1936 Montana State

3–⁠5 (1–⁠4 Rocky Mountain Conference), coached by Jack Croft.

Schedule and results

Montana State in 1936, game by game: lost at Utah State 0–12; lost at BYU 0–19; won vs. Colorado College 6–3; lost vs. Northern Colorado 0–13; lost vs. Montana 0–27; lost at Wyoming 6–19; won at Idaho State 32–19; won at Montana Tech 26–7+19−27Lost 0–12 at Utah State-12Utah StateLost 0–19 at BYU-19BYUWon 6–3 vs. Colorado College+3Colorado CollegeLost 0–13 vs. Northern Colorado-13Northern Colora…Lost 0–27 vs. Montana-27MontanaLost 6–19 at Wyoming-13WyomingWon 32–19 at Idaho State+13Idaho StateWon 26–7 at Montana Tech+19Montana Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Montana Tech 26–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Rocky Mountain Conference.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 104 on file).

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠4 10th in Rocky Mountain Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
70–⁠119
Coach
Jack Croft
Elo
1323 −41 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−25.2 No. 129 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Stebbins

1936 Rocky Mountain Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah State6–⁠0–⁠17–⁠0–⁠1
Denver6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Utah5–⁠26–⁠3
Colorado4–⁠24–⁠3
Northern Colorado4–⁠35–⁠4
BYU4–⁠44–⁠5
Colorado State3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Colorado College3–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Wyoming2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Montana State1–⁠43–⁠5
Western Colorado1–⁠51–⁠6
Colorado School of Mines0–⁠62–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.