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1935 SMU

12–⁠1 (6–⁠0 Southwest Conference), coached by Madison Bell.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1935, game by game: won vs. North Texas 39–0; won vs. Austin 60–0; won vs. Tulsa 14–0; won at Washington St. Louis 35–6; won vs. Rice 10–0; won vs. Hardin Simmons 18–6; won vs. Texas 20–0; won at UCLA 21–0; won at Arkansas 17–6; won vs. Baylor 10–0; won at TCU 20–14; won at Texas A&M 24–0; lost vs. Stanford 0–7+60−7Won 39–0 vs. North Texas+39North TexasWon 60–0 vs. Austin+60AustinWon 14–0 vs. Tulsa+14TulsaWon 35–6 at Washington St. Louis+29Washington St. …Won 10–0 vs. Rice+10RiceWon 18–6 vs. Hardin Simmons+12Hardin SimmonsWon 20–0 vs. Texas+20TexasWon 21–0 at UCLA+21UCLAWon 17–6 at Arkansas+11ArkansasWon 10–0 vs. Baylor+10BaylorWon 20–14 at TCU+6TCUWon 24–0 at Texas A&M+24Texas A&MLost 0–7 vs. Stanford-7Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsNorth TexasW 39–⁠091%
Sep 28vsAustinW 60–⁠093%
Oct 5vsTulsaW 14–⁠073%
Oct 12atWashington St. LouisW 35–⁠662%
Oct 19vsRiceW 10–⁠056%
Oct 26vsHardin SimmonsW 18–⁠695%
Nov 2vsTexasW 20–⁠069%
Nov 9atUCLAW 21–⁠054%
Nov 16atArkansasW 17–⁠672%
Nov 23vsBaylorW 10–⁠081%
Nov 30atTCUW 20–⁠1439%
Dec 7atTexas A&MW 24–⁠081%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvsStanfordRose BowlL 0–⁠759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 7–⁠0 in the Rose Bowl; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 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 1935.

National championsa title the school claims

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

2 consensus All-AmericansJ.C. Wetsel, OG; Bobby Wilson, RB

Record
12–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Southwest Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
288–⁠39
Coach
Madison Bell
Elo
1720 +150 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
26.0 No. 1 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Harry Shuford, Marco Stewart and J.C. Wetsel

Drafted in 1936

The 1936 draft
Rd 4Truman Spain OTPittsburgh Pirates
Rd 5Harry Shuford BPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 5Bobby Wilson RBBrooklyn Dodgers
Rd 6Maurice Orr OTPittsburgh Pirates

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU6–⁠012–⁠1
TCU5–⁠112–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠38–⁠3
Rice3–⁠38–⁠3
Arkansas2–⁠45–⁠5
Texas1–⁠54–⁠6
Texas A&M1–⁠53–⁠7

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