1936 Tulane Green Wave football team

1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

The 1936 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1936 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Red Dawson, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 6–3–1 and a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, placing eighth in the SEC.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Ole Miss		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 7–6
October 3	Auburn		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	T 0–0
October 10	Centenary*		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 19–0		^[1]
October 17	vs. Colgate*		Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 28–6
October 24	North Carolina*	No. 18	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 21–7
October 31	Louisiana Tech*	No. 9	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 22–13	12,000	^[2]
November 7	at No. 14 Alabama	No. 10	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 7–34		^[3]
November 14	Georgia		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 6–12
November 21	Sewanee		Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 53–6		^[4]
November 28	at No. 2 LSU	No. 19	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag)	L 0–33
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	Final
AP	Not released	18	9	10	NR	NR	19	NR

^ "Tulane beats Centenary, 19–0". The Shreveport Times. October 11, 1936. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulane held to 22–13 victory by La. Tech". Monroe Morning World. November 1, 1936. Retrieved July 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Alabama completely outclasses Tulane to hand Green Wave first defeat of season". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1936. p. 8. Retrieved February 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulane swamps Sewanee Tigers by 53 to 6 score". The Shreveport Times. November 22, 1936. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 LSU $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
No. 4 Alabama	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	0	–	1
Auburn	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	2
No. 17 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Tulane	2	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Florida	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	0	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	2
Sewanee	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion