1936 Virginia State Trojans football team

1936 Virginia State Trojans football
ConferenceColored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record9–0–2 (7–0–2 CIAA)
Head coach
CaptainEdward "Wimpy" Taylor
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Virginia State $ 7 0 2 9 0 2
Morgan 5 0 2 6 0 2
Bluefield State 3 0 3 3 2 4
Hampton 5 2 0 5 2 1
North Carolina College 3 3 1 4 3 1
North Carolina A&T 4 4 0 5 4 0
Shaw 3 3 0 3 3 0
Johnson C. Smith 1 2 1 2 3 3
Saint Paul's (VA) 2 5 1 2 5 1
Virginia Union 2 5 1 2 5 1
Lincoln (PA) 1 4 0 1 4 0
St. Augustine's 0 4 0 0 4 0
Howard 0 4 0 0 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Virginia State College as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) during the 1936 college football season. In their third season under head coach Harry R. Jefferson, the team compiled a 9–0–2 record (7–0–2 against CIAA opponents), won the CIAA championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 46.[1] The team was recognized as the black college national co-champion along with West Virginia State.

Tackle Edward "Wimpy" Taylor was the team captain. Other key players included fullback Rudy Jeter, quarterback Horace Robinson, and halfbacks Ace Bailey and Henry "Red" Briscoe.[2] Taylor and Briscoe were selected as first-team players on the Pittsburgh Courier's 1936 All-America team.[3]

The team's assistant coaches were Thomas V. Verdelle, Roscoe "Turkey" Lewis, and James A. Moore.[4]

  1. ^ "Virginia State University Football All-Time Results" (PDF). Virginia State University. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HIEB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Here Are Ches Washington's Courier All-Americans For the Year 1936". January 2, 1937. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "They Tutored Trojans To Title". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 5, 1936. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.