1936 DePaul Blue Demons football team

The 1936 DePaul Blue Demons football team was an American football team that represented DePaul University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. The team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 149 to 59.^[1] The team played its home games at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Jim Kelly was the head coach.

1936 DePaul Blue Demons football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Jim Kelly (5th season)
Home stadium	Wrigley Field
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
DePaul			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Marquette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Michigan State			–					6	–	1	–	2
Michigan State Normal			–					6	–	2	–	0
Akron			–					6	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Notre Dame			–					6	–	2	–	1
Wayne			–					5	–	2	–	1
Detroit			–					7	–	3	–	0
Xavier			–					6	–	4	–	0
Saint Louis			–					5	–	4	–	1
Central Michigan			–					3	–	4	–	1
Western State Teachers (MI)			–					2	–	5	–	0
Haskell			–					1	–	6	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 6–9	16,589
October 2	at Saint Louis	Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 6–0
October 9	at Dayton	UD Stadium Dayton, OH	W 7–0
October 17	at Catholic University	Brookland Stadium Washington, DC	L 7–12	6,000	[2]
October 24	Omaha	Chicago, IL	W 46–0
October 31	Western State Teachers (MI)	Wrigley Field Chicago, IL	W 19–7		[3]
November 7	North Dakota	Chicago, IL	W 19–6
November 16	at Arkansas Tech	Russellville, AR	W 26–19
November 20	at Texas Tech	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	W 13–6

References

1. "1936 - DePaul (IL)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 17, 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Catholic U. gridmen use aerial attack to throttle DePaul". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1936. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "DePaul Romps Over W.T.S.C." Detroit Free Press. November 1, 1936. p. Sport 3 – via Newspapers.com.