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1936 Texas

2–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠5 Southwest Conference), coached by Jack Chevigny.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1936, game by game: tied vs. LSU 6–6; won vs. Oklahoma 6–0; lost vs. Baylor 18–21; lost at Rice 0–7; lost vs. No. 15 SMU 7–14; lost at TCU 6–27; lost at No. 2 Minnesota 19–47; won vs. Texas A&M 7–0; lost at Arkansas 0–6+7−28Tied 6–6 vs. LSU0LSUWon 6–0 vs. Oklahoma+6OklahomaLost 18–21 vs. Baylor-3BaylorLost 0–7 at Rice-7RiceLost 7–14 vs. No. 15 SMU-7No. 15 SMULost 6–27 at TCU-21TCULost 19–47 at No. 2 Minnesota-28No. 2 MinnesotaWon 7–0 vs. Texas A&M+7Texas A&MLost 0–6 at Arkansas-6Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsLSUT 6–⁠632%
Oct 10vsOklahomaW 6–⁠040%
Oct 17vsBaylorL 18–⁠2160%
Oct 24atRiceL 0–⁠734%
Oct 31vs15SMUL 7–⁠1434%
Nov 7atTCUL 6–⁠2722%
Nov 14at2MinnesotaL 19–⁠4714%
Nov 26vsTexas A&MW 7–⁠043%
Dec 3atArkansasL 0–⁠624%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 6–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

Record
2–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
69–⁠128
Coach
Jack Chevigny
Elo
1458 −22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.4 No. 40 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Clint Small

All-Southwest Conference

1 first team

First 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.