1935–36 NCAA football bowl games

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1935–36 NCAA football bowl games
1935 Bowls-USA-states.PNG
Number of bowl games per state
Season1935
Regular seasonSeptember 21–November 30
Number of bowls4
All-star gamesEast–West Shrine Game
Bowl gamesJanuary 1, 1936
National Championshipnone
Location of ChampionshipN/A
ChampionsSMU Mustangs (Dickinson)
Princeton Tigers (Dunkel)
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll
Independents 2 1–0–1 (0.750) note[1]
SWC 2 1–1 (0.500)
SEC 2 0–2 (0.000)
Pacific Coast 1 1–0 (1.000)
Border 1 0–0–1 (0.500)
Big Six 0 0–0 (–)
Big Ten 0 0–0 (–)
Rocky Mountain 0 0–0 (–)
Southern 0 0–0 (–)

The 1935–36 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the 1935 college football season, and included the debut of the Sun Bowl being played with collegiate teams, which complemented the Orange, Rose, and Sugar Bowl as the fourth post-season game. Both Southeastern Conference (SEC) teams, LSU and Ole Miss, suffered single-point defeats.

What may be striking about these bowl games, from a historical perspective, is three of the eight participating teams. As of December 2018, two of the teams—the Catholic University Cardinals and Hardin–Simmons Cowboys—compete in the NCAA's lowest level of competition, Division III. Another team, the New Mexico State Aggies, still compete at the highest level but they have one of the lowest winning percentages in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Poll rankings[]

No AP Poll for college football was taken this season; it would not become a regular occurrence until the 1936 season. Contemporary polls named different national champions; the Dickinson System chose SMU,[2] while the Dunkel System selected Princeton.

Bowl schedule[]

Date Game Site Teams Affiliations Results[3]
Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California 		Stanford Indians (7–1)
SMU Mustangs (12–0) 		PCC
SWC 		Stanford 7
SMU 0
Sugar Bowl Tulane Stadium
New Orleans, Louisiana 		TCU Horned Frogs (11–1)
LSU Tigers (9–1) 		SWC
SEC 		TCU 3
LSU 2
Orange Bowl Miami Field
Miami, Florida 		Catholic University Cardinals (7–1)
Ole Miss Rebels (9–2) 		Independent
SEC 		Catholic 20
Ole Miss 19
Sun Bowl Jones Stadium
El Paso, Texas 		New Mexico State Aggies (6–1–2)
Hardin–Simmons Cowboys (6–3) 		Border
Independent 		New Mexico State 14
Hardin–Simmons 14
Number of bowl teams per state. The Catholic University Cardinals are from Washington, D.C.

References[]

  1. ^ There was no AP Poll this season.
  2. ^ "Southern Methodist Receives Trophy Emblematic Of National Gridiron Trophy". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. Lubbock, Texas. December 24, 1935. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "New Year's Grid Game Results". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. Lubbock, Texas. January 2, 1936. p. 2. Retrieved December 7, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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