The 1926 Southern Conference football season was the

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games played by the member schools of the

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as part of the

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. The season began on September 18. In the annual

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, the SoCon champion

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tied the PCC champion, and #1 ranked team under the

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7–7. Alabama and Stanford therefore were amongst those named a national champion. Alabama

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Fred Pickhard was the Rose Bowl game's MVP.

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was hired to coach Tennessee in 1926 by Nathan Dougherty with the explicit goal to "even the score with Vanderbilt."

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Key PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game

Regular season

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Postseason

Bowl games

Awards and honors

All-Americans

*E – Hoyt Winslett,

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(AP-1; INS; NEA; CP-2; NYS-2; BE-1; RWJ-2; DW-1; ES-2; BEHR) *T – Fred Pickhard, Alabama (BE-2; BEHR) *T – Mack Tharpe,

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(BEHR) *G – John Barnhill,

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(BEHR) *C –

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, Vanderbilt (BEHR) *QB – Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (AP-2; NYS-2; BE-2; RWJ-3 s hb DW-2; BEHR) *HB – Tolbert "Red" Brown, Alabama (BEHR) *FB – Ty Rauber, Washington & Lee (AP-3; BEHR)

All-Southern team

The following is the composite All-Southern team compiled by the

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References

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