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1936 SMU

5–⁠4–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Madison Bell.

Schedule and results

SMU in 1936, game by game: won vs. North Texas 6–0; won vs. Texas A&M–Kingsville 60–0; lost at Fordham 0–7; won vs. Vanderbilt 16–0; won at Texas 14–7; lost vs. Texas A&M 6–22; lost vs. Arkansas 0–17; lost at Baylor 7–13; tied vs. No. 18 TCU 0–0; won at Rice 9–0+60−17Won 6–0 vs. North Texas+6North TexasWon 60–0 vs. Texas A&M–Kingsville+60Texas A&M–Kings…Lost 0–7 at Fordham-7FordhamWon 16–0 vs. Vanderbilt+16VanderbiltWon 14–7 at Texas+7TexasLost 6–22 vs. Texas A&M-16Texas A&MLost 0–17 vs. Arkansas-17ArkansasLost 7–13 at Baylor-6BaylorTied 0–0 vs. No. 18 TCU0No. 18 TCUWon 9–0 at Rice+9Rice
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsNorth TexasW 6–⁠095%
Oct 3vsTexas A&M–KingsvilleW 60–⁠095%
Oct 10atFordhamL 0–⁠755%
Oct 17vsVanderbiltW 16–⁠071%
Oct 31atTexasW 14–⁠766%
Nov 7vsTexas A&ML 6–⁠2279%
Nov 14vsArkansasL 0–⁠1766%
Nov 21atBaylorL 7–⁠1350%
Nov 28vs18TCUT 0–⁠040%
Dec 5atRiceW 9–⁠046%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Rice 9–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 12
  4. Wk 4: 19

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
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
118–⁠66
Coach
Madison Bell
Elo
1575 −72 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.5 No. 30 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Paschal Scottino and Johnny Sprague

Drafted in 1937

The 1937 draft
Rd 2Bob Finley OGPittsburgh Pirates
Rd 7John Sprague BDetroit Lions

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Paschal ScortinoOGAP-1

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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas5–⁠17–⁠318
TCU4–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠216
Texas A&M3–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Rice1–⁠55–⁠7
Texas1–⁠52–⁠6–⁠1

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