1936 Saint Anselm Hawks football team

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, shut out five of seven opponents, allowed opponents to score only two safeties, and outscored opponents by a total of 137 to 4.[1]

1925 Saint Anselm Hawks football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
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 edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Springfield (MA)Springfield, MAW 14–0
October 10IthacaManchester, NHW 20–0[2]
October 18at ProvidenceProvidence, RIW 7–24,000[3]
October 31at New HampshireDurham, NHW 31–2
November 7Northeastern
  • Textile Field
  • Manchester, NH
W 19–0[4]
November 14ArnoldManchester, NHW 46–0
November 21at Holy CrossT 0–015,000[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Saint Anselm Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "St. Anselm Rolls Up Win Over Ithaca". The Hartford Courant. October 11, 1936. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "St. Anselm's Downs Providence, 7 to 2". Burlington Daily News. October 19, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "St. Anselm's Wins Over Northeastern". The Hartford Courant. November 8, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "St. Anselm's Gains Tie With Powerful Crusaders". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1936. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.