1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
"Both teams used an attack of passes and line plays and the Pitt line gave the home crowd a thrill by twice stopping the Colgate backs inside their three-yard line." The Panthers capitalized early in the first quarter as Colgate halfback Brewer fumbled on their first play from scrimmage and William Kern recovered for Pitt on the Colgate 22-yard line. Eight running plays culminated in a touchdown from the 6 inch line by Allan Booth. Booth added the point after and Pitt led 7-0. Late in the same quarter, Gilbert Welch returned a punt to the Colgate 38-yard line.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
On second down Welch threw a pass to Paul Fisher on the 25-yard line and with excellent interference he scampered into the end zone for Pitt's second touchdown. Booth missed the point after and Pitt led 13 to 0.    Colgate got on the board late in the third period after Pitt had held them on the three-yard line on their previous possession. Pitt punted out to their 32-yard line. The Colgate offense was not denied on this drive and their fullback Shaughnessy finally bulled his way into the end zone on fourth down from the two.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
Shaughnessy added the placement and the score read 13-7. After an exchange of punts the Panthers gained possession on the Colgate 35-yard line. A double pass from Booth to Welch brought the crowd to their feet as he reversed his field and eluded all pursuers for Pitt's final score of the game. Booth missed the placement. Pitt led at the end of three quarters: 19 to 7. The Colgate offense pressured the Pitt defense and advanced the ball to the Pitt one yard line. Pitt held and took over on downs.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
James Rooney dropped back to punt out of danger and mistakenly backed out of the end zone for a safety. Pitt 19 – Colgate 9. As time was running out the Maroons added seven more points on a touchdown pass from Mehler to Brewer against the Panther second string. Shaughnessy added the point after. Final score 19 to 16.   Colgate finished the season with a 5-2-2 record.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
"The few hundred Colgate rooters who traveled with their team from Hamilton, N. Y., for the game Saturday set a good example for Pitt students to follow. After the game was over and most other spectators had left the field the visiting Colgate students stood up and sang their alma mater without the aid of a band. The act was specially commendable in view of the fact that Colgate's defeat Saturday was the first in two years. The New York state students proved that they have as strong school spirit in defeat as in a continued series of victories."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Colgate
The Pitt lineup for the game against Colgate was Blair McMillin (left end), William Kern (left tackle), Howard Linn (left guard), Andrew Cutler (center), John Roberts (right guard), Chester Wasmuth (right tackle), Albert Guarino (right end), Paul Fisher (quarterback), Gilbert Welch (left halfback), James Hagan (right halfback) and Allan Booth (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were James Rooney, James Scanlon, Albert DiMeolo, Andrew Salata, Richard Goldberg, Joseph Schmitt, Markley Barnes, Charles Crabb, Mike Getto, Clyde Jack, Joseph Archibald and Alfred Amann.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The Panthers led the city series with Carnegie Tech 10-2, but the Tartans won 2 of the past three games under fifth-year coach Walter Steffen. Tech was 2-1 on the season having lost to Washington & Jefferson 17 to 6 the previous Saturday. All-America tackle and future member of the College Football Hall of Fame Lloyd Yoder anchored the line for the Tartans. "Johnny English, regular right end , will not play for Carnegie... Otherwise the usual lineup will represent the Skibos."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
Pitt started the same lineup that bested Colgate. A diehard Pitt fan told The Pittsburgh Press: "The dope favors the Panther. She has generally risen above Carnegie. Look back over the Plaid records and you will find that, while Tech has had some great football teams, she has really won only three major games in her career – two from Pitt and one from Washington & Jefferson. That means something – and this year it means a Pitt triumph, just as it has meant 10 times in the past."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
"Before the greatest crowd that ever witnessed a football game in western Pennsylvania, almost 50,000 supporters of the Plaid and the Panther jamming their way into Pitt stadium – Carnegie Tech yesterday regained the city collegiate championship by decisively earning a 14 to 0 triumph over Pitt." Coach Steffen's squad unleashed a passing attack early in the opening period. Their second possession started on their 39-yard line. On third down quarterback Howard Harpster "ran far back, wheeled and tossed a perfect pass to (Bill) Donohoe, which the latter took on the dead run on the Pitt 40.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
He dodged and squirmed while the interference formed to dispose of Welch, his last barrier, and then out-ran all his pursuers as the Tech side went stark raving mad. Cy Letzelter kicked the goal." Tech led 7 to 0 at the end of the first period. Donohue struck again in the second quarter. Pitt fumbled a double pass and Mefort recovered for Tech on the Pitt 18-yard line. "After several tries at the line and a short forward pass, Donohoe was given the ball on the last down and sprinted nine yards for touchdown on a deceptive end run." Letzelter added the placement and the final tally read Tech 14 to Pitt 0. The Pitt offense spent the second half in Tech territory but penalties, fumbles, interceptions and a staunch Tartan defense stymied their efforts to score.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The Pitt Weekly summed it up best: "Well, they walloped us on our own field and they did it up brown. There can be no doubt about it; It was the cleanest-cut victory by the cleanest-cut team at the stadium this season. Even if we wanted to we couldn't offer so much as an alibi. There is a certain satisfaction in that. To know that the Pitt stands cheered better than they ever had before; to know that the team did their utmost; to realize the good sportsmanship of the Pittites was of the best; to know all this is encouraging, even in the face of defeat."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The Tartans finished the season with a 7-2 record. In their last game of the season, this same Tech team astounded the football world by defeating Notre Dame 19 to 0.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Carnegie Tech
The Pitt lineup for the game against Carnegie Tech was Blair McMillin (left end), William Kern (left tackle), Howard Linn (left guard), Andrew Cutler (center), John Roberts (right guard), Chester Wasmuth (right tackle), Albert Guarino (right end), Paul Fisher (quarterback), Gilbert Welch (left halfback), James Hagan (right halfback) and Allan Booth (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were James Rooney, Albert DiMeolo, Felix Demoise, Joseph Schmitt, Richard Goldberg, Andrew Salata and Markley Barnes.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Westminster College Titans were scheduled as a "minor" game before the  "hard" three game stretch to end the season. Pitt led the series with Westminster 13-0-2. The teams last met in 1917 and Pitt was the victor 25 to 0. The Titans were 1-2-1 on the season for first year coach Dwight Beede, a former Carnegie Tech fullback, who played on the 1923 and 1924 Tech teams that defeated the Panthers. "With loyalty to his alma mater to spur him on...the fans are likely to see a team schooled in the Steffen system."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The day before the game, Regis M. Welsh wrote a scathing column in The Pittsburgh Post criticizing all of Pitt football - "Swinging into the final weeks of a most disastrous year to champions and favorites, Pitt is the target of dissatisfied thousands, whose fault-finding ranges from the coaching system to the price of tickets at the game.”  The coach, his system, dissension on the team, uneasiness in the Athletic Council and the price of tickets were all touched upon by Mr. Welsh and his parting words were: “Pitt right now has reached a critical stage. Whether cool heads can avert the blowoff is problematical. But you can stick a pin in it that something spectacular is going to happen during the waning days with a big blowoff likely almost simultaneously after the final whistle Thanksgiving day."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
On game day the Pittsburgh Gazette Times wrote a followup:  "To insinuate that a college football player is not loyal to his alma mater when the gridiron season is at its height is the same in the matter of the seriousness of the charge,  as to hint a soldier is a traitor to his country in time of war." The Panther squad met after practice Friday evening and drafted the following resolution:


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
"First – To brand the statement in regard to the dissension among the individual members of the University of Pittsburgh football squad or between members of said squad and Coach Sutherland as absolutely false.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Second – That the entire squad was indignant that such an article was published and that there was absolutely no foundation for such statements.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
Third – That to make it clear to the public that there is absolutely no basis for such statements, a unanimous  vote of confidence and support is given to Coach Sutherland by the members of this squad.”  The entire squad signed the article.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The article in The Post and the loss to Carnegie Tech frustrations were taken out on the Westminster eleven in Pitt stadium to the tune of 88 to 0. "The boys who sit on the bench during the big games, report faithfully each day for practice, furnish the opposition for the varsity during scrimmages and eagerly await the day when they will be the cynosure of all eyes as regulars, got their chances yesterday." The Westminster defense had no answer for the Pitt offensive attack as the Panthers scored 13 touchdowns and converted 10 extra points. Westminster finished the season with a 1-4-1 record.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Westminster
The Pitt lineup for the game against Westminster was Blair McMillin (left end), Chester Wasmuth (left tackle), Albert DiMeolo (left guard), Richard Goldberg (center), John Breen (right guard), William Kern (right tackle), Albert Guarino (right end), James Rooney (quarterback), Charles Crabb (left halfback), Joseph Schmitt (right halfback) and Allan Booth (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Dwight Fyock, Markley Barnes, Felix Demoise, Andrew Salata, Clyde Jack, Mike Getto, John Davis, Francis Donovan, Joseph Archibald, John Grindle, James Scanlon, Gilbert Welch, Alexander Fox, Philip Sargeant, Philip Goldberg and Alfred Amann.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The Pitt versus West Virginia game was not yet called the "Backyard Brawl" but The Pittsburgh Sunday Post recognized the significance of the affair: "This game has come to be regarded locally as a real gridiron classic. For years it was played as one of Pitt's early games, but of late it has increased in importance and interest, until it is now recognized as one of the real 'big games' of the year." Second-year coach Ira "Rat" Rodgers had his team 5-1 on the season with the lone loss to Missouri 27 to 0 at Morgantown. The Panthers led the all-time series with the Mountaineers 13-7-1.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Mountaineer quarterback Ed Morrison was injured in the Missouri game and was not in the starting lineup. "The big fellow has been a tower of strength to his club in the last several seasons... If he does not get into action today, his team will be greatly weakened, but not demoralized by any means." Coach Rogers stated to the Pittsburgh Gazette Times: “I expect Pitt to play its best game of the year against us, but we will be fighting for every inch.”


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Coach Sutherland had Pitt line up the same way as other recent big games. He had the Panthers "relegate the 'huddle' to the scrap heap in order to speed up her attack." "I believe we will be able to put our best foot forward tomorrow," he declared. "The game looks like a very even match to me and naturally I hope we prove to have enough of an edge to win it."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The Pittsburgh Press reported: "The Pitt Panthers found themselves yesterday, and started a drive for late-season vindication of themselves and their coach with a smashing and thrilling victory over their ancient rivals from Morgantown. Almost 40,000 spectators, evenly divided in their support of the two teams, witnessed the Blue and Gold reach her top form of the season to carve out the 17 to 7 triumph."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Pitt scored in the second quarter after a 54-yard drive. From the 6-yard line "(Gilbert) Welch cut inside left end for a touchdown, going over the line standing. (Allan) Booth's try for point hit the crossbar and bounced over for the seventh point." West Virginia tied the game in the third quarter. Welch fumbled on an end run and West Virginia recovered on the Pitt 2-yard line. On fourth down Mountaineer fullback Hardy bulled his way over the goal line. He was successful with the placement kick and the game was tied 7 to 7.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
At the end of the third quarter Pitt was in possession on the Mountaineer 18-yard line. The Pitt offense advanced the ball to the West Virginia 13-yard line and the West Virginia defense stiffened. James Rooney kicked a 20-yard field goal and the Panthers were ahead 10-7. The teams proceeded to swap fumbles and Pitt ended up with possession on the Mountaineer 30-yard line. Four running plays advanced the ball to the 20-yard line and "Welch ran inside left end and covered 20 yards for a touchdown, going over with a tackler hanging on to his leg. Rooney kicked the seventh point from placement with Welch holding the ball." Final Score: Pitt 17,  West Va. 7. West Virginia finished the season with a 6-4 record.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
As Ed Thorp, "one of the finest officials in the country," was leaving the field, he "was assaulted by a party of men in civilian dress...and was struck by one of them, said to be Aaron Oliker, a player on last year's team. The official took steps to defend himself, but before a general melee could ensue, police officers and cool-headed spectators intervened."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The Pitt lineup for the game against West Virginia was Blair McMillin (left end), William Kern left tackle), Howard Linn (left guard), Andrew Cutler (center), John Roberts (right guard), Chester Wasmuth (right ackle), Albert Guarino (right end), Paul Fisher (quarterback), Gilbert Welch (left halfback), James Hagan (right halfback) and Allan Booth (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Felix Demoise, Clyde Jack, James Rooney, Joseph Schmitt, Albert DiMeolo, Dwight Fyock, Mike Getto, Andrew Salata, Charles Crabb, James Scanlon and Walter Hoban.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The next game on the schedule was the 27th meeting with rival Washington & Jefferson. Each team owned 13 wins in the series. The Pittsburgh Sunday Post noted: "Andy Kerr, who for so many years aided Pittsburgh athletic teams in scoring triumphs, first with schools and then the University of Pittsburgh, will be the generalissimo of Wash – Jeff when they invade Pitt next Saturday to clash with the Panthers.”  Coach Kerr had his team 6-1 on the season, with the lone loss to Lafayette on Franklin Field, Philadelphia 16-10. The Presidents were led on the field by All-America fullback Bill Amos. "Coach Kerr's men are in the very pink of condition. They have been well rested, many of them not having played for two weeks. They are expected to be in top form."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Gilbert Welch, James Hagen, Blair McMillin and Howard Linn were all nursing injuries suffered in the West Virginia game. Coach Sutherland spoke with The Pittsburgh Press: "I don't think I can be called pessimistic when I say that we are not nursing any false hopes. W. & J. is rightly the favorite. The Presidents are the best outfit on our very hard schedule and we know it. We go into this game with our backs to the wall, but under such conditions some teams do super-deeds. I have the fullest confidence in my team."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Max E. Hannum of the Press reported: "Panther and President stalwarts, fired with a high resolve and reaching the peak of their season's form, met and fought for a bitter 60 minutes at the Pitt stadium yesterday, shook hands without rancor and with mutual respect at the end, and left the field with a drawn 0 to 0 verdict, as close to 50,000 spectators paid tribute to two great and game elevens."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
Each team had a scoring opportunity in the first quarter. The Presidents attempted a 23-yard field goal that narrowly missed. Pitt recovered a fumbled punt on the Presidents' 8-yard line. The Panthers advanced the ball to the 3-yard line and turned it over on downs. They did not get that close again. In the second quarter Pitt quarterback James Rooney tried a field goal from the W. & J. 23-yard line that was wide of the uprights. The defense of both teams controlled the remainder of the game. Andy Kerr's Presidents finished the season with a 7-1-1 record.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Washington & Jefferson
The Pitt lineup for the game against Washington & Jefferson was Blair McMillin (left end), William Kern (left tackle), Howard Linn (left guard), Andrew Cutler (center), John Roberts (right guard), Chester Wasmuth (right tackle), Albert Guarino (right end), Paul Fisher (quarterback), Gilbert Welch (left halfback), James Hagan (right halfback), and Allan Booth (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were James Rooney, Joseph Schmitt, Albert DiMeolo, Felix Demoise, Markley Barnes, Andrew Salata, and Dwight Fyock.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Hugo Bezdek marched his ninth squad of Lions down from Mount Nittany for the annual Thanksgiving Day tussle with the Pitt Panthers. His squad was 5-3 on the season having lost to Notre Dame, Penn and Syracuse. Penn State beat Pitt once in the last thirteen years but Pitt only led the overall series 13-12 with two ties. State has been pointing for this game all season and "has saved many new pet plays for use in this contest. The offensive strength of the Lions has been demonstrated by the heavy scores they have amassed against their early opponents, even though they were of the 'set-up' type." The Lions lead the district in points scored.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Coach Sutherland spoke with The Pittsburgh Press: "Penn State is primed for us, with their team in the best of condition and we are not going to have an easy moment of it. Penn State has a much better team than she has generally been credited with, and this is the one game of the season that she genuinely wants to win more than all the others."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Pitt Weekly recapped: "After giving the Pitt Panther a scare during the first half, the Nittany Lion became the Nittany Lamb the remainder of the Thanksgiving game in the stadium to permit Gibby Welch and the other Panthers to romp off with a 24 - 6 victory. The largest crowd ever to attend an athletic event in the stadium or any other arena in the city witnessed the classic under ideal weather conditions."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
After a scoreless first quarter that saw Penn State botch two scoring chances, Pitt gained possession on their 45-yard line early in the second stanza. On first down "Welch sped around right end, reversed his field and dashed down the field for a touchdown, a run of 54 yards." James Rooney added the point after and Pitt led 7 to 0. State recovered a fumble on the Pitt 29-yard line.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Panthers defense stopped the drive on the 3-yard line and punted out of danger, but a pass from John Roepke to Ken Weston placed the Lions back on the Pitt 3-yard line. On third down Roepke smashed through the line for the touchdown. His placement kick was low and Pitt led at halftime 7 to 6. "Roepke's kicking misfortunes plagued him in the third quarter as well when he shanked a 23-yard field goal." The Panthers owned the fourth quarter. James Hagan intercepted a State lateral and Pitt had possession on the State 44-yard line.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Panther offense advanced the ball inside the 10-yard line and Rooney booted a 23-yard field goal to put the Panthers ahead 10 to 6. Rooney promptly intercepted a Roepke pass and Pitt had possession on the State 30-yard line. On second down "Welch circled right end for a touchdown." Rooney converted the placement and Pitt led 17 to 6. Pitt kicked off and Blair McMillin intercepted Roepke's pass to give Pitt possession on the State 25-yard line. On the fifth play from scrimmage Joseph Schmitt went off-tackle into the end zone from the four. Rooney's kicking remained perfect with the placement and Pitt beat State for the fifth-year in a row - 24 to 6.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Gibby Welch was clearly the star of the game. "He gained a total of 205 yards from scrimmage, these including long runs of 53, 30, 25, 22 and 20 yards."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Pitt guard Howard "Tiny" Linn summarized the feeling of the team after the game: "Gibby made the gains, the linemen made the holes, but you can kick this around, it was ol' Jock who taught us how to do all these things and we are for him; he's a gentleman and a football coach... An' we don't give a hoot who knows it."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Game summaries, Penn State
The Pitt lineup for the game against Penn State was Blair McMillin (left end), William Kern (left tackle), Howard Linn (left guard). Andrew Cutler (center), John Roberts (right guard), Chester Wasmuth (right tackle), Albert Guarino (right end), Paul Fisher (quarterback), Gilbert Welch (left halfback), James Hagan (right halfback) and Allan Booth (fullback). Substitutes appearing in the game for Pitt were Andrew Salata, James Rooney, Dwight Fyock, Albert DiMeolo, Joseph Schmitt, Mike Getto, Markley Barnes, Joseph Archibald and Clyde Jack.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
"The 1926 football season was a famous 'comeback' season, featured by the grit and determination for which Panther athletic teams are famous. Coach John B. ("Jock") Sutherland having lost eight veterans from his almost invincible 1925 outfit, tackled one of the hardest schedules in Pitt history with a squad of green men. There have been seasons which produced more brilliant teams than that of 1926, but there has been possibly no season in the 30 years of Panther football history where more critical situations were faced and overcome. Captain Blair McMillin was a good dependable leader, who showed grit and stick-to-it-iveness in the face of early season defeats, with attendant criticism."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
The following players were awarded letters for the 1926 season: Blair McMillin, Andrew Cutler, Howard Linn, Andrew Salata, John Roberts, William Kern, Felix Demoise, James Hagan, James Rooney, Joseph Schmitt, Allan Booth, Albert Guarino, Gilbert Welch, Clyde Jack, Chester Wasmuth, Paul Fisher, Markley Barnes, Dwight Fyock, Albert DiMeolo and Manager John B. McCrady.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
At the annual postseason football banquet, the lettermen voted Gilbert "Gibby" Welch captain for the 1927 season by a narrow 10-9 margin over Andrew Cutler. Welch led the nation in rushing yards with 1964, but he was left off the major All-America teams.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
William McKee, a junior in the School of Business Administration was appointed varsity football manager for the 1927 team by Karl E. Davis, Graduate Manager of Athletics.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
Ralph Davis of The Pittsburgh Press opined about Jock Sutherland's rocky season:


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
"Dr. John Bain Sutherland, head coach at Pitt, has nothing to regret as he looks back upon the 1926 grid season... Jock made numerous friends by his absolute silence while unwarranted attacks were being made upon him by a slim minority, which showed its true color – yellow – when the Panthers lost two games on their terrifically hard schedule... But Sutherland kept his feet on the ground, his head in the air, and sawed wood. He had important tasks ahead, and he attended strictly and solely to them....


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
Sutherland will have much better material with which to work next fall than he had this year. He inherits a wonderful lot of freshmen, and he loses few men from his present varsity squad. Pitt ought to have a great season next year, and Dr. J. B. S. should be sitting pretty one year hence.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
In which case, the very persons who have knocked him the hardest and the most unreasonably this fall, and who have been making cracks about 'buying his contract' and a lot of other silly twaddle, will be slapping him on the back, and hailing him as the greatest ever. It's the way of the world, and Jock knows it."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
"At the end of the 1926 season Dr. Sutherland's coaching contract was renewed, and this became a habit henceforward."


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
Charley Bowser, who led Grove City to a 7 – 0 record, joined Jock Sutherland's staff as assistant coach to replace Guy Williamson. Williamson resigned to devote more time to his private business.


1926 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Postseason
Freshman coach H. Clifford Carlson's eleven finished the season undefeated (6-0) and ranked number one in the nation.


1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 45th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. The defending World Series champion Pirates finished third in the National League with a record of 84–69.


1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1926 Polish Football Championship
1926 Polish Football Championship was the 6th edition of the Polish Football Championship (Non-League) and 5th completed season ended with the selection of a winner. The championship was decided in final tournament played among nine teams (winners of the regional A-Class championship) participated in the league which was divided into 3 groups: a Northern, a Southern and a Western one. The winners of each groups, Polonia Warsaw, Pogoń Lwów and Warta Poznań, played a Final Group tournament. The champions were Pogoń Lwów, who won their 4th Polish title.


1926 Polish Football Championship
It was the last edition of the Polish championships during the Second Polish Republic played in a non-league formula, because in 1927–1939 the champion of the country was chosen in the league. The next Polish non-league championship was held after the end of World War II – in 1946.


1926 Polish Football Championship, Competition modus
The final tournaments started on 15 August 1926 and concluded on 28 November 1926 (spring-autumn system). In each of groups the season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 9 teams participated. Each team played a total of 4 matches, half at home and half away, two games against each other team. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. The winners of each groups played a Final Group tournament for the title.


1926 Polish presidential elections
Two presidential elections were held in Poland in 1926. They followed the May Coup, which forced President Stanisław Wojciechowski and Prime Minister Wincenty Witos to resign and gave effective power to coup leader, Marshal Józef Piłsudski.


1926 Polish presidential elections
According to then Constitution President was elected by joint houses of Sejm and Senate (National Assembly).


1926 Polish presidential elections, 31 May
There were two candidates: Piłsudski and supported by the National Democracy, Christian Democracy and Piast Adolf Bniński, Voivode of Poznań. Several other politicians were mentioned to run, most notably ousted President Wojciechowski, Sejm Marshal and now Acting President Maciej Rataj (Polish People's Party "Piast") and Senate Marshal Wojciech Trąmpczyński (National Democracy), but they declined to run.


1926 Polish presidential elections, 31 May
Piłsudski was endorsed by left-wing groups and Biński was endorsed by national democracy.


1926 Polish presidential elections, 1 June
Piłsudski, now President-elect, declined to take office due to minor powers vested by the constitution. He proposed the candidacy of politically unknown Ignacy Mościcki, a well known chemist. Due to Mościcki's lack of experience and his devotion to Piłsudski, this move assured loyalty of the next President to the de facto leader.


1926 Polish presidential elections, 1 June
The Polish Socialist Party, who had previously supported Piłsudski, filed their candidate:- Sejm Caucus Chair Zygmunt Marek, a man who had officially nominated Piłsudski a day earlier. Bniński ran again.


1926 Pottsville Maroons season
The 1926 Pottsville Maroons season was their second in the National Football League. The team matched their previous league record of 10–2, They finished third in the league standings.


1926 Pottsville Maroons season
The Maroons established an NFL record for most shutout wins or ties in a season, with 11 in "official" league games.


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


1926 Preakness Stakes
The 1926 Preakness Stakes was the 51st running of the $63,625 Preakness Stakes Thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 10, 1926 and was run before the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by John Maiben, in a major upset Display won the race by a head over runner-up Blondin. The race was run on a track rated fast in a final time of 1:59 4/5


1926 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1926 Princeton Tigers football team represented Princeton University in the 1926 college football season. The team finished with a 5–1–1 record under 13th-year head coach Bill Roper. The Tigers' sole loss of the season was to Navy by a 27–13 score. No Princeton players were selected as first-team honorees on the 1926 College Football All-America Team.


1926 Providence Steam Roller season
The 1926 Providence Steam Roller season was their second in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–5–1, winning only five games. They finished eleventh in the league.


1926 Providence Steam Roller season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1926 Punjab Legislative Council election
Legislative Council elections were held in Punjab Province in British India in late 1926. They were the third legislative council elections held in the province under the Government of India Act 1919. The newly elected Council was constituted on 3 January 1927 when its first meeting was held.


1926 Punjab Legislative Council election
Shahab-ud-Din Virk was re-elected as President on 4 January 1927. The Council was given the extension of about 7 months in its three years town and was dissolved on 26 July 1930. The Council held 111 meetings during its extended tenure.


1926 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1926 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth season under head coach James Phelan, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–2–1 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 2–1–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 146 to 67. T. E. Hogan was the team captain.


1926 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 8 May 1926 to elect the 72 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its fifth continuous term in office since the 1915 election. William McCormack was contesting his first election as Premier.


1926 Queensland state election
During the previous term,  the Country and United parties had merged into the Country and Progressive National Party.


1926 Queensland state election, Results
Queensland state election, 8 May 1926Legislative Assembly << 1923–1929 >>


1926 Queensland state election, Seats changing party representation
This table lists changes in party representation at the 1926 election.


1926 Racine Tornadoes season
The 1926 Racine Tornadoes season was their fourth and final season in the league and only season as the Tornadoes. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 4–3–3, winning only one game. They tied for sixteenth place in the league.


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