1926 Texas Tech Matadors football team

1926 Texas Tech Matadors football
1926 Texas Tech football team
Conference	Independent
Record	6–1–3
Head coach	Ewing Y. Freeland (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	T formation
Base defense	7–2–2
Captains	Hurley Carpenter Volney Hill
Home stadium	South Plains Fairgrounds Tech Field

1926 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Loyola (LA)			–					10	–	0	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					8	–	0	–	0
Howard			–					7	–	0	–	0
Delaware State			–					1	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Navy			–					9	–	0	–	1
Wesley			–					6	–	1	–	0
Texas Tech			–					6	–	1	–	3
Davidson			–					7	–	2	–	1
Georgetown			–					7	–	2	–	1
William & Mary			–					7	–	3	–	0
Hampden–Sydney			–					5	–	2	–	3
George Washington			–					5	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers			–					4	–	2	–	1
Spring Hill			–					3	–	2	–	1
Texas A&I			–					4	–	3	–	0
Wake Forest			–					5	–	4	–	1
Texas Mines			–					3	–	4	–	0
Mississippi State Teachers			–					3	–	4	–	1
Tennessee Docs			–					3	–	5	–	1
Catholic University			–					3	–	5	–	0
Delaware			–					3	–	5	–	0
East Tennessee State Teachers			–					2	–	4	–	1
Duke			–					3	–	6	–	0
Georgia Normal			–					1	–	3	–	0
Richmond			–					2	–	7	–	0
Harding			–					1	–	5	–	0
West Tennessee State Teachers			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Texas Tech Matadors football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as an independent in the 1926 college football season. Led by second year head coach Ewing Y. Freeland, the Matadors compiled a record of 6–1–3 The season marked the first time that Texas Tech played the TCU Horned Frogs.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at McMurry	Abilene, TX	W 7–0
October 2	Schreiner	South Plains Fairgrounds Lubbock, TX	T 0–0	3,500
October 8	St. Edward's	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 7–6	3,500
October 15	at Simmons (TX)	Abilene, TX	T 0–0	3,000
October 23	Clarendon College	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 14–0
October 30	at TCU	Clark Field Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 16–28
November 5	at Daniel Baker	Brownwood, TX	T 0–0
November 11	Abilene Christian	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 29–6 ^[1]
November 18	Howard Payne	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 26–6 ^[2]	3,500
November 25	at West Texas State	Canyon, TX	W 7–2	5,000

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Notes

1.^ 1927 La Ventana yearbook lists the score of this game as 28–7.[2]

2.^ 1927 La Ventana yearbook lists the score of this game as 27–6.[2]

References

1. 2012 Texas Tech Football Media Supplement
2. Biggers, James; Collins, Anna Belle, eds. (1927). La Ventana. Lubbock, Texas: The Student Body of Texas Technological College. p. 99.