1936 Temple Owls football team

1936 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–2
Head coach
CaptainBill Docherty
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middlebury     8 0 0
Saint Anselm     6 0 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
No. 10 Penn     7 1 0
No. 12 Yale     7 1 0
No. 13 Dartmouth     7 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 1
No. 14 Duquesne     8 2 0
Boston College     6 1 2
Boston University     5 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     5 1 2
Holy Cross     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Drexel     6 3 0
    6 3 2
La Salle     6 3 1
Buffalo     5 3 0
Columbia     5 3 0
Princeton     4 2 2
Saint Vincent     5 3 0
NYU     5 3 1
Manhattan     6 4 0
Northeastern     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
CCNY     4 4 0
Tufts     3 3 1
Harvard     3 4 1
Cornell     3 5 0
Penn State     3 5 0
Westminster (PA)     2 4 1
Brown     3 7 0
Carnegie Tech     2 6 0
Massachusetts State     2 6 0
Providence     1 7 0
Syracuse     1 7 0
Vermont     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Pop Warner, the team compiled a 6–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 66.[1][2] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Saint Joseph'sW 18–0
September 258:45 p.m.Centre
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 50–715,000[3][4]
October 2Ole Miss
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–7[5]
October 122:30 p.m.at Boston CollegeW 14–024,000[6][7]
October 168:45 p.m.Carnegie Tech
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–720,000[8][9]
October 31 No. 13 Holy Cross
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 3–0
November 7at Michigan StateT 7–720,000[10]
November 14VillanovaNo. 19
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–0
November 21IowaNo. 20
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–25
November 26Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–012,000[11]
December 5at Saint Mary'sL 7–13< 15,000[12]

References

  1. ^ "1936 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 128. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (September 25, 1936). "Centre Will Try to Upset Dope and Defeat Temple Tonight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 25. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (September 26, 1936). "Temple Wallops Centre Foe, 50 To 7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. pp. 17, 20. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Temple wins close battle". Delaware County Daily Times. October 3, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Moore, Gerry (October 12, 1936). "Dobie and Warner, Master Coaches, Meet Across Gridiron For First Time at Fenway Park Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 21. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Nason, Jerry (October 13, 1936). "Temple Finesse Tops B.C., 14-0". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. pp. 1, 24. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 16, 1936). "Temple Meets Carnegie Tech Tonight". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. pp. 25, 28. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Baumgartner, Stan (October 17, 1936). "Owls Fall, 7-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. pp. 17, 19. Retrieved July 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ Fred Byrod (November 8, 1936). "Temple In Tie: Temple Scores In Last Period, Then Foes Tie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. Sports 1.
  11. ^ "No Score in Bucknell-Temple Tilt". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 27, 1936. pp. 23, 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Art Cohn (December 6, 1936). "Gaels Rally To Defeat Temple, 13-7: Owls Score on Bad Pass To Cop Lead". Oakland Tribune. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.