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1936 Saint Mary’s (CA)

6–⁠3–⁠1, coached by Slip Madigan.

Schedule and results

Saint Mary’s (CA) in 1936, game by game: won at California 10–0; won vs. Gonzaga 26–13; won at Loyola Marymount 19–7; lost at No. 16 Fordham 6–7; lost at No. 10 Marquette 6–20; won at Idaho 26–7; tied at San Francisco 0–0; lost vs. No. 9 Santa Clara 0–19; won at Pacific 34–0; won vs. Temple 13–7+34−19Won 10–0 at California+10CaliforniaWon 26–13 vs. Gonzaga+13GonzagaWon 19–7 at Loyola Marymount+12Loyola MarymountLost 6–7 at No. 16 Fordham-1No. 16 FordhamLost 6–20 at No. 10 Marquette-14No. 10 MarquetteWon 26–7 at Idaho+19IdahoTied 0–0 at San Francisco0San FranciscoLost 0–19 vs. No. 9 Santa Clara-19No. 9 Santa ClaraWon 34–0 at Pacific+34PacificWon 13–7 vs. Temple+6Temple
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3atCaliforniaW 10–⁠040%
Oct 10vsGonzagaW 26–⁠1374%
Oct 17atLoyola MarymountW 19–⁠758%
Oct 24at16FordhamL 6–⁠747%
Oct 31at10MarquetteL 6–⁠2039%
Nov 7atIdahoW 26–⁠768%
Nov 14atSan FranciscoT 0–⁠064%
Nov 15vs9Santa ClaraL 0–⁠1962%
Nov 26atPacificW 34–⁠088%
Dec 5vsTempleW 13–⁠761%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Temple 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 37 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12
  2. Wk 2: 20
Record
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
140–⁠80
Coach
Slip Madigan
Elo
1595 +35 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.8 No. 28 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Jerry DennerleinOTAP-2

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