1936 SMU Mustangs football team
| 1936 SMU Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (2–3–1 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Arkansas $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 TCU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1936 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1936 college football season.[1] Led by second-year head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 with a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, plaching fifth in the SWC. The team played home games at Ownby Stadium in Dallas.
Entering the season as defending co-national champion, SMU had high expectations once again. They lost their first regular season game in two years when were defeated by Fordham at the Polo Grounds. Nonetheless, SMU was ranked 19th in first ever AP Poll, released two weeks later, on October 19.[2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | North Texas State Teachers* | W 6–0 | [3] | |||
| October 3 | Texas A&I* |
| W 60–0 | 7,000 | [4] | |
| October 10 | at Fordham* | L 0–7 | 30,000 | [5] | ||
| October 17 | Vanderbilt* | W 16–0 | 20,000 | [6] | ||
| October 31 | at Texas | No. 15 | W 14–7 | 16,000 | [7] | |
| November 7 | Texas A&M | No. 12 |
| L 6–22 | 26,000 | [8] |
| November 14 | Arkansas | No. 19 |
| L 0–17 | [9] | |
| November 21 | at Baylor | L 7–13 | [10] | |||
| November 28 | No. 18 TCU |
| T 0–0 | [11] | ||
| December 5 | at Rice | W 9–0 | [12] | |||
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Rankings
[edit]| Week | |||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Final |
| AP | 19 | 15 | 12 | 19T | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "1936 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "October 19, 1936". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ^ "Ponies pushed for win, 6–0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 27, 1936. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ponies score at will to wallop A. and I., 61 to 0". The Kilgore Daily News. October 4, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fordham beats Mustangs, 7–0". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 11, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ponies just went easy on Vandy". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 18, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "S.M.U. defeats stubborn Texas by 14 to 7 score". Sunday American-Statesman. November 1, 1936. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Aggie eleven scores 22-to-6 victory over S.M.U. Ponies". The Waco Times-Herald. November 8, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Arkansas outplays Southern Methodists, 17–0". The Marshall News Messenger. November 15, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Baylor Bears defeat S.M.U. in close tilt". The Shreveport Times. November 22, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Frogs, Mustangs play 0–0 deadlock on muddy field". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 29, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mustangs close season with 9–0 victory over Owls". The Paris News. December 6, 1936. Retrieved March 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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