1926 Utah

7–⁠0 (5–⁠0 Rocky Mountain Conference), coached by Ike Armstrong.

Schedule and results

Utah in 1926, game by game: won vs. South Dakota 13–0; won at Colorado 37–3; won vs. Colorado State 10–6; won at Denver 13–0; won vs. BYU 40–7; won vs. Utah State 34–0; won at Hawai’i 17–7+34Won 13–0 vs. South Dakota+13South DakotaWon 37–3 at Colorado+34ColoradoWon 10–6 vs. Colorado State+4Colorado StateWon 13–0 at Denver+13DenverWon 40–7 vs. BYU+33BYUWon 34–0 vs. Utah State+34Utah StateWon 17–7 at Hawai’i+10Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 9vsSouth DakotaW 13–⁠095%
Oct 23atColoradoW 37–⁠342%
Oct 30vsColorado StateW 10–⁠656%
Nov 6atDenverW 13–⁠067%
Nov 13vsBYUW 40–⁠785%
Nov 25vsUtah StateW 34–⁠059%
Dec 18atHawai’iW 17–⁠790%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 17–⁠7; Rocky Mountain Conference champions.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Rocky Mountain Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
7–⁠0
Conference
5–⁠0 shared first in Rocky Mountain Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
164–⁠23
Coach
Ike Armstrong
Elo
1669 +116 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.4 No. 51 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Thornton Morris

1926 Rocky Mountain Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠07–⁠0
Montana State4–⁠04–⁠2–⁠1
Colorado State5–⁠26–⁠2–⁠1
Colorado College5–⁠25–⁠2
Utah State4–⁠1–⁠25–⁠1–⁠2
Denver4–⁠44–⁠4
Northern Colorado3–⁠36–⁠4
Wyoming1–⁠2–⁠22–⁠4–⁠2
Colorado2–⁠5–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
BYU1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠5–⁠1
Colorado School of Mines1–⁠51–⁠6
Western Colorado0–⁠70–⁠8

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