1936 Temple Owls football team

1936 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3–2
Head coach	Pop Warner (4th season)
Captain	Bill Docherty
Home stadium	Temple Stadium

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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
Temple			–					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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Saint Joseph's		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 18–0
September 25	Centre		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 50–7
October 2	Ole Miss		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 12–7		[3]
October 12	at Boston College		Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 14–0	24,000
October 16	Carnegie Tech		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–7
October 31	No. 13 Holy Cross		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 3–0
November 7	at Michigan State		Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	T 7–7	20,000	[4]
November 14	Villanova	No. 19	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 6–0
November 21	Iowa	No. 20	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–25
November 26	Bucknell		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0	12,000	[5]
December 5	at Saint Mary's		Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 7–13	< 15,000	[6]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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. "Temple wins close battle". Delaware County Daily Times. October 3, 1936. Retrieved September 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Fred Byrod (November 8, 1936). "Temple In Tie: Temple Scores In Last Period, Then Foes Tie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. Sports 1.
5. "No Score in Bucknell-Temple Tilt". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 27, 1936. pp. 23, 25 – via Newspapers.com.
6. 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.