Gopher Football 1936 Season

1936 Schedule Date Opponent W/L/T Score 09/26/1936 @ Washington (7-2-1) W 14-7 10/10/1936 Nebraska (7-2) W 7-0 10/17/1936 Michigan (1-7) W 26-0 10/24/1936 Purdue (5-2-1) W 33-0 10/31/1936 @ Northwestern (7-1) L 0-6 11/07/1936 Homecoming Iowa (3-4-1) W 52-0 11/14/1936 Texas (2-6-1) W 47-19 11/21/1936 @ Wisconsin (2-6) W 24-0

1936 Big Ten Standings Team Conference Overall W L T PCT W L T PCT Northwestern 6 0 0 1.000 7 1 0 .875 Minnesota 4 1 0 .800 7 1 0 .875 Ohio State 4 1 0 .800 5 3 0 .625 Indiana 3 1 1 .700 5 2 1 .688 Purdue 3 1 1 .700 5 2 1 .688 Illinois 2 2 1 .500 4 3 1 .563 Chicago 1 4 0 .200 2 5 1 .313 Iowa 0 4 1 .100 3 4 1 .438 Wisconsin 0 4 0 .000 2 6 0 .250 Michigan 0 5 0 .000 1 7 0 .125

Season notes:

Coached by Bernie Bierman (5th season).

National Champions! This is the Gophers' 3rd National Championship! Note that, although we won the National Championship, we did not win the Big Ten title. Northwestern lost its last game, and we rose to #1 to win the title. This is also the first year of the Associated Press poll.

1936 Poll Results

Associated Press
1. Minnesota 7-1-0 2. Louisiana State 9-1-1 3. Pittsburgh 8-1-1 4. Alabama 8-0-1 5. Washington 7-2-1 6. Santa Clara 8-1-0 7. Northwestern 7-1-0 8. Notre Dame 6-2-1 9. Nebraska 7-1-0 10. Pennsylvania 7-1-0 11. Duke 9-1-0 12. Yale 7-1-0 13. Dartmouth 7-1-1 14. Duquesne 8-2-0 15. Fordham 5-1-2 16. Texas Christian 9-2-2 17. Tennessee 6-2-2 18. Arkansas 7-3-0 18. Navy 6-3-0 20. Marquette 7-2-0

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1936 Season Bowl Results Rose Bowl - 01/01/1937 Pittsburgh 21, Washington 0 Orange Bowl - 01/01/1937 Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 12 Sugar Bowl - 01/01/1937 Santa Clara 21, Louisiana State 14 Cotton Bowl - 01/01/1937 Texas Christian 16, Marquette 6 Sun Bowl - 01/01/1937 Hardin-Simmons 34, Texas-El Paso 6 Bacardi Bowl - 01/01/1937 Auburn 7, Hardin-Simmons 7