1935 Wayne Tartars football team

1935 Wayne Tartars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainFred Bens
Home stadiumKelsey Field
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 23 Marquette   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Notre Dame   –   7 – 1 – 1
Michigan State   –   6 – 2 – 0
DePaul   –   5 – 2 – 1
Wayne   –   5 – 2 – 1
Detroit   –   6 – 3 – 0
Xavier   –   6 – 3 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   4 – 2 – 2
Western State Teachers (MI)   –   5 – 3 – 0
Saint Louis   –   5 – 6 – 0
Central State (MI)   –   1 – 6 – 0
Haskell   –   0 – 7 – 1
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Joe Gembis, the Tartars compiled a 5–2–1 record and shut out four of eight opponents.[1]

Fred Bens was the team captain.[2] The team played its four home games at Kelsey Field located at the corner of Fourth and Lysander in Detroit and used an old house for lockers, showers, equipment and training rooms.[3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 114. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  2. ^ 2016 Football Media Guide, p. 112.
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  7. ^ Reminiscences of Wayne. Wayne State University Press. 1999. p. 273.