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1926 Montana

3–⁠5 (0–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Frank W. Milburn.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1926, game by game: lost vs. Oregon State 0–49; lost at Idaho 12–27; lost at Washington State 6–14; won vs. Montana State 27–0; lost at Gonzaga 7–10; won vs. Whitman 56–7; won vs. UC Davis 21–0; lost at USC 0–61+49−61Lost 0–49 vs. Oregon State-49Oregon StateLost 12–27 at Idaho-15IdahoLost 6–14 at Washington State-8Washington StateWon 27–0 vs. Montana State+27Montana StateLost 7–10 at Gonzaga-3GonzagaWon 56–7 vs. Whitman+49WhitmanWon 21–0 vs. UC Davis+21UC DavisLost 0–61 at USC-61USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsOregon StateL 0–⁠4950%
Oct 9atIdahoL 12–⁠2741%
Oct 16atWashington StateL 6–⁠1436%
Oct 23vsMontana StateW 27–⁠045%
Oct 30atGonzagaL 7–⁠1034%
Nov 6vsWhitmanW 56–⁠779%
Nov 13vsUC DavisW 21–⁠087%
Nov 25atUSCL 0–⁠6116%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 61–⁠0; tied for 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
0–⁠4 tied for 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
129–⁠168
Coach
Frank W. Milburn
Elo
1433 −39 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.2 No. 65 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1926 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1926 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford4–⁠010–⁠0–⁠1
USC5–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon State4–⁠17–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠16–⁠1
Washington3–⁠28–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠42–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠43–⁠5
California0–⁠53–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.