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1936 Gonzaga

5–⁠3.

Schedule and results

Gonzaga in 1936, game by game: won vs. Eastern Washington 27–7; lost at Saint Mary’s (CA) 13–26; lost at Montana 0–6; won at San Francisco 17–7; lost vs. Idaho 6–18; won at Portland 14–3; won at Puget Sound 8–0; won vs. Washington State 13–6+20−13Won 27–7 vs. Eastern Washington+20Eastern Washing…Lost 13–26 at Saint Mary’s (CA)-13Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 0–6 at Montana-6MontanaWon 17–7 at San Francisco+10San FranciscoLost 6–18 vs. Idaho-12IdahoWon 14–3 at Portland+11PortlandWon 8–0 at Puget Sound+8Puget SoundWon 13–6 vs. Washington State+7Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsEastern WashingtonW 27–⁠784%
Oct 10atSaint Mary’s (CA)L 13–⁠2626%
Oct 17atMontanaL 0–⁠648%
Oct 25atSan FranciscoW 17–⁠734%
Oct 31vsIdahoL 6–⁠1870%
Nov 15atPortlandW 14–⁠377%
Nov 21atPuget SoundW 8–⁠076%
Dec 5vsWashington StateW 13–⁠641%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 13–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 24 on file).

Record
5–⁠3
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
98–⁠73
Coach
—
Elo
1468 +17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.3 No. 84 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).