1936 Saint Anselm Hawks football team

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The 1936 Saint Anselm Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Saint Anselm College as an independent during the 1936 college football season. Under second-year head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 137 to 4.[1] The team ended the season by shutting out a Holy Cross that had been under consideration for an invitation to play in the 1937 Rose Bowl.[2]

Quick Facts 1925 Saint Anselm Hawks football, Conference ...
1925 Saint Anselm Hawks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumTextile Field
Seasons
 1924
1926 
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1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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
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The team shut out five of seven opponents and allowed zero points on defense, opponents' total tally of four points coming on two safeties. The United Press recognized Saint Anselm for having "the best defensive record of any college in the United States."[3]

Quarterback Charles Pelonzi and center Mike Malio were late inducted into the Saint Anselm Athletics Hall of Fame.[4][5]

The team played its home games at Textile Field, later renamed Gill Stadium, in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAW 14–0
October 10IthacaManchester, NHW 20–0[6]
October 18at ProvidenceProvidence, RIW 7–24,000[7]
October 31at New HampshireDurham, NHW 31–2[8]
November 7Northeastern
  • Textile Field
  • Manchester, NH
W 19–0[9]
November 14ArnoldManchester, NHW 46–0[10]
November 21at Holy CrossT 0–015,000[11]
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