1936 Mercer Bears football team

1936 Mercer Bears football
ConferenceDixie Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–6–1 (0–2–1 Dixie, 1–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumCentennial Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Howard (AL) $ 4 1 1 5 3 1
Southwestern (TN) 3 1 1 7 2 1
Chattanooga 3 1 1 5 2 1
Birmingham–Southern 4 3 0 4 5 0
Mississippi College 2 2 0 5 3 1
Loyola (LA) 2 2 0 4 6 0
Millsaps 2 3 0 3 5 2
Mercer 0 2 1 3 6 1
Spring Hill 0 5 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1936 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee State Teachers + 4 0 0 7 1 0
The Citadel + 4 0 0 4 6 0
Miami (FL) 3 0 0 6 2 2
Centenary 2 0 0 6 4 2
Centre 2 0 0 5 4 0
Howard (AL) 2 0 1 5 3 1
Union (TN) 5 1 1 6 4 1
Rollins 4 1 0 7 1 0
Louisiana Tech 4 1 1 6 2 1
Morehead State 4 1 2 4 1 2
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers 4 2 0 7 2 0
Mississippi State Teachers 4 2 1 7 2 1
Mississippi College 2 1 1 5 3 1
Western Kentucky State Teachers 3 2 0 6 3 0
Erskine 3 2 0 4 5 0
Presbyterian 3 2 0 3 6 0
Louisiana Normal 3 2 1 5 4 1
Murray State 4 4 0 5 4 0
Mercer 1 1 1 3 6 1
Louisiana College 2 3 1 3 4 1
Louisville 2 3 0 4 4 0
Millsaps 1 2 2 3 5 2
Transylvania 1 3 1 3 4 1
Tennessee Tech 1 5 0 2 5 1
Georgetown (KY) 1 5 1 2 5 1
Loyola (LA) 0 1 0 4 6 0
Stetson 0 3 1 2 5 1
Union (KY) 0 3 2 2 4 2
SW Louisiana 0 4 1 2 7 1
Wofford 0 4 1 1 7 1
Newberry 0 4 1 1 10 1
West Tennessee State Teachers 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1936 Mercer Bears football team was an American football team that represented Mercer University as a member of both the Dixie Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1936 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Lake Russell, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record.