1936 NYU Violets football team

The 1936 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In their third year under head coach Mal Stevens, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record.[1]

1936 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
1936 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Ohio State
L 0–6072,948[2]
October 10Pennsylvania Military
W 26–0[3]
October 17North Carolina
L 13–1410,000[4]
October 24Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
T 7–716,000[5]
October 31Lafayette
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 46–08,000[6]
November 7Carnegie Tech
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 6–1410,000[7]
November 14Rutgers
W 46–06,000[8]
November 21CCNY
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 25–75,000[9]
November 26Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 7–650,000[10][11][12]

References
  1. "1936 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. "State wins by 60–0 score". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Violets awake late, top Penn Cadets, 26–0". Daily News. October 11, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Carolina bests Violets, 14–13". The News and Observer. October 18, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Long pass gives Violets deadlock". Times Union. October 25, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "N.Y.U. bowls over Lafayette eleven". Times Union. November 1, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Lehman leads Tech to win over N.Y.U." Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 8, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Rutgers overwhelmed 46 to 0, after holding N.Y.U. in first period". The Sunday Times. November 15, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Violets scared by C.C.N.Y., but win, 25–7". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 22, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "New York beats Fordham in upset, 7-6". Milwaukee Journal. November 27, 1936. p. 6, part 2.
  11. "Fordham bows in big upset". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 27, 1936. p. 12.
  12. "New York University Wrecks Rams by 7 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. November 27, 1936. p. 21.


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