The 1926 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as

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—in the

1926 college football season The 1926 college football season was the first in which an attempt was made to recognize a national champion after the season. Stanford, coached by Pop Warner, was the top team in the U.S. under the new Dickinson System and was awarded the Riss ...

. The team defeated Notre Dame in a large upset. The game was ranked the fourth-greatest upset in

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history by

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References

Carnegie Tech Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

Carnegie Mellon Tartans football seasons

Carnegie Tech Tartans football The Carnegie Mellon Tartans football team represents Carnegie Mellon University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III competition. History On November 28, 1926, the 6–2 Carnegie Tech football team shut out Knute Rock ...

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