1936 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1936 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–2–1 (3–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge O. Bell
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Northwestern $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 1 Minnesota 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Ohio State 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Indiana 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Purdue 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Illinois 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Chicago 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Iowa 0 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Wisconsin 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Michigan 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1936 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Noble Kizer, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–2–1 record, finished in a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–1–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 157 to 95.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Ohio*
W 47–017,000
October 10Wisconsindagger
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 35–1418,000
October 17at Chicago
W 35–715,000[3]
October 24at No. 1 MinnesotaNo. 5
L 0–3347,780
October 31at Carnegie Tech*No. 17
W 7–620,000
November 7at No. 3 Fordham*
L 0–1540,000
November 14at Iowa
W 13–015,000
November 21Indiana
T 20–2030,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "1936 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  3. ^ "Purdue Beats Maroons, 35-7: Boilermakers Whip Maroons on Long Runs by Isbell and Drak". Chicago Tribune. October 18, 1936. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2022 Purdue Football Record Book" (PDF). Purdue University Athletics. p. 84. Retrieved January 29, 2023.