1936 William & Mary

1–⁠8 (0–⁠5 Southern Conference), coached by Branch Bocock. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Guilford 38–⁠0Oct 17
By 38 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 26	atNavy	L 6–⁠18	26%
Oct 3	vsVirginia	L 0–⁠7	52%
Oct 10	vsVirginia Tech	L 0–⁠14	41%
Oct 17	vsGuilford	W 38–⁠0	80%
Oct 24	vsRoanoke	L 0–⁠13	82%
Oct 31	vsHampden Sydney	L 0–⁠19	75%
Nov 7	vsVMI	L 0–⁠21	38%
Nov 14	vsWashington and Lee	L 7–⁠13	32%
Nov 26	atRichmond	L 0–⁠7	28%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Richmond 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 15th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 116th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Photographs from 1936

Navy beats William & Mary. Annapolis, MD, Sept. 25. Navy pried the lid off the 1936 football season here today by trouncing a game but outplayed William & Mary eleven. 18–⁠6. Schmidt, Navy’s hard-driving back, is shown going thru William & Mary’s linePhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Harris & Ewing photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
The game
Annapolis, MD, Sept. 25. Player, Navy back, is stopped in his tracks as he intercepts a forward pass in the game today as Navy trimmed William & Mary 18–⁠6 to open the 1936 football season herePhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Harris & Ewing photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
The game
Annapolis, MD. Sept. 25. Bunch, (carrying the ball) starred for the plucky William & Mary eleven as they took a trouncing from Navy here today in the opening of the football season. The final score was 18Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Harris & Ewing photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record: 1–⁠8
Conference: 0–⁠5 tied for 15th in Southern Conference
AP final: Unranked
Points: 51–⁠112
Coach: Branch Bocock
Elo: 1230 −186 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: −24.3 No. 126 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

Captain: Joe Marino

1936 Southern Conference standings

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Duke	7–⁠0	9–⁠1	11
North Carolina	6–⁠1	8–⁠2
Furman	4–⁠1	7–⁠2
VMI	5–⁠2	6–⁠4
Maryland	4–⁠2	6–⁠5
Washington and Lee	3–⁠2	4–⁠5
Davidson	4–⁠3	5–⁠4
Clemson	3–⁠3	5–⁠5
Virginia Tech	4–⁠5	5–⁠5
Wake Forest	2–⁠3	5–⁠4
NC State	2–⁠4	3–⁠7
South Carolina	2–⁠5	5–⁠7
Richmond	1–⁠3	4–⁠4–⁠2
Virginia	1–⁠5	2–⁠7
The Citadel	0–⁠4	4–⁠6
William & Mary	0–⁠5	1–⁠8

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