The 1926 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona as an independent during the 1926 college football season.
In their 12th season under head coach Pop McKale, the Wildcats compiled a 5–1–1 record, shut out four of seven opponents, and outscored all opponents, 143 to 18.
[1] In October 1926, Arizona's quarterback John "Button" Salmon died after being injured in a car crash.
According to some reports, he told coach Pop McKale before dying: "Tell them.....tell the team to bear down."
This college football 1926 season article is a stub.