The 1935 season
714 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Minnesota, Princeton, SMU and TCU claim the national title. Share
Heisman Trophy: Jay Berwanger, RB/LB, Chicago.
The Heisman vote: Jay Berwanger 84 points, Monk Meyer 29
| Player | Points | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Berwanger RB, Chicago | 84 | ||||
| Monk Meyer RB, Army | 29 | ||||
| William Shakespeare RB, Notre Dame | 23 | ||||
| Pepper Constable RB, Princeton | 20 |
First-, second- and third-place votes (3, 2 and 1 points), from the season’s Wikipedia article, as published. Two finishers show identical ballots in the source, which is likely a copying error there.
Scoreboards
Conference champions
Major college
- Big Six
- Nebraska
- Border Conference
- Arizona
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Tulsa
- Pacific Coast Conference
- California, Stanford and UCLA (shared)
- Rocky Mountain Conference
- Colorado and Utah State (shared)
- Southeastern Conference
- LSU
- Southern Conference
- Duke
- Southwest Conference
- SMU
- Virginia Conference
- William & Mary
- Western Conference
- Minnesota and Ohio State (shared)
Small college
- Buckeye Conference
- Ohio
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Morgan State
- Dixie Conference
- Samford
- Far Western Conference
- Fresno State
- Lone Star Conference
- East Texas A&M and North Texas (shared)
- Middle Atlantic Athletic Association
- Delaware State
- North Central Conference
- North Dakota State
- North State Conference
- Elon
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Alabama State
- Tri-Normal Conference
- Eastern Washington
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EGaynell Tinsley, LSU
- EWayne Millner, Notre Dame
- EJim Moscrip, Stanford
- OTEd Widseth, Minnesota
- OTLarry Lutz, California
- OGJac Weller, Princeton
- OGSid Wagner, Michigan State
- OGJ.C. Wetsel, SMU
- CDarrell Lester, TCU
- CGomer Jones, Ohio State
- QBRiley Smith, Alabama
- RBJay Berwanger, Chicago
- RBBobby Wilson, SMU
- FBBobby Grayson, Stanford
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1935 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1935 All-America teams page.
The 1935 awards
Every awardFrom the newspapers
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North Carolina Toppled Duke 27O Cards Oepoler Green 7ero 2 Colgate, Three Times Beaten, Gains Solace in Shattering Syracuse’s Win Streak, 27.O George Vadas Of Rochester, put the ball within striking distance of Syracuse’s goal line. Irwin once again went over and Chesebro kicked the point. A FTER that, even with reserves do ing most Of the work for Colgate, the outcome never was in doubt. Syracuse tried valiantly to gain, both through the air and on the ground, but the furious and stubborn Maroon held its ground. The final touchdown came early in the final period on a half dozen plays from Syracuse’s 35. A 20-yard forward. Kern to Billings, put the ball on the 6-yard mark, from where Whitney Jaeger Of Westfield, N. j., substitute halfback. went over for the score. Chesebro kicked his third point.
Bowls and playoff
Scoreboard| Jan 1, 1936 | Stanford 7, SMU 0Rose Bowl |
| Jan 1, 1936 | TCU 3, LSU 2Sugar Bowl |