1936 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1936 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1936 college football season. The Indians were led by third-year head coach Earl Blaik and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Indians finished with a record of 7–1–1, and in the inaugural year of the AP Poll, finished in 13th in the final rankings.^[1]

1936 Dartmouth Indians football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 13
Record	7–1–1
Head coach	Earl Blaik (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Field
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Norwich		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 58–0
October 3	Vermont		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 56–0		[2]
October 10	Holy Cross		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–7
October 17	Brown		Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 34–0
October 24	at Harvard		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 26–7	> 35,000	[3]
October 31	at No. 12 Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 11–7
November 7	Columbia	No. 18	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 20–13		[4]
November 14	at Cornell	No. 12	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 20–6
November 21	at Princeton	No. 12	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	T 13–13	45,000	[5]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "1936 Final AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
2. "Vermont trampled by Dartmouth, 56–0". Rutland Daily Herald. October 5, 1936. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Grattan O'Connell (October 25, 1936). "Smart and Powerful Dartmouth Indians Crush Hapless Harvard Team By 26 To 7". The Hartford Courant. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
4. McGowen, Roscoe (November 8, 1936). "Indians triumph, 20–13". The New York Times. p. S1.
5. "Princeton holds Dartmouth, 13–13". New York Daily News. November 22, 1936. pp. 100, 106. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "1936 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.