1934–35 NCAA football bowl games
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Bowl games | January 1, 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | Minnesota Golden Gophers (Dickinson) Alabama Crimson Tide (Dunkel) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1934–35 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the
The Orange Bowl was hosted by the local team, the Miami Hurricanes, who faced the invited Bucknell Bison. Likewise, the Sugar Bowl was also hosted by the in-town team (the Tulane Green Wave), and also invited a Pennsylvania club as their opponents, the Temple Owls. The Rose Bowl featured two national powerhouses, the Stanford Indians of the West and the Alabama Crimson Tide from the South. Alabama's victory sealed their undefeated season and ended Stanford's, leaving Minnesota the only other undefeated team in the US.
Poll rankings
The first
AP | Team | W–L | Conf. | Bowl |
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1 |
Minnesota Golden Gophers | 6–0 |
Big Ten | — † |
2 |
Stanford Indians | 7–0–1 |
PCC | Rose Bowl |
3 |
Alabama Crimson Tide | 7–0 |
SEC | Rose Bowl |
4 |
Pittsburgh Panthers | 6–1 |
Ind. | — |
5 |
Princeton Tigers | 6–0 |
Ind. | — |
6 |
Illinois Fighting Illini | 6–0 |
Big Ten | — † |
7 |
Navy Midshipmen | 7–0 |
Ind. | — |
8 |
Colgate Red Raiders | 4–1 |
Ind. | — |
9 |
Ohio State Buckeyes | 5–1 |
Big Ten | — † |
10 |
Syracuse Orangemen | 6–0 |
Ind. | — |
† The Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to participate in bowl games until the 1947 Rose Bowl.
Bowl schedule
Date | Game | Site | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
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Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California |
Alabama Crimson Tide (9–0) Stanford Indians (9–0–1) |
SEC PCC |
Alabama 29 Stanford 13 |
Sugar Bowl | Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
Tulane Green Wave (9–1) Temple Owls (7–0–1) |
SEC Independent |
Tulane 20 Temple 14 | |
Orange Bowl | Miami Field Miami, Florida |
Bucknell Bison (7–2–2) Miami Hurricanes (5–2–1) |
Independent Independent |
Bucknell 26 Miami 0 | |
Sun Bowl | Jones Stadium El Paso, Texas |
El Paso All-Stars (N/A) Ranger Bulldogs (5–1) |
† | El Paso 25 Ranger 21 |
† The inaugural Sun Bowl was contested between high school teams.
Game recaps
Rose Bowl
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Alabama | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
Stanford | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
Qtr. | Team | Scoring play | Score |
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1 | STAN | Grayson 1 yard rush, Moscrip kick good | STAN 7–0 |
2 | BAMA | Howell 5 yard rush, kick failed | STAN 7–6 |
BAMA | Smith 27 yard FG | BAMA 9–7 | |
BAMA | Howell 67 yard rush, Smith kick good | BAMA 16–7 | |
BAMA | Huston 46 yard pass from Riley, kick failed | BAMA 22–7 | |
3 | STAN | VanDellen 12 yard rush | BAMA 22–13 |
4 | BAMA | Huston 59 yard pass from Howell, Smith kick good | BAMA 29–13 |
Source:[4] |
Sugar Bowl
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tulane | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
Temple | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Qtr. | Team | Scoring play | Score |
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1 | TEM | Tester 7 yard pass from Smukler, Smukler kick good | TEM 7–0 |
2 | TEM | Smukler 3 yard rush, Smukler kick good | TEM 14–0 |
TUL | Simons 85 yard kickoff return, Mintz kick good | TEM 14–7 | |
3 | TUL | Hardy 11 yard pass from Bryan, Mintz kick good | TIED 14–14 |
4 | TUL | Hardy 25 yard pass from Mintz, kick failed | TUL 20–14 |
Source:[5] |
Orange Bowl
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bucknell | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
Miami (FL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Qtr. | Team | Scoring play | Score |
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2 | BUCK | Smith 23 yard pass from Jenkins, Dobie kick good | BUCK 7–0 |
3 | BUCK | Miller 4 yard rush, kick failed | BUCK 13–0 |
4 | BUCK | Smith 8 yard rush, Dobie kick good | BUCK 20–0 |
BUCK | Reznichak 10 yard rush, kick failed | BUCK 26–0 | |
Source:[6] |
See also
References
- ^ "AP Poll Shows Gophers As Topping Grid List". Post Register. Idaho Falls, Idaho. November 14, 1934. p. 12. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "November 15, 1934 AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive – Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings. November 15, 1934. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "Dickinson Awards Trophy to Gophers". The Times. Munster, Indiana. December 21, 1934. p. 25. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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