1926 Oklahoma State

3–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠0–⁠1 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by John Maulbetsch.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma State in 1926, game by game: lost at Michigan 3–42; won at Iowa State 13–0; lost at Tulsa 0–28; lost at TCU 0–3; won vs. Washington St. Louis 37–3; won vs. Grinnell 10–0; lost vs. Arkansas 2–24; tied vs. Oklahoma 14–14+34−39Lost 3–42 at Michigan-39MichiganWon 13–0 at Iowa State+13Iowa StateLost 0–28 at Tulsa-28TulsaLost 0–3 at TCU-3TCUWon 37–3 vs. Washington St. Louis+34Washington St. …Won 10–0 vs. Grinnell+10GrinnellLost 2–24 vs. Arkansas-22ArkansasTied 14–14 vs. Oklahoma0Oklahoma
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied Oklahoma 14–⁠14; Missouri Valley Conference champions.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 115 on file).

Missouri Valley Conference champions3–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

Record
3–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠0–⁠1 first in Missouri Valley Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
79–⁠114
Coach
John Maulbetsch
Elo
1399 −9 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.9 No. 33 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Missouri Valley

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Harold WeissingerOGAP-1

Second team

  • Gordon PeeryQBAP-2

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

1926 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma State3–⁠0–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Nebraska5–⁠16–⁠2
Missouri4–⁠15–⁠1–⁠2
Grinnell3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠2–⁠1
Iowa State3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠25–⁠3
Drake1–⁠42–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠52–⁠6
Washington St. Louis0–⁠61–⁠7

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