tallied just two points from their remaining games to finish in eighth place. Despite all of this, the Vale board proposed a merger with Stoke City, and were forced to resign en-masse when the scheme failed.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season
A tale of two teams, their home record was the fourth strongest in the division; however, away from home they recorded just four victories. The key performer was Wilf Kirkham by quite some distance, who racked up a club record 35 Football League goal tally that only he himself would better.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
The pre-season was quiet, with all the club satisfied with the staff and players of the previous campaign. The game itself was changed by the offside rule being modified so that two defenders, rather than three, had to be between the attackers and the goal in order to spring the offside trap – this would have significant beneficial consequences for young forward Wilf Kirkham.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
The season started with two wins, the second being a 3–0 home win over cross-town rivals Stoke. This was followed by a demolition job by Chelsea, who adapted to the new offside rule with a new 'W formation' – to devastating effects. The "Valiants" recovered quickly with another 3–0 win over Stoke – Kirkham scoring five of the six derby goals over the two matches. Following a poor display against Hull City, the Vale changed their defensive formation to better combat the new tactics used to exploit the new offside rule. They also dropped their short-passing attacking game in favour of a long ball system that utilized the wings, this resulted in a 6–1 rout of Darlington. Offers came in for a number of Vale's talent, all of which were rejected.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
During the mid-season Vale suffered indifferent form, winning at home but losing away. The cold weather was blamed for the low crowds, and the selling of players was considered. Kirkham's form also suffered, as Vale found difficulty in finding the net. In January the club celebrated its Golden jubilee, this established 1876 as their founding date despite some doubts over the exact year of the club's founding. On the pitch, the club went down 4–0 at Darlington.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
This defeat was followed by a sequence of seven wins in eight games, including a 5–0 win over Blackpool thanks to four goals from Alfred Strange. The team also picked up two rare away wins, including a 2–0 victory at eventual champions The Wednesday. However in March, young right-back Tom Cooper was sold to eventual promotion-winners Derby County for £2,500. Cooper would later play for Liverpool and England.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
In fourth position, four points from the promotion zone, on a tremendous run of form, hopes were high for the club's first ever promotion to the top-flight. This hope was crushed with two points from their final seven games, their 1–0 defeat at home Fulham would have significant consequences for neighbours Stoke, who would have avoided relegation if the Vale had recorded a draw.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Second Division
All positive thoughts were totally extinguished on 16 April 1926, when the Port Vale directors announced that they had agreed in principle to an amalgamation with Stoke City. Chairman Walker stated that low attendances and high wages meant Port Vale had probably reached their zenith, and a merger with City would allow one Stoke-on-Trent club to perform better than Port Vale ever could. Vale fans did not share his view, and organized themselves in Hanley and Burslem to deliver a message that they would not support the proposed new club. On 19 May the Stoke directors backed out of the discussions, leaving the Vale directors and chairman to resign in failure.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Finances
New chairman Frank Huntbach took over in May 1926 at a time of relative financial stability. He discovered a £1,950 profit had been made on the season, though may have been concerned that gate receipts had fallen £1,302 despite a campaign that took the club close to promotion.


1925–26 Port Vale F.C. season, Overview, Cup competitions
In the FA Cup, Vale were handed a home tie in the third round against First Division Manchester United. A hard-fought contest, Vale lost 3–2 in front of a disappointing crowd of 14,841, raising £1,150 in gate receipts. United would go on to the semi-finals, where they would lose 3–0 to derby rivals, and eventual runners-up, Manchester City.


1925–26 Prima Divisione
The 1925–26 Prima Divisione season, its final season, was won by Juventus.


1925–26 Prima Divisione, Northern League, Regular season
Udinese and Parma FC had been promoted from the Second Division.


1925–26 Prima Divisione, Northern League, Regular season
The Northern League decided to create the Serie A with 16 teams starting in 1926, so the last four teams of each group should be relegated.


1925–26 Prima Divisione, Northern League, Regular season
However, just after the end of the regular season the fascists postponed thus project under protests of Southern clubs which would be excluded. They imposed a National Division of two groups instead, and all relegated clubs entered into an extraordinary qualification for the new tournament.


1925–26 Prima Divisione, Southern League
The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Alba Rome.


1925–26 Prima Divisione, National Finals
1st leg Date: 8 August 1926, 2nd leg Date: 22 August 1926


1925–26 Primera Fuerza season, Overview
It was contested by 7 teams, and América won the championship.


1925–26 Primera Fuerza season, League standings
This table includes four goals of a tie between América and Club España; this match was awarded to América because the players of Club España left the field during the game. The goals counted by determination of the league.


1925–26 Primera Fuerza season, League standings, Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.


1925–26 Rangers F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was the 52nd season of competitive football by Rangers.


1925–26 Real Madrid CF season
The 1925–26 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 24th season in existence. The club played some friendly matches. They also played in the Campeonato Regional Centro (Central Regional Championship) and the Copa del Rey.


1925–26 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 1925–26 season saw Rochdale compete for their 5th season in the Football League Third Division North.


1925–26 Rugby Union County Championship
The 1925–26 Rugby Union County Championship was the 33rd edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time.


1925–26 Rugby Union County Championship
Yorkshire won the competition for the eighth time (but first for thirty years) after defeating Hampshire in the final.


1925–26 SK Rapid Wien season
The 1925–26 SK Rapid Wien season was the 28th season in club history.


1925–26 Scottish Cup
The 1925–26 Scottish Cup was the 48th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The tournament began on 23 January 1926 and ended on 10 April 1926. The cup was won by St Mirren, who defeated the previous years cup winners Celtic 2–0 in the final.


1925–26 Scottish Districts season
The 1925–26 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1925–26 Scottish Division One
The 1925–26 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic by eight points over nearest rival Airdrieonians. Raith Rovers and Clydebank finished 19th and 20th respectively and were relegated to the 1926–27 Scottish Division Two.


1925–26 Scottish Division Three
The 1925–26 Scottish Third Division was not completed as some teams were unable to complete their fixtures due to financial difficulties, and the championship was withheld. Consequently, the Third Division was dissolved, and would not be re-established until the 1946–47 season.


1925–26 Scottish Division Three
However, Forfar Athletic were promoted to the Scottish Second Division.


1925–26 Scottish Division Two
The 1925–26 Scottish Second Division was won by Dunfermline Athletic who, along with second placed Clyde, were promoted to the First Division. Broxburn United finished bottom.


1925–26 Seconda Divisione
Seconda Divisione 1925–26 was the lower championship of the Lega Nord.


1925–26 Seconda Divisione
Different from the higher championship, it was structured on four local groups.


1925–26 Seconda Divisione, Regulations
It had four groups of eleven clubs, twenty-two match days.


1925–26 Seconda Divisione, Regulations
Under Lega Nord's reform project, four clubs in each group would pass to a new intermediate championship, while subsequent four clubs would remain in this tournament.


1925–26 Seconda Divisione, Regulations
After the fascist takeover of the CONI and the FIGC in summer 1926, regulations changed at the end of the championship. Lega Nord was transformed into an appointed fascist committee, the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori. Six clubs in each group remained in the lower DDS championship, while to give space to Southern teams, the last five clubs were relegated.


1925–26 Seconda Divisione, Group A
Juve Italia, Lecco, Fanfulla and Monza relegated. Vercellesi Erranti went bankrupt and disbanded.


1925–26 Seconda Divisione, Group B
Corniglianese, Valenzana, Rivarolese and Vado relegated. FIAT and Novese went bankrupt and disbanded.


1925–26 Seconda Divisione, Group D
Pro Gorizia, Edera, Vicenza, Dolo and Petrarca relegated. Gloria Fiume annexed Olympia Fiume becoming Fiumana.


1925–26 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1925–26 Serie A season was the second season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Two teams participated in the league, and Hockey Club Milano won the championship by defeating GSD Cortina in the final.


1925–26 Sheffield Shield season
The 1925–26 Sheffield Shield season was the 30th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.


1925–26 Sheffield Shield season, Notable events
New South Wales recorded crushing victories in all four matches - winning three by an innings and the fourth by over 500 runs, scoring 554, 705, 642, 593 and 708 in their innings.


1925–26 Slovenian Republic League
The 1925–26 Slovenian Republic League was the seventh season of the Slovenian Republic League. Ilirija have won the league for the seventh time in a row, defeating Rapid 7–3 in the final. The first game ended 5–2 for Ilirija, but the game was repealed and later replayed.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was the 31st season of competitive football by Southampton, and the club's fourth in the Second Division of the Football League. After finishing in the top half of the league table in their first three seasons in the division, Southampton had their worst year to date in the second flight when they finished in 14th place, ending just six points above the first relegation position. The club suffered a string of losses at the beginning of the campaign, leaving them with points to make up in later months.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season
Former player Arthur Chadwick was brought in as Southampton's new manager in October, and the club subsequently secured their position in the Second Division with a run of wins over the Christmas period, despite continuing to lose points. The club finished in 14th place with 15 wins, eight draws and 19 losses.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season
In the 1925–26 FA Cup (the first in which all First and Second Division clubs entered at the third round), Southampton faced top-flight side Liverpool at The Dell for the third year running in the tournament. The game finished goalless, and the Saints were eliminated in the replay by a single goal. As usual, the club ended the season with two games against local rivals Portsmouth, for the Rowland Hospital Cup and the Hampshire Benevolent Cup, respectively. Pompey won both games, beating the Saints 4–2 at The Dell in the former and 5–1 at Fratton Park in the latter. The club also played five additional friendly games during the campaign, beating Portsmouth in September and Leicester City in March, drawing with Corinthian in January and Guildford United in April, and losing to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in April.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season
Southampton used 29 different players during the 1925–26 season and had 14 different goalscorers. The club's top scorer was centre-forward Bill Rawlings, who scored 20 goals in the Second Division and one in the Hampshire Benevolent Cup. Six new players were signed by the club during the campaign, with eight released and sold to other clubs. The average attendance at The Dell during the 1925–26 season was 9,806.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season
The highest attendance was 18,391 for the FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool on 9 January 1926; the lowest was around 5,000 against Oldham Athletic in the league on 27 March 1926. The season was the club's last to feature long-time forward Arthur Dominy, who left on a free transfer to join First Division side Everton in the summer of 1926, having made almost 400 appearances for the Saints.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
At the end of the 1924–25 season, several players left Southampton. Amongst the departures were a number of players who had spent only a season with the club: outside-left Fred Price joined Wolverhampton Wanderers, Scottish centre-half John Callagher signed for Third Division North side Wigan Borough, right-half Dennis Jones left for Midland League champions Mansfield Town, and outside-right Tommy Broad was sold to Weymouth in the Southern League. Albert Barrett, a wing-half who had only joined from West Ham United in February, left in June to join Fulham.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
Scottish forward Willie McCall joined Queen of the South on a permanent basis in September, having spent the previous season on loan at the club. The club also added several players in the summer, signing outside-right Cuthbert Coundon from North Eastern League club Jarrow, inside-left Frank Matthews from Second Division rivals Barnsley, and Welsh forward Ernest Turner from Third Division South side Merthyr Town.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
One of the later signings of the summer was goalkeeper Len Hill, who joined from Queens Park Rangers in June 1925. Regular keeper Tommy Allen had turned down a new contract at the club, leading to the signing of Hill as his replacement. Allen later agreed to new terms in October and returned to his place as first-choice Southampton goalkeeper, with Hill making sporadic appearances later in the season. Transfer activity continued throughout the season.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Background and transfers
In December 1925 the club signed inside-forward Jim Swinden from Salisbury City, following a trial in which he scored two goals on his debut for the reserve side against Folkestone. In March 1926, right-half Bill Adams joined from Southern League side Guildford United. Needing money to purchase the freehold of The Dell, Southampton sold mainstay full-backs Fred Titmuss and Tom Parker in early 1926 – the former in February to Plymouth Argyle for £1,750; the latter in March to Arsenal for £3,250 – which "caused uproar amongst supporters".


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
The 1925–26 season started off poorly for Southampton, who lost their first four matches of the campaign and scored only two goals to find themselves at the bottom of the Second Division league table. The run included a 3–1 home defeat to local rivals Portsmouth described by club historians as a "particularly bitter blow", and a 4–0 loss at fellow mid-table side Hull City.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
After picking up their first points with a win over Nottingham Forest and a draw at Derby County, Southampton appointed former half-back Arthur Chadwick as the club's new manager, after secretary George Goss and the board of directors had been temporarily managing the club following Jimmy McIntyre's departure the previous December.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
The team's position in the league slowly began to improve as they picked up a few more points, including 4–1 wins over Darlington and Swansea Town, before another run of four losses leading up to Christmas left them 19th in the table, one point above the relegation zone with more games played than teams below.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
After being eliminated from the FA Cup at the first hurdle, Southampton's fortunes in the league began to change. The club won four out of four games between 16 January and 10 February 1926, including a 2–1 win over Portsmouth at Fratton Park and a 5–0 thrashing of fellow strugglers Bradford City at Valley Parade – their biggest win in the Second Division. The Saints continued to pick up important wins throughout the final months of the season, allowing them to secure a mid-table finish with games remaining.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Second Division
Highlights included a 4–2 victory over promotion hopefuls Wolverhampton Wanderers and a 3–1 defeat of Oldham Athletic, who would finish seventh in the league. The side remained in 14th place for the last five games of the season, where they finished with 15 wins, eight draws and 19 losses. Club historians described Southampton's 1925–26 campaign as "a disappointing season", noting that it ended with "rumblings off the field" following the controversial transfers of Tom Parker and Fred Titmuss.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup
The 1925–26 FA Cup was the first edition of the competition in which all First Division and Second Division clubs entered at the third round. Southampton entered the tournament at home to Liverpool, who they were facing for the third consecutive year – they had lost in 1923–24, and had won in 1924–25. The hosts entered the game with regular starters Bert Shelley and Cliff Price unavailable due to injury, and during the match goalkeeper Tommy Allen suffered bruised ribs in a collision with defender Michael Keeping, forcing him to leave the field. Half-back Arthur Bradford took over in goal, and the Saints held on for a goalless draw. In the replay at Anfield four days later, Southampton succumbed to a 1–0 defeat by the top-flight side, with Dick Forshaw scoring the only goal of the game after 65 minutes.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Other matches
Outside of the league and the FA Cup, Southampton played seven additional first-team matches during the 1925–26 season. The first was a friendly against local rivals Portsmouth at Fratton Park on 23 September 1925, a testimonial for former Pompey (and briefly Saints) full-back Jack Warner. The visitors won the game 3–0, with Jimmy Bullock at centre-forward scoring all three goals – the first a "glorious shot" in the 36th minute, and the other two in the Southampton-dominated second half.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Other matches
On 28 January 1926 the club faced amateur side Corinthian at The Dell, drawing 3–3 with goals from Bill Rawlings (two) and Bill Henderson. On 15 March they hosted Leicester City in a benefit match for Tommy Allen and Bert Shelley, beating the recently promoted First Division club 2–0 thanks to a brace from Frank Matthews. In April the club played two more friendly matches, drawing 1–1 with Guildford United at Joseph's Road and losing 1–0 to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic at Dean Court.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Other matches
As in previous years, Southampton ended the 1925–26 season with two more matches against Portsmouth, competing for the Rowland Hospital Cup and the Hampshire Benevolent Cup. The first meeting, on 3 May 1926 for the former trophy, was a high-scoring affair ending in a 4–2 win for the visiting Pompey side. A George Harkus own goal opened the scoring, after he passed back to goalkeeper James Thitchener, who controlled the ball but was already over the goal line.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Other matches
Michael Keeping equalised with a penalty after a handball by John McColgan, but by half-time it was 3–1 against the Saints following another own goal and a McColgan penalty. In the second half, Jerry Mackie added a fourth for Pompey before Jimmy Bullock scored a second consolation goal for the hosts. Two days later, the sides met again at Fratton Park for the Hampshire Benevolent Cup. The hosts were victorious again, in a similarly high-scoring game, as they thrashed Southampton 5–1. The club were 3–0 up at half-time through goals from Goodwin and a Willie Haines brace, before Haines completed his hat-trick in the second half and Haywood scored a fifth. Bill Rawlings scored the consolation goal for the travelling Southampton side.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Player details
Southampton used 29 different players during the 1925–26 season, 14 of whom scored during the campaign. The team played in a 2–3–5 formation throughout the campaign, using two full-backs, three half-backs, two outside forwards, two inside forwards and a centre-forward. Left-half Stan Woodhouse made the most appearances during the season, playing in 37 of 42 league matches, both FA Cup matches and the Rowland Hospital Cup. Centre-forward Bill Rawlings missed seven league games, while outside-right Bill Henderson appeared in all but eight league games and the Rowland Hospital Cup.


1925–26 Southampton F.C. season, Player details
Rawlings finished the season as the club's top scorer, with 20 goals in the league and one in the Hampshire Benevolent Cup. Inside-left Cliff Price scored seven goals in his 16 league appearances. Woodhouse was the top-scoring half-back of the season with two league goals, and Michael Keeping was the top-scoring full-back with two goals in the Second Division and one in the Rowland Hospital Cup.


1925–26 Southern Branch Grizzlies men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Southern Branch Grizzlies men's basketball team represented the Southern Branch of the University of California during the 1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Grizzlies were led by fifth year head coach Pierce "Caddy" Works and finished the regular season with a record of 14–2 and were champions of their conference with a record of 10–0.


1925–26 Southern Branch Grizzlies men's basketball team, Previous Season
The 1924–25 Southern Branch Grizzlies finished with a conference record of 11–6 and finished won their conference with a record of 10–0 under fourth year head coach Caddy Works.


1925–26 Southern Football League
The 1925–26 season was the 28th in the history of the Southern League. The league consisted of Eastern and Western Divisions. Millwall II won the Eastern Division and Plymouth Argyle II won the Western Division. Plymouth were declared Southern League champions after defeating Millwall 1–0 in a championship play-off.


1925–26 Southern Football League
No clubs from the Southern League applied to join the Football League, whilst four clubs left the league at the end of the season.


1925–26 Southern Football League, Eastern Division
A total of 18 teams contest the division, including 16 sides from previous season and two new teams.


1925–26 Southern Football League, Western Division
The Western Division featured the same clubs as the previous season, minus the six clubs that had left.


1925–26 St. Louis Soccer League season
Final league standings for the 1925-26 St. Louis Soccer League, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.


1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1925–26 season was Stoke City's 26th season in the Football League and the seventh in the Second Division. It was also the first season under the name of Stoke City.


1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season
Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status in 1925 and so Stoke added the word 'City' to their name and have since been forever known as Stoke City. However, despite a change of name there was no change in fortunes on the pitch as Stoke failed to improve after last season's narrow escape and they were relegated to the Third Division North this time finishing one point from safety.


1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
The 1925–26 season was a season of change as Stoke F.C. became Stoke City F.C. and there was a new offside law introduced which allowed two opponents (not three as before) to be between the attacker and the goal. This change prompted many high scoring matches throughout the county as teams struggled to adapt the changes with the traditional 2–3–5 formation, eventually teams started to use new formations and tactics. But Stoke did not share the high scoring and they struggled all season with many disappointing displays.


1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Injuries certainly hampered the team's efforts throughout the season and by the new year relegation looked inevitable and despite a late revival a failure to beat Southampton on the final day of the season sealed Stoke's fate and they dropped into the third tier for the first time. However the signing of Huddersfield Town's Charlie Wilson in March 1926 proved to be a vital addition as he would be key in making sure Stoke's stay in the Third Division North would be a short one.


1925–26 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
With sides in the top two divisions now starting in the third round Stoke played Wigan Borough and beat them 5–2 however Stoke themselves were on the receiving end of a heavy cup defeat losing 6–3 to Swansea Town in the fourth round.


1925–26 Sussex County Football League
The 1925–26 Sussex County Football League season was the sixth in the history of the competition.


1925–26 Sussex County Football League, Clubs
The league featured 12 clubs which competed in the last season, no new clubs joined the league this season.


1925–26 Swedish football Division 2, League standings, Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1925–26
Teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the national league system until the 1953–54 season, and a championship was instead played to decide the best team in Norrland.


1925–26 Swedish football Division 2, League standings, Division 2 Uppsvenska Serien 1925–26
No teams from Uppsvenska Serien were allowed to be promoted to Allsvenskan, due to both geographic and economic reasons.


1925–26 Swiss Cup
The 1925-26 Swiss Cup was the first season of Switzerland's annual cup competition. The competition began on 6 September 1925 and ended on 11 April 1926. Grasshopper Club Zurich defeated FC Bern 2-1 in the Final.


1925–26 Swiss International Ice Hockey Championship
The 1925–26 Swiss International Ice Hockey Championship was the 11th edition of the international ice hockey championship in Switzerland. The championship was not awarded, as the final between HC Rosey Gstaad and HC Davos was not contested.


1925–26 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship
The 1925–26 Swiss National Ice Hockey Championship was the 16th edition of the national ice hockey championship in Switzerland. HC Davos won the championship by defeating HC Rosey Gstaad in the final.


1925–26 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team
The 1925–26 Syracuse Orangemen basketball team represented Syracuse University in intercollegiate basketball during the 1925–26 season. The team finished the season with a 19–1 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Vic Hanson was named an All-American for the second straight year.


1925–26 Toronto St. Patricks season
The 1925–26 Toronto St. Patricks season was Toronto's ninth in the National Hockey League (NHL). The St. Pats slipped to sixth in the standings and missed the playoffs.


1925–26 Toronto St. Patricks season, Offseason
The St. Patricks signed Gerry Munro formerly of the Montreal Maroons on defence.


1925–26 Toronto St. Patricks season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1925–26 Torquay United F.C. season
The 1925–26 Torquay United F.C. season was Torquay United's fifth season in competitive football and their fourth season in the Southern League. The season runs from 1 July 1925 to 30 June 1926.


1925–26 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
Torquay United's fourth season in the Southern League saw them face a much depleted fixture list with the Western Section reduced to only fourteen teams due to the departure of six of the Welsh sides. As a result, the remaining English teams joined together to form the Professional Section of the Western League to provide themselves with additional fixtures. This gave the Magpies an extra eighteen games to play on top of their Southern League commitments.


1925–26 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
Under new player-manager Percy Mackrill, Torquay made a hesitant start to their Southern League campaign and were without a win in their first six matches. However, the Plainmoor faithful were rewarded for their patience in December when the Magpies scored a total of twelve goals in their Christmas and Boxing Day fixtures against Taunton United and Bath City. Torquay eventually finished 6th in the Southern League which, even with just fourteen teams competing, was certainly an improvement on the previous season. Torquay also made a good showing in the Western League, finishing in 3rd place.


1925–26 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
Much of the Torquay's success during the season was due to the goalscoring of new forward George Appleyard, signed from local rivals Exeter City. Effortlessly filling the boots of the recently departed Billy Kellock, Appleyard scored an impressive 29 goals in all competitions. He made a particular impression in the FA Cup, scoring in all five Qualifying rounds and getting Torquay to the First Round Proper for the very first time. Their reward was a visit from high-flying Third Division South side Reading.


1925–26 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
6,000 supporters at Plainmoor witnessed Torquay take a first half lead over their League opponents before Reading equalised through a penalty which forced a replay at Elm Park. A late equalising goal from George Appleyard in that match saw the fixture taken to a second replay, to be held at Bristol City's Ashton Gate ground. However, it was to be third time unlucky for the Magpies as the League side eventually emerged with a 2–0 victory.


1925–26 Torquay United F.C. season, Overview
It was an outstanding performance by Torquay over the eventual Third Division South champions and certainly strengthened their case for election to the Football League. However, for the time being at least, the Magpies made no attempt to enter the Third Division South at the end of the season and instead looked forward to another Southern League campaign.


1925–26 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season
The 1925–26 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season was the football team’s fifth season in the Football League Third Division North. They finished 7th of 22 teams in the league, and reached the First Round of the FA Cup.


1925–26 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
The 1925–26 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 31st season of collegiate ice hockey in the United States.


1925–26 Victorian bushfire season
A series of major bushfires occurred between 26 January and 10 March 1926 in the state of Victoria in  Australia. A total of 60 people were killed with 700 injured, and 1000 buildings and 390,000 ha were destroyed across the south-east of the state.


1925–26 Victorian bushfire season
On 14 February, later referred to as Black Sunday, bushfires swept across Gippsland, the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges and the Kinglake area. The fires had originated in forest areas on 26 January, but wind gusts of up to 97 km per hour led to the joining of the fire fronts on 14 February. In the Warburton area alone, 31 deaths were recorded including 14 at Wooley's Mill in Gilderoy, 6 at Big Pats Creek and 2 at Powelltown. Other affected settlements included  Noojee, Erica and  Kinglake,where St Mary's Church and Thompson's Hotel were amongst the buildings destroyed.


1925–26 WHL season
The 1925–26 WHL season was the fifth and last season for the now defunct Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), which was renamed Western Hockey League (WHL) at the start of the season due to one of its Canadian teams, the Regina Capitals, moving to Portland, Oregon in the United States and being renamed the Portland Rosebuds. Six teams played 30 games each. At season's end, some of the teams reorganised to create a semi-pro league called the Prairie Hockey League that lasted for two seasons. The WHL was the last league other than the National Hockey League to contest for the Stanley Cup.


1925–26 WHL season, Off-season
Regina's team folded, and a Portland club was formed and the Regina players transferred to it. There was discussions of moving the Edmonton team to Regina but it stayed in Edmonton. The new New York Americans bought Joe Simpson, John Morrison and Roy Rickey from Edmonton, but Edmonton would have enough talent left to win the WHL title.


1925–26 WHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points


1925–26 WHL season, Playoffs
As in the previous season, the third place Victoria Cougars won the playoff championship. In the semi-final, the Cougars met the Saskatoon Sheiks.


1925–26 WHL season, Playoffs
In the final, the Cougars faced off against the Edmonton Eskimos. As there was no ice available in Edmonton, Edmonton's 'home' game was played in Vancouver.


1925–26 WHL season, Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
The Cougars faced the National Hockey League champion Montreal Maroons in a best-of-five series, losing three games to one. After the WHL folded at the end of this season, the Stanley Cup would no longer be contested as a challenge tournament between league champions, but would be automatically awarded to the NHL champion, a custom formalized in 1947.


1925–26 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1925–26 NCAA college basketball season. Led by sixth-year head coach Hec Edmundson, the Huskies were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus in Seattle, Washington.


1925–26 Washington Huskies men's basketball team
The Huskies were 10–6 overall in the regular season and 5–5 in conference play; fourth place in the Northern division.


1925–26 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The 1925–26 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State College for the 1925–26 college basketball season. Led by eighteenth-year head coach Fred Bohler, the Cougars were members of the Pacific Coast Conference and played their home games on campus in Pullman, Washington.


1925–26 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
The Cougars were 9–17 overall in the regular season and 1–8 in conference play, last in the Northern division.


1925–26 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
This was Bohler's final season as head coach, but he continued on for years as athletic director at Washington State. Karl Schlademan, previously at the University of Kansas, was the track and field coach for the Cougars until 1940, and also the head basketball coach for his first two years in Pullman (1926–28).


1925–26 Western Football League
The 1925–26 season was the 29th in the history of the Western Football League.


1925–26 Western Football League
From this season, the league consisted of two divisions after a number of reserve teams joined. The Division One champions were Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Poole, who were promoted to Division One.


1925–26 Western Football League, Final tables, Division One
Division One consisted of three clubs from the old single-division league, plus two new clubs and five new reserve teams. The number of clubs was thus reduced from thirteen to ten after Peasedown St John left the league.


1925–26 Western Football League, Final tables, Division Two
The new Division Two consisted of the other nine clubs from the old single-division league, and four new teams, three of them reserve teams of Division One clubs.


1925–26 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
The 1925–26 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1925–26 season. Under the third year of head coach J. Wilder Tasker (who concurrently served as the head football and baseball coach), the team finished the season with a 9–8 record. This was the 21st season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe.


1925–26 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team
William & Mary finished construction in 1925 on Blow Gymnasium, where the men's basketball team would play until the opening of William & Mary Hall in 1970.


1925–26 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team
The 1925–1926 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his twelfth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.


1925–26 Yorkshire Cup
The 1925–26 Yorkshire Cup was the eighteenth competition in this series. This year again saw a new name added to the list of cup winners. This time it was Dewsbury winning the trophy by beating Huddersfield in the final 2–0. The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefield, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 12,616 and receipts were £718. This was the last time for another fourteen years that a new name would be added.


1925–26 Yorkshire Cup, Background
The Rugby Football League's Yorkshire Cup competition was a knock-out competition between (mainly professional) rugby league clubs from the county of Yorkshire. The actual area was at times increased to encompass other teams from  outside the  county such as Newcastle, Mansfield, Coventry, and even London (in the form of Acton & Willesden.


1925–26 Yorkshire Cup, Background
The Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final taking place in (or just before) December. The only exception to this was when disruption of the fixture list was caused during, and immediately after, the two World Wars.


1925–26 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results
This season there was only one junior/amateur club taking part, Castleford, at the time still a junior club, but which would be joining the league in the next closed season. This resulted in a reduction in entrants of just one, giving a total of fifteen entrants. This in turn resulted in one bye in the first round.


1925–26 Yorkshire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points


1925–26 Yorkshire Cup, Notes
1 * Castleford were at that time a junior club. They joined the league for season 1926–27


1925–26 Yorkshire Cup, Notes
2 * Belle Vue is the home ground of Wakefield Trinity with a capacity of approximately 12,500. The record attendance was 37,906 on the 21 March 1936 in the Challenge Cup semi-final between Leeds and Huddersfield


1925–26 in Belgian football
The 1925–26 season was the 26th season of competitive football in Belgium. Beerschot AC won their 4th Division I title, which was also their 3rd consecutive Belgian title. At the end of the season, SC Anderlechtois, CS Verviétois and R Tilleur FC were relegated to the Promotion, while RC de Bruxelles, FC Malinois and CS La Forestoise were promoted. For season 1926-27, major changes were brought to the league system.


1925–26 in Belgian football
Division I was renamed Division d'Honneur (French for Premier Division), Promotion was renamed Division I with one division of 14 teams (instead of 2) and a third level was introduced, named Promotion and played as 3 divisions of 14 teams each.


1925–26 in Belgian football
The bottom two teams in Division d'Honneur would be relegated to Division I (with the top two in Division I promoted, while the bottom 3 teams in Division I would be relegated to the Promotion, with the winners of the 3 Promotion divisions would be promoted to Division I. Also, the Belgian Cup was played for the first time since World War I.


1925–26 in English football
The 1925–26 season was the 51st season of competitive football in England. This marked the year that Huddersfield Town won the League three years running, making them the first team in Football League history to do so.


1925–26 in Scottish football
The 1925–26 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 36th season of the Scottish Football League.


1925–26 in Scottish football, Scottish League Division Three
Since several teams were unable to complete their fixtures due to financial difficulties, the championship was withheld, and consequently, the Third Division was dissolved, not being re-established until the 1946–47 season.


1925–26 in Scottish football, Scottish League Division Three
Eight of the clubs that competed in the unfinished season are now defunct; of the remainder, Forfar Athletic, Montrose and Brechin City play in the league as of 2020, with Leith Athletic, Mid-Annandale, Peebles Rovers, Royal Albert and Vale of Leven playing in lower levels.


1925–26 in Scottish football, Scottish Cup
St Mirren were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–0 final win over Division One champions Celtic.


1925–26 in Scottish football, Junior Cup
Strathclyde were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–0 win over Bridgeton Waverley in the final.


1925–26 in Swedish football
The 1925–26 season in Swedish football, starting August 1925 and ending July 1926:


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson, Douglas Krook - Henning Helgesson, Sven Friberg, Ivar Klingström - Algot Haglund, Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Filip Johansson, Rudolf Kock.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson, Hugo Carlsson - Verner Andersson, Arthur Bengtsson, Erik Andersson - Rune Wenzel, Gunnar Rydberg, Filip Johansson, Albin Dahl, Knut Kroon.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson, Martin Persson - Sven Lindqvist, John Persson, Nils Nilsson - Algot Haglund, Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Tore Keller, Bertil Appelskog.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Robert Zander - Herbert Lundgren, Douglas Krook - Henning Helgesson, Sven Friberg, Verner Andersson - Rune Wenzel, Sven Rydell, Per Kaufeldt, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Harry Rosenlind.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson, Otto Carlsson - Carl Wijk (46' Torsten Johansson), Nils Rosén, Erik Andersson - Algot Haglund, Gunnar Olsson, Heinrich Brost, Albin Hallbäck, Knut Kroon.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Robert Zander ( Manfred Johnsson) - Herbert Lundgren, Douglas Krook - Henning Helgesson, Gunnar Holmberg, Otto Carlsson - Rune Wenzel, Sven Rydell, Filip Johansson, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Thorsten Svensson.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Sigfrid Lindberg - Herbert Lundgren, Douglas Krook - Henning Helgesson, Sven Friberg, Verner Andersson - Rune Wenzel, Gunnar Rydberg, Filip Johansson, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Knut Kroon.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Knut Norrby - Henry Åström, Ingvar Persson - Hugo Eliasson, Thure Svensson, Einar Snitt - Ernst Lööf, John Sand, John Sundberg, Axel Hedström, Gösta Pettersson.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Knut Norrby - Henry Åström, Ingvar Persson - Hugo Eliasson, Thure Svensson, Einar Snitt - Ernst Lööf, John Kling, John Sundberg, Axel Hedström, Gösta Pettersson.


1925–26 in Swedish football, National team results
Sweden: Knut Norrby - Henry Åström, Ingvar Persson - Hugo Eliasson, Thure Svensson, Oskar Björk - Ernst Lööf, John Kling, John Sundberg, Axel Hedström, Gösta Pettersson.


1926
1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1926th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 926th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th  year of the 20th century, and the  7th   year of the 1920s decade.


1926 (magazine)
1926 is a Cypriot monthly sports magazine published in Nicosia. It is the official magazine of the multi-sports club APOEL and was established in 2013.


1926 (magazine), History
The magazine was established in 2013 and published by MEDIAPRO as the APOEL's official magazine, providing a monthly insight about the Cypriot multisport club APOEL Nicosia. The magazine is named after the founding year of the club. The first issue appeared in March 2013 and was available throughout the island in media outlets, the Orange Shop (APOEL's official store), and online at readpoint.com.


1926 (magazine), Content
The magazine covers all of APOEL's teams (football, basketball, futsal, volleyball, water polo), as well as individual sports (archery, bowling, cycling, running, swimming, table tennis), with feature stories, interviews, retro, and presentations. The main focus is on football, since that sport is the most popular in Cyprus.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1926 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 4th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1926. It was the first Le Mans race where the winner's average speed was over 100 km/h (62 mph), and also the first to break the 24-hour distance record set by Selwyn Edge at Brooklands in 1907.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans
This year saw the entry of the Peugeot works team, after strong success elsewhere in touring and grand prix racing. Their competition would come from defending distance victors Lorraine-Dietrich and Bentley. Chenard-Walcker was a notable absentee, after being the pacesetter in the early years. The start/finish line and pits returned to its original point and extensive building of grandstands and spectator facilities was undertaken.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans
From the start the Peugeots set the pace chased by the Bentleys and Lorraines. As the others encountered mechanical issues, the experienced Lorraine drivers built a strong 1–2 lead that was never headed. A late charge by Bentley ended in the last hour when Sammy Davis could not stop in time and put the car into the sandbank at the end of the Mulsanne Straight.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans
First on distance was Robert Bloch and André Rossignol (repeating his 1925 triumph). Lorraine-Dietrich was just beaten to the Biennial Cup prize by the Italian Officine Meccaniche team, who won on a countback.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
The process for deciding the winners had been problematic. The Triennial Cup was only run the once and the calculation for the Biennial Cup was still difficult. Therefore, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) came up with a new competition. The Index of Performance instead used the ratio of exceeding a car's designated target distance instead of the absolute number of laps. For the track position on the final lap after exactly 24 hours, the distance would be calculated using the average speed of the car in the time after reaching its target. With engine improvements, the targets distances were again modified:


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
The competition was boosted by a substantial prize of FF10000 from Grand Garage Saint-Didier, the large Parisian car-dealership that had entered the Chrysler car in the previous year's race.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Manufacturers now only needed to have produced 10 of a model to be eligible to race them. Cars needed to be running at the end of the 24 hours, and complete their final lap in a minimum of 30 minutes. The ACO dictated the pit sequence, where pit-crew could assist the drivers – doing refuelling, adding oil, water, and then changing tyres and wheels before getting onto other mechanical work. The tools used had to have been carried on the car. Smoking was also now prohibited in the pits and fire extinguishers had to be carried on each car.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Regulations
Further, to assist with safety, marshals were stationed around the track with blue and yellow flags. A held blue flag warned the driver to hold his current path, and when waved, to slow down. The yellow flag told the drivers to stop immediately. At night lights were fitted with blue or yellow filters.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, The Track
The day after the 1925 race, the landowners on Les Raineries side of the track approached the ACO with a more reasonable offer to sell the land. Once the deal was done, with the assistance of the local civic authorities, the organisation began a comprehensive building program. Permanent wooden pits and a 3000-seat grandstand were erected, as well as a well and toilet block. The race-control tower was rebuilt and the pits equipped with telephones, electricity and running water. Several cafés were set up, complete with electric table lamps and white-suited waitering staff, for the spectators’ refreshment. The car parks were extended to accommodate 3000 vehicles and road access improved, and footbridges built by the pits, Pontlieue hairpin and near Maison Blanche.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, The Track
The main road south, the Ligne Droit or Mulsanne Straight was tar-sealed. The Pontlieue hairpin and the stretch from Arnage to the pits were treated with lime to harden the surface.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Although 60 cars had originally been entered, only 44 actually arrived for scrutineering. There were 16 spots reserved for the qualifiers of the 1925-6 Biennial Cup, but again not all were taken up with Chenard-Walcker, Sunbeam and Diatto not present.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The previous year's winners, La Lorraine-Dietrich arrived with a strong team of three cars. This year's version of the B3-6 Sport had a strengthened chassis with a torpédo bodystyle. With weight-savings, the engine could push the car to 150 kp/h (95 mph) with its 3-speed gearbox. The driver crew was largely unchanged. The 1925 winners were split:André Rossignol with Robert Bloch and Gérard de Courcelles with Marcel Mongin. The third car was again driven by Brisson and Stalter.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
France's biggest car-manufacturer, Peugeot, arrived at Le Mans for the first time this year. Pre -war it made up nearly half of French production and brought the greatest racing successes. The 174 Sport had carried on that trend in the 1920s. The big 3.8-litre sleeve-valve engine put out over 110 bhp. Two cars were entered for their experienced works drivers André Boillot and Louis Rigal in one and veteran Louis Wagner and Christian Dauvergne in the other.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Bentley came to Le Mans with renewed hope of a better showing. In financial difficulties, the company had been recently bailed out by Woolf Barnato, heir to a South African mining fortune. With £100000 (equivalent to well over £5million in 2015) his investment company, Baromans, bought up a controlling share of Bentley and Barnato became the chairman. The company had been trying to break 24-hour records without success. Two works 3-litre Speed models were entered. Driven by Frank Clement/George Duller and doctor Dudley Benjafield with journalist Sammy Davis, they became the kernel of the “Bentley Boys” works team.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
A third car, a new short-wheelbase 3-litre Super Sport, was privately entered by wealthy, 21-year old gentleman-driver Arthur “Tommy” Thistlethwayte. Bentley mechanic Les Pennel came up with a new way to carry the 180 kg compulsory “passenger ballast”. Rather than using sandbags, which rolled around and dried out over time, he installed steel tubes filled with lead of an equivalent weight. Bolted to the front and rear of the car they gave better weight distribution and handling.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Ariès again bought four cars to Le Mans. The new surbaissée version of the 3-litre GP2 model had a distinctive, streamlined “tank” body-styling. Team principal Baron Charles Petiet this year was able to get Jean Chassagne as a driver to replace Louis Wagner who had gone to Peugeot. A pre-war French racing hero and veteran of three Indy 500s he was paired with his former riding mechanic, now team-driver, Robert Laly. The other 3-litre was a “boat-tail” GP3 variant for Arthur Duray/Charles Flohot. As before, they also entered a pair of “Super” versions of the 1.1-litre CC2 car.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Charles Montier and his Ford-based specials, runners in the first three Le Mans, did not return. However, another American company arrived at Le Mans this year. John Willys had bought Overland Automobile in 1907, renaming it Willys-Automotive in 1912 and by 1915 was the second-biggest American car-manufacturer behind Ford. It built cars under both the Overland and Willys-Knight names. It was their French agent, Henri Falconnet, who entered three cars in the race.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The biggest-engined car in the field was the Willys-Knight 66 Great Six: the 3.9-litre sleeve-valve engine put out 65 bhp that got it up to 110 kp/h (70 mph) and had Paul Gros (ex-Bignan) and Paul Leduc (ex-Talbot) as its drivers. The new Overlands had 2.8-litre sleeve-valve engines generating 40 bhp and both a hard-top and coupé version arrived.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The Italian Officine Meccaniche (OM) team was back after a very positive debut the previous year. The Tipo 665S had been substantially upgraded, with a much lighter and lower chassis. This year the Grand Prix drivers “Nando” Minoia and Giulio Foresti were paired together, with the Danieli brothers and Renato Balestrero/Frédéric Thelusson in the others.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Théophile Schneider was a pre-war auto-manufacturer that was getting back into motor-racing. The 25 SP was a development of its 1922 model, with success commercially and in racing. Its 2-litre engine was race-tuned to get it up to 140 kp/h (85 mph). Majority shareholder Robert Poirier drove one car for the race with Antonin Fontaine with another run by Auguste Lefranc/Pierre Tobourin. The other new team was from Jousset – a coach-building company, from near Limoges in provincial France, that had just started building cars in 1924. Two variants of its M1 design were entered: one was a hardtop saloon, and the other a convertible tourer with boat-tail chassis. The 1.5-litre CIME engine put out 50 bhp giving it a top speed of 140 kp/h (90 mph).


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Henri Précloux returned to Le Mans this year with three cars. Two were of his smaller 1.2-litre DS models of standard saloons with CIME engines. The other was a special streamlined version of the larger 1.5-litre DT model. Entered for the Biennial Cup, it had a similar “tank”’ bodywork to the Ariès. Salmson had re-established its works racing team in 1925, and returned to Le Mans with three cars. Two were the successful “Grand Sport” development of the VAL-3 two-seater. Its 1.1-litre double-overhead cam engine developed 27 bhp pushing the car up to 120 kp/h (75 mph). They also brought along a larger 4-seater, the 1.2-litre D2 tourer.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
Other race regulars Corre La Licorne presented three different cars this year. One was its regular V16 model with the 1425cc SCAP engine. Another was a new model – the G6 – with a new 6-cylinder 1.5-litre engine of their own design. It was fitted in a low-profile bonnetline with an underslung, surbaissée chassis. The third car had the new engine fitted into a standard V16.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Practice
The roads were closed for race practice over the Friday night from 10pm till 6am on Saturday. The Henneguet/Aladame hardtop Overland had an accident and fire during practice and could not be repaired in time to take the start.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
After two years of blazing sunshine the weather over race-week was terrible, with heavy rain every day. However, by Saturday it was overcast and clearing with only occasional showers encouraging a record crowd to attend. First car away was the Jousset saloon – as it had no hood to put up! But in front at the first time around was Boillot's Peugeot, with a handy 300 metre lead over the works Bentleys (Clement and Davis), themselves well ahead of the privateer Bentley, Bloch's Lorraine-Dietrich and Wagner in the other Peugeot.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
Bloch soon passed the Bentleys and closed in on Boillot though he did not have enough power to overtake him. The two big Ariès had been last away from the start, the drivers being meticulous assembling their hoods. However, after an hour they had caught up with the leading group with Laly getting up to sixth and Flohot ninth. Georges Irat had missed the 1925 race but returned with two cars this year. The first retirements, both were out early. For the team, four cars in two races had achieved only 55 laps put together.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
After several hours, and 20 laps, the first pit-stops were due and first to stop was the Jousset hard-top – the new team finding their cars disturbingly heavy on fuel-consumption. After the driver-changes, it was the Bentleys which took the fight to the Boillot/Rigal Peugeot. George Duller set a new lap record and passed Rigal on the 26th lap. But he then overshot the Arnage corner and lost 20 minutes and two laps digging himself out of the sandbank.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Start
In the laborious work of digging himself out Duller had taken off his helmet and for several laps the car was in danger of being disqualified as drivers were not allowed to race without crash-helmets. Fearing he had dropped it roadside, it was only when he was finally convinced to pit that it was found in the seat next to him. The Bentley's speed also spurred on the Lorraine-Dietrich team, as Bloch overtook Rigal in the twilight to take the lead. Accelerating out of Pontlieue hairpin, a blowback set Duray's engine on fire. With good presence of mind, he quickly parked and put the fire extinguisher onto it. The Ariès was out of the race, but the car was saved.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
Going into the night, the Corre La Licorne of Waldemar Lestienne arrived in the pits with its left mudguard bent over the bonnet, the wheel knocked out of alignment and its rearbumper trailing along the ground. The driver was claiming he had been squeezed off the road into a ditch by another car. Then soon after, as de Courcelles was closing onto the tail of Dauvergne in the second Peugeot, they came up behind  the EHP “tank” to lap it. The 1.5-litre EHP would not make way and both the Peugeot and Lorraine spun off the road avoiding it. Dauvergne lost time getting his Peugeot out of the ditch and both teams lodged protests with the officials about the unsporting driving, but the EHP's engine expired soon after anyway.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
At midnight the Lorraine had done 48 laps (four more than at the same time the previous year) and held a one-lap lead over the two Peugeots, the next Lorraine and the remaining Ariès between the two Bentleys. At 1am the Ariès tank pitted for a driver-change and refuelling. But Chassagne could get the car restarted. He found the generator had not been recharging and the battery was flat. As only an electrical starter was allowed to be used, and no pushing or hand-cranking, it had to be retired.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
So, by the halfway point at 4am, the Bloch and Rossignol still had a one-lap lead (73 laps) over their teammate and the Boillot/Rigal Peugeot (72). The other Peugeot and Thistlethwayte's Bentley were two laps further back with the third Lorraine (69) in sixth. Next were the two works Bentleys (68) with the two Italian OMs leading the 2-litre class rounding out the top-10 (66 & 65 laps). But from there, it only got worse for Peugeot. At 9pm, the Boillot/Rigal car had been delayed when a windscreen stay had broken, then the glass fell out.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
When the officials required it to be repaired but there was no spare, the car was disqualified. In the early hours the other car's battery went flat and when Wagner reversed up the pit to try and bump-start it. (He was also disqualified) – much to the disapproval of the spectators.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Night
After his delay in the sandbank, Duller had been pushing hard through the night to catch up again. But the Bentley's charge came to an end with a broken valve as dawn approached.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
By 8am there were only 23 cars left running. The Rossignol/Bloch Lorraine now had a two-lap lead over his teammate, itself holding a three-lap lead over the two Bentleys and the other Lorraine. The two OMs were next, still leading the 2-litre class from Clause's Bignan in eighth. The Dumont/Duprez Overland was ninth with the Tabourin/Lefranc Schneider completing the top-ten. An hour later, Gallop brought the privateer Bentley into the pits running on three cylinders to retire because of a broken rocker-arm forcing its retirement.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Morning
Dudley Benjafield then really picked up the pace of the remaining Bentley, closing in on the Lorraines ahead by as much as twenty seconds a lap. Sammy Davis carried on the furious pursuit into the afternoon. Realising the danger, both Mongin and then de Courcelles lifted the second-placed car's pace too, breaking the lap record by seven seconds.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
With half an hour to go Davis caught and passed Mongin on the Mulsanne straight. But the hard chase had worn down the Bentley's brakes and he arrived at the sharp Mulsanne corner too fast and pitched the Bentley into the sandbank. Sportingly, Mongin stopped to check Davis was okay but was not allowed to lend assistance. Unable to be extricated in time, the car could not be classified. Also, in the last hour Renato Balestrero in the third OM, was called in by the officials. He had to explain why he had stopped on the Mulsanne Straight after midday to pick up some tools which was not permitted conveniently left by an OM mechanic. Not surprisingly, disqualification was the result.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
Brisson and Stalter inherited third place and the Lorraine-Dietrich team finished with an emphatic 1-2-3 finish, giving André Rossignol back-to-back victories on distance. The two OMs were fourth and fifth on the road, and also won the lucrative 1925-6 Biennial Cup by the slimmest of margins. It left the Lorraine-Dietrich team furious with the officials. This was because the Index of Performance was now counted as a ratio rather than absolute laps. Mongin's pace versus the Bentley meant he had to pit for a fuel top-up in the last hour, so his average speed on his excess laps was compromised. Unfortunately, their leading car was the one not entered into the Biennial Cup. It did set a distance record however - the equivalent of crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 24 hours, from Ireland to Newfoundland.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
The American Overland had moved up to sixth into the last hour when it pulled into the pits to retire, only two laps short of its target. The two SARA cars both finished, in 11th and 12th, both easily exceeding their target distances. The leading one, of regular team drivers Marandet and Lécureul was the only 1100cc finisher in the 1925-36 Biennial Cup. Even though it was not classified, the lead Bentley had still met its minimum distance to qualify for the next Biennial Cup. Both Duller and Mongin were fined FF200 for racing at some time without a helmet on during the race.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
The race was set as an endurance trial to improve the technology and reliability of touring cars. However, it also extended to motoring in general: the road resurfacing had greatly improved overall race-speed (the three Lorraines all exceeded an average speed of 100 km/h over the 24 hours). Tyre technology was also improving with virtually all the cars staying on their same original set of tyres. Only three tyres had to be replaced in the whole race.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race, Finish and post-race
It proved to be a bad year for the saturated French touring-car market with a number of smaller manufacturers struggling and forced to close. These included Ravel, Bignan and Jousset For other teams this was their last Le Mans as they chose to consolidate, including Georges Irat, Corre La Licorne, Rolland-Pilain and Overland, as well as the victors Lorraine-Dietrich and Officine Meccaniche.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Finishers
Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO Although there were no official engine classes, the highest finishers in unofficial categories aligned with the Index targets are in Bold text.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Highest Finisher in Class
There were no official class divisions for this race and these are the highest finishers in unofficial categories (used in subsequent years) related to the Index targets.


1926 24 Hours of Le Mans, Official results, Statistics
Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO


1926 AAA Championship Car season
The 1926 AAA Championship Car season consisted of 24 races, beginning in Miami Beach, Florida on February 22 and concluding in Pineville, North Carolina on November 11. There were also 7 non-championship races. The AAA National Champion was Harry Hartz and the Indianapolis 500 winner was Frank Lockhart.


1926 Akron Indians season
The 1926 Akron Indians season was their seventh and final season in the league and only season as the Indians. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–2–2, winning only one game. They tied for sixteenth in the league.


1926 Akron Indians season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Akron Zippers football team
The 1926 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1926 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach George Babcock, the team compiled a 5–2–2 record (4–2–2 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 109 to 74. Frank Wargo was the team captain.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1926 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 33rd overall and 5th season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The team was led by head coach Wallace Wade, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa, at Rickwood Field in Birmingham and at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
They finished the season with a record of nine wins, zero losses and one tie (9–0–1 overall, 8–0 in the SoCon), as Southern Conference champions. They tied undefeated Stanford in the Rose Bowl. The 1926 Alabama team was retroactively named as the 1926 national champion by Berryman QPRS, Billingsley Report, College Football Researchers Association, and Poling System, and as a co-national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and National Championship Foundation.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season
As they entered the season, only ten lettermen returned from the 1925 squad that won the Rose Bowl. Key players such as Pooley Hubert, Johnny Mack Brown, Bill Buckler and other stars from the 1925 team were not part of the 1926 squad.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Millsaps
Alabama opened their 1926 season against Millsaps College on a Friday at Denny Field, and defeated the Majors 54–0 in what was the first meeting between the schools. The Crimson Tide played nearly every player on their sideline in the contest, and Millsaps only once threatened to score.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Millsaps
Tolbert Brown starred for Alabama in the contest and scored three touchdowns on runs of 92, 70 and 30 yards. David Rosenfeld and Red Barnes each scored two and Herschel Caldwell one touchdown for the Crimson Tide in the victory.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Alabama opened conference play with a 19–7 victory against the Vanderbilt Commodores, that saw coach Wade against his former mentor Dan McGugin After each team traded fumbles, the Crimson Tide took a 7–0 lead on an eight-yard Hoyt Winslett touchdown pass to Herschel Caldwell. They extended it further to 13–0 later in the first on a 21-yard Red Barnes touchdown run. Neither team scored again until the fourth quarter when the Commodores scored their only points on a three-yard Bill Hendrix touchdown run. Alabama then made the final score 19–7 on a 36-yard Winslett touchdown pass to Caldwell. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Vanderbilt to 2–6.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
The starting lineup was Enis (left end), Perry (left tackle), Hagler (left guard), Holmes (center), Bowdoin (right guard), Pickhard (right tackle), Winslett (right end), Barnes (quarterback), T. Brown (left halfback), Caldwell (right halfback), Johnson (fullback).


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi A&M
Against Mississippi A&M, Alabama had seven interceptions en route to a 26–7 victory at the Meridian Fairgrounds. The Crimson Tide took a 7–0 lead in the first quarter behind a one-yard Red Barnes touchdown run. The Aggies responded in the second with a ten-yard J. H. Meeks touchdown pass to W. B. Ricks that tied the game 7–7 at halftime.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi A&M
Alabama then took a 14–7 lead in the third quarter behind a Hoyt Winslett touchdown pass to Archie Taylor. They then closed the game with a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter that made the final score 26–7. The first was scored by Barnes on a 90-yard interception return and by Melvin Vines on a second interception return. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi A&M to 11–4–2.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi A&M
The starting lineup was Winslett (left end), Pickhard (left tackle), Hagler (left guard), Pearce (center), Leslie Payne (right guard), Perry (right tackle), Enis (right end), Barnes (quarterback), T. Brown (left halfback), Caldwell (right halfback), Johnson (fullback).


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech
In a game that saw Alabama hold Georgia Tech to only a pair of first downs, the Crimson Tide defeated the Golden Tornado 21–0 at Grant Field in Atlanta.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech
After an exchange of punts, Alabama scored their first touchdown on a 14-yard Hoyt Winslett pass to Melvin Vines for a 7–0 lead. On the first offensive play after a Red Barnes interception in the second quarter, Winslett connected with Archie Taylor on a 38-yard touchdown pass and a 14–0 lead.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia Tech
Barnes then made the final score 21–0 with his four-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Georgia Tech to 5–7–2.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Sewanee
Against Sewanee, Alabama had multiple scoring chances but could not convert and only defeated the Tigers by a score of 2–0. Orin Helvey provided most of Sewanee's defense. Once Bama was stopped at the Sewanee nine-yard line, and in the fourth quarter Alabama was stopped at the Sewanee one-yard line. Sewanee did not move the ball as much as Alabama did but reached the Alabama 6 in the second quarter before a 15-yard penalty threw them back. The game almost ended in a scoreless tie, but late in the fourth Fred Pickhard blocked a Sewanee punt which rolled out the back of the end zone for a safety and a 2–0 Tide victory.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Sewanee
Alabama's win over Sewanee was the last close game in a series that dated all the way back to 1893, was dominated by Sewanee early (9–1–1 Tiger advantage between 1893 and 1915), and was one of the Tide's biggest rivalries. Sewanee was dominant in the South in the early days of college football, but in the 1920s the Tigers were left behind by the growing football powers of the Southern Conference. The Alabama-Sewanee series continued as a series of blowouts periodically through 1938; Sewanee now competes in Division III of the NCAA.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Sewanee
The starting lineup was Enis (left end), Perry (left tackle), Hagler (left guard), Pearce (center), Bowdoin (right guard), Pickhard (right tackle), Winslett (right end), Barnes (quarterback), Vines (left halfback), Caldwell (right halfback), Johnson (fullback).


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
On homecoming in Tuscaloosa, Alabama defeated the LSU Tigers 24–0. After a scoreless first quarter, the Crimson Tide took a 3–0 halftime lead behind a 17-yard Herschel Caldwell field goal. Both defenses still played well into the third quarter with Alabama scoring their first touchdown after Fred Pickhard blocked a Charlie Mason punt that was returned by Hoyt Winslett for a 10–0 Crimson Tide lead.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
In the fourth quarter, Pickhard blocked a second punt and Ben Enis returned it 15-yards for a touchdown. The Crimson Tide then made the final score 24–0 late in the fourth after Red Barnes scored the only offensive touchdown of the game on a short run. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against LSU to 9–3–1.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
The starting lineup was Winslett (left end), Pickhard (left tackle), Pearce (left guard), Holmes (center), Hagler (right guard), Perry (right tackle), Enis (right end), Barnes (quarterback), T. Brown (left halfback), Caldwell (right halfback), Reverra (fullback).


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
At Rickwood Field, the Crimson Tide defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 14–0. After a scoreless first quarter, Hoyt Winslett gave Alabama a 7–0 halftime lead with his one-yard touchdown run. Winslett then scored the other Crimson Tide touchdown of the game early in the third quarter that made the final score 14–0. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Kentucky to 5–1.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Kentucky
The starting lineup was Winslett (left end), Perry (left tackle), Pearce (left guard), Holmes (center), Hagler (right guard), Pickhard (right tackle), Enis (right end), Barnes (quarterback), T. Brown (left halfback), Caldwell (right halfback), Reverra (fullback).


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
At the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama scored in all four quarters en route to a 49–0 victory over the Florida Gators. Tolbert Brown scored the Crimson Tide's first three touchdowns and gave Alabama a 21–0 halftime lead. He scored in the first quarter on a short run, and on a second short run and reception from Hoyt Winslett in the second.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
Brown continued his scoring in the third quarter with his 47-yard touchdown run. Red Barnes then made the score 35–0 at the end of the third with his short touchdown run. The Crimson tide then closed the game with a short Robert Lee Hamner touchdown run and an Earl Smith touchdown reception from Raymond Pepper that made the final score 49–0. The victory brought Alabama's all-time record against Florida to 3–2.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
The starting lineup was Winslett (left end), Perry (left tackle), Bowdoin (left guard), Holmes (center), Hagler (right guard), Pickhard (right tackle), Enis (right end), Barnes (quarterback), T. Brown (left halfback), Vines (right halfback), Caldwell (fullback).


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia
In their final regular season game, Alabama defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 33–6 and clinched their third consecutive Southern Conference championship. The Crimson Tide took a 12–0 first quarter lead behind short touchdown runs from Hoyt Winslett and Red Barnes. After a scoreless second quarter, Winslett extended their lead to 18–0 in the third quarter with his touchdown pass to Archie Taylor.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia
The Crimson Tide then closed the game with 15 fourth quarter points on a 42-yard Taylor run, a 20-yard Jimmy Johnson interception return and when the Bulldogs' punter Frank Dudley was tackled in the endzone for a safety. Georgia then scored their first points against Alabama in four years on the final play of the game when a Crimson Tide punt was blocked by Olin Huff and recovered by Harvey Hill in the endzone for a touchdown and a final score of 33–6. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Georgia to 9–9–3.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Georgia
The starting lineup was Winslett (left end), Perry (left tackle), Pearce (left guard), Holmes (center), Hagler (right guard), Pickhard (right tackle), Enis (right end), Barnes (quarterback), T. Brown (left halfback), Vines (right halfback), Caldwell (fullback).


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Postseason, Stanford
Again the season was extended as Alabama received another invitation to play in the Rose Bowl. The 1927 Rose Bowl was the first sporting event to ever be nationally broadcast on radio. Alabama's opponent was the Stanford Cardinal, also 9–0 and coached by football legend Pop Warner.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Postseason, Stanford
Stanford mounted a 63-yard drive in the first quarter to take a 7–0 lead. Stanford dominated play for much of the rest of the game, outgaining Alabama 305 yards to 98, but could not score again. Late in the fourth Bama got the big play it needed: Clark Pearce blocked a punt by Frankie Wilton of Stanford, setting up the Tide at the Cardinal 14. Five plays later, with only seconds remaining, Alabama punched it in from the 1 to make the score 7–6.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Postseason, Stanford
The two-point conversion would not become a rule in college football for another 32 years, so Alabama lined up for the game-tying extra point. As the teams came to the line, Red Barnes of Alabama shouted "Signals off!". Stanford took that to mean that Alabama was resetting and relaxed. Instead, Alabama promptly snapped and kicked the extra point to tie the game. Stanford ran only two plays before time expired and the game ended a 7–7 tie.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Postseason, Stanford
The starting lineup was Ennis (left end), Perry (left tackle), Hagler (left guard), Pearce (center), Bowdon (right guard), Pickard (right tackle), Winslett (right end), Barnes (quarterback), Brown (left halfback), Taylor (right halfback), Caldwell (fullback).


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Postseason, Awards and honors
The NCAA retroactively named Alabama and Stanford co-national champions for 1926 due to each being chosen by several of the ranking authorities. It was a second consecutive national championship for Wallace Wade and the Crimson Tide. The tie with Stanford snapped a 20-game winning streak that remains the third-longest in school history, behind two 28-game winning streaks from 1978 to 1980 and another from 1991 to 1993, and a 26-game winning streak from 2015-2016.


1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Personnel, Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Alabama's lineup during the 1926 season with games started at the position reflected in parenthesis. The chart mimics a single wing on offense.


1926 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1926 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent William W. Brandon was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.


1926 Alabama gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given you would win the general election.


1926 Alberta general election
The 1926 Alberta general election was held on June 28, 1926, to elect members of the  Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The writs of election were issued on May 10, 1926, allowing an election period of 40 days.


1926 Alberta general election
After Herbert Greenfield had resigned as United Farmers leader and premier, John E. Brownlee accepted the position and led the UFA to a second election victory, increasing the UFA's number of seats.


1926 Alberta general election
1926 was the first general election that Single Transferable Vote was used in Alberta. Calgary, Edmonton and Medicine Hat continued to be multi member districts, previously electing members in a plurality Block Vote, now electing members under STV-PR, through the Hare Proportional Representation system.


1926 Alberta general election
This election also saw change to the voting system used outside the large cities. Rural districts were single member districts, and MLAs were elected under Alternative Voting system under which rural voters, like their city counterparts, cast preferential ballots and had ability to rank the candidates.


1926 Alberta general election
This dual system of voting would last until 1956. Medicine Hat after 1926 changed to a single-member constituency, whose MLA was elected through Alternative Voting.


1926 Alberta general election
Under STV in Edmonton, the UFA captured one seat in Edmonton where it had taken no seats in 1921 under the Liberal government's Block Voting system. The Labour party also for the first time elected an MLA in Edmonton. As well, Edmonton voters elected a Liberal and two Conservatives. This mixed crop of representatives was much better balanced than the single-party sweeps that Edmonton had previously elected through other electoral systems.


1926 Alberta general election
The UFA also took a great share of the rural seats, taking 42 of the province's 49 rural seats. It took four rural seats that had been captured by Liberal candidates in 1921 (Beaver River, Leduc, Sedgewick and Whitford), and one that had been won by an Independent in 1921 (Claresholm). The UFA also won the district of Empress formerly known as Redcliffe, which had been won by the UFA in 1921. No UFA candidate ran for re-election to its seat in Medicine Hat. It gained a seat in the newly created next-door Cypress district. It also lost its St. Albert seat.


1926 Alberta general election
The UFA derived no benefit from Alternative Voting - it would have won all but one of the seats it won under Alternative Voting if the contest had been conducted using Plurality voting. And it lost one seat that it would have won if the contest had been held using Plurality voting (in Bow Valley).


1926 Alberta general election
Conservatives, being a less popular party, had been badly treated under FPTP and Block Voting in 1921 but now did better. It won two seats each in Edmonton and Calgary, where Block Voting had been replaced by STV.


1926 Alberta general election
At the time of the election call, six seats were sitting vacant. They had been vacated by MLAs who had run in the 1925 federal election. MLA C.W. Cross was elected in the federal election. William McCartney Davidson, Calgary Independent MLA, was another one of those who had left. (Strathmore Standard, Feb. 24, 1926, p. 1)


1926 Alberta general election
The UFA vote share went up 10 percent in this election compared to 1921, but this is likely more a result of urban voters not being allowed to cast multiple voters as they had done in 1921, which had artificially raised the Liberal vote count and percentage and lowered the UFA percentage recorded for that election.


1926 Alberta general election
Under STV Edmonton elected mixed bag of representatives. UFA, Liberal, Conservative and Labour MLAs were all elected, which compared well with the total sweep that Liberals made in 1921 under Block Voting. In Calgary Conservative supporters found representation under STV where they had been shut out under Block Voting in 1921. Under STV in Medicine Hat a Liberal and a Conservative took the city's two seats - which was fair as the two parties had about equal support there.


1926 Alberta general election
Under Alternative Voting outside the cities, if no candidate took a majority of votes in the first count, votes were transferred until a candidate acceptable to a majority of the voters was determined. In Bow Valley the UFA candidate leading in the first count did not have as much support from Conservative supporters and a Liberal took the seat. In four districts only two candidates ran so vote transfers were not needed. Three-way contests would be a feature of most elections from here on in, as Canada had passed the point when two parties dominated politics. Labour and farmer parties were here to stay to fight it out against the two old-line parties.


1926 Alberta general election
In fifteen of the province's 49 rural districts three or more candidates ran and vote-splitting meant no one candidate took a majority of the votes on the first count. A UFA candidate was in the top two spots in most of these contests. Liberal and Conservative party supporters were split on whether to support the other old-line party or the UFA, if their candidate was eliminated and their ballots forced to transfer to another.


1926 Alberta general election
In many cases many Conservative and Liberal back-up preferences went to the UFA candidate who won the seat if he had been leading in the first count. The only turn-overs where the candidate leading in the first count was not elected were in Bow Valley and Pincher Creek, where Conservative back-up preferences favoured the UFA candidate who took the seat over the previously-leading Liberal candidate. Overall the two turn-overs cancel each other but two different individuals were elected due to the Alternative Voting system than would have been elected under FPTP.