1936 Saint Vincent Bearcats football team

1936 Saint Vincent Bearcats football
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1936 Eastern college football independents records
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 Saint Vincent Bearcats football team represented Saint Vincent College as an independent during the 1936 college football season.[1] Led by fifth-year head coach Red Edwards, the Bearcats compiled a 5–3 record.

In a wire service column, an Associated Press sportswriter awarded the Bearcats the "undisputed title" of national champions by way of a string of transitive property victories.[2][3] Saint Vincent beat West Virginia Wesleyan, who beat Duquesne, who beat Pittsburgh, who beat Notre Dame, who beat No. 1 Northwestern, who beat No. 1 Minnesota, who beat Washington, who won the western invitation to the 1937 Rose Bowl by beating Washington State.[2][3]

  1. ^ "This Season's Bearcats One of the Greatest to Represent St. Vincent College". Latrobe Bulletin. Latrobe, PA. November 25, 1936. p. 11. Retrieved June 30, 2023. The curtain of 1936 football at St. Vincent College has fallen. A record of five wins and three losses is chalked up for the Edwards-coached Green and Gold warriors.
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