1926 Tennessee Docs football team

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1926 Tennessee Docs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHodges Field
Seasons
← 1925
1926 Southern college football independents records
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 Tennessee Docs football team (variously "Docs", "UT Doctors" or the "Tennessee Medicos") represented the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis in the 1926 college football season. It was their last season of play. The final game saw Vanderbilt teammates Gil Reese and Jess Neely coach against one another.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 22:30 p.m.West Tennessee State Teachers
W 21–01,000[3][4]
October 9at Loyola (LA)
L 6–14[5]
October 16Bethel (TN)
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
W 31–6[6]
October 232:30 p.m.at Louisiana Tech
T 0–0[7]
October 30Union (TN)
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
W 7–0[8]
November 11Ouachita Baptist
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
L 0–37[9]
November 20 Cumberland (TN)
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
L 0–12[10]
November 25Southwestern (TN)
  • Hodges Field
  • Memphis, TN
L 0–64,550[11]
November 27at Little RockLittle Rock, ARL 0–32[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gil Reese To Join Nashville". The Miami News. November 30, 1926.
  2. ^ "Lynx Versus Docs on Turkey Day" (PDF). The Sou'wester. Vol. 7, no. 16. February 12, 1926. p. 3.
  3. ^ Bloom, David (October 2, 1926). "Doctor Open Grid Campaign Against Teachers "11" Today". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. p. 19. Retrieved May 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Teachers hold the Doctors to 21 points in opening tilt". The Commercial Appeal. October 3, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tennessee Doctors Defeated By Loyola". The Shreveport Times. October 10, 1926. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tennessee Doctors slaughter Bethel". The Nashville Tennessean. October 17, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Elder, R. T. (October 24, 1926). "Polytech Bulldogs Outplaying Doctors When Game Is Halted Due to Rain". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Doctors defeat Union, 7–0 under miserable conditions". The Commercial Appeal. October 31, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Docs suffer crushing loss at hands of Ouachita, 37–0". The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cumberland Romps on Tennessee Docs". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. November 21, 1926. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Southwestern outclasses Doctors to triumph, 6 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 26, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Little Rock Wins Over Doctors, 32-0". The Knoxville Journal. Knoxville, Tennessee. Associated Press. November 28, 1926. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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