1926 NYU Violets football team

1926 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 5 Lafayette		–		9	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Brown		–		9	–	0	–	1
NYU		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army		–		7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson		–		7	–	1	–	1
Boston College		–		6	–	0	–	2
No. 10 Penn		–		7	–	1	–	1
Cornell		–		6	–	1	–	1
Princeton		–		5	–	1	–	1
Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	2	–	0
Springfield		–		6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse		–		7	–	2	–	1
Villanova		–		6	–	2	–	1
Colgate		–		5	–	2	–	2
Columbia		–		6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	2	–	2
CCNY		–		5	–	3	–	0
Temple		–		5	–	3	–	0
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		4	–	4	–	0
Yale		–		4	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		4	–	5	–	1
Fordham		–		3	–	4	–	1
Harvard		–		3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		3	–	6	–	0
Vermont		–		3	–	6	–	0
Drexel		–		2	–	5	–	0
Boston University		–		2	–	6	–	0
Lehigh		–		1	–	8	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		0	–	8	–	1

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their second year under head coach Chick Meehan, the team compiled a 8–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Niagara	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 34–0	10,000	^[1]
October 2	Allegheny	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 13–0	10,000	^[2]
October 9	West Virginia Wesleyan	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 24–7		^[3]
October 16	Tulane	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 21–0	25,000	^[4]
October 23	Rutgers	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 30–0	20,000	^[5]
October 30	vs. Fordham	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 27–3	25,000	^[6]
November 6	Carnegie Tech	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 6–0	35,000	^[7]
November 13	Davis & Elkins	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 10–0	10,000	^[8]
November 20	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 7–15	15,000	^[9]

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

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