1926 Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football team

1926 Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football
Conference	Independent
1926 record	12–0–1
Head coach	Dick Hanley
Home stadium	Haskell Stadium

The 1926 Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football team represented the Haskell Indian Nations Fighting Indians football team during the 1926 college football season. The team led the nation with 558 points, and Mayes McLain posted a record 38 touchdowns. Prior to the Rose Bowl, they had a scrimmage with Stanford and won.^[1]

McLain opened the 1926 season with two touchdowns in a 65–0 victory over Drury College and followed the next week with eight touchdowns and seven extra point kicks in a 57–0 rout of Wichita. After scoring 55 points against Wichita, The Wichita Eagle wrote, "McLain put up the most astonishing exhibition of football ever seen in Wichita."^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 18, 1926	Drury		W 65–0
September 25, 1926	at Fairmount	Wichita KS	W 57–0
October 1, 1926	Still Osteopath	Lawrence, KS	W 55–0
October 9, 1926	Morningside	Lawrence, KS	W 38–0
October 16, 1926	at Dayton	Dayton, OH	W 30–14
October 21, 1926	Jackson		W
October 30, 1926	Bucknell	Haskell Stadium • Lawrence, KS	W 36–0
November 5, 1926	Loyola		W
November 13, 1926	at Boston College	Alumni Field • Chestnut Hill, MA	T 21–21
November 20, 1926	at Michigan State	College Field • East Lansing, MI	W 40–7
November 25, 1926	Xavier		W
December 4, 1926	at Tulsa	Tulsa, OK	W 27–7
December 18, 1926	vs. Hawaii All Stars	Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA	W 40–7
Homecoming.

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References

1. "Shaping College Football". google.com.
2. Ray Schmidt. "Prince of the Prairies" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter.
3. http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv02/CFHSNv02n3c.pdf