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1936 Montana

6–⁠3 (1–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Doug Fessenden.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1936, game by game: lost at Washington State 0–19; lost at UCLA 0–30; won vs. Idaho State 45–13; won vs. Gonzaga 6–0; won vs. Montana State 27–0; lost at Oregon State 7–14; won vs. Idaho 16–0; won at San Francisco 24–7; won vs. North Dakota 13–6+32−30Lost 0–19 at Washington State-19Washington StateLost 0–30 at UCLA-30UCLAWon 45–13 vs. Idaho State+32Idaho StateWon 6–0 vs. Gonzaga+6GonzagaWon 27–0 vs. Montana State+27Montana StateLost 7–14 at Oregon State-7Oregon StateWon 16–0 vs. Idaho+16IdahoWon 24–7 at San Francisco+17San FranciscoWon 13–6 vs. North Dakota+7North Dakota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atWashington StateL 0–⁠1930%
Oct 2atUCLAL 0–⁠3022%
Oct 10vsIdaho StateW 45–⁠1384%
Oct 17vsGonzagaW 6–⁠052%
Oct 24vsMontana StateW 27–⁠066%
Oct 31atOregon StateL 7–⁠1446%
Nov 14vsIdahoW 16–⁠063%
Nov 21atSan FranciscoW 24–⁠740%
Nov 26vsNorth DakotaW 13–⁠689%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Dakota 13–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1936.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
1–⁠3 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
138–⁠89
Coach
Doug Fessenden
Elo
1488 +60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.6 No. 86 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

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

1936 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington7–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠15
Washington State6–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
California4–⁠36–⁠5
USC3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠2–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠43–⁠7

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