1936 Southeastern Conference football season

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1936 Southeastern Conference football season
Sport
Football
DurationSeptember 19, 1936 – January 1, 1937 (1936-09-19 – 1937-01-01)
Number of teams13
ChampionLSU
SEC seasons
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1936 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 LSU $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
No. 4 Alabama 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
Auburn 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 2
No. 17 Tennessee 3 – 1 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
Georgia 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia Tech 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Tulane 2 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Florida 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ole Miss 0 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 2
Sewanee 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 Southeastern Conference football season was the fourth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1936 college football season. LSU compiled a 9–1–1 overall record, with a conference record of 6–0, and was the SEC champion.

Results and team statistics

Conf. rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record AP
final 		PPG PAG
1 LSU Bernie Moore 9–1–1 (.864) 6–0–0 (1.000) No. 2 26.8 4.9
2 Alabama Frank Thomas 8–0–1 (.944) 5–0–1 (.917) No. 4 18.7 3.9
3 Auburn Jack Meagher 7–2–2 (.727) 4–1–1 (.750) 14.5 5.7
4 Tennessee Robert Neyland 6–2–2 (.700) 3–1–2 (.667) No. 17 14.7 5.2
5 Mississippi State Ralph Sasse 7–3–1 (.682) 3–2–0 (.600) 21.1 3.5
6 Georgia Harry Mehre 5–4–1 (.550) 3–3–0 (.500) 11.5 15.9
7 Georgia Tech William Alexander 5–5–1 (.500) 3–3–1 (.500) 22.8 9.4
8 Tulane Red Dawson 6–3–1 (.650) 2–3–1 (.417) 16.3 11.7
9 Vanderbilt Ray Morrison 3–5–1 (.389) 1–3–1 (.300) 12.8 9.7
10 Kentucky Chet A. Wynne 6–4–0 (.600) 1–3–0 (.250) 17.9 8.4
11 Florida Josh Cody 4–6–0 (.400) 1–5–0 (.167) 9.9 12.5
12 Ole Miss Ed Walker 5–5–2 (.500) 0–3–1 (.125) 12.5 8.2
13 Sewanee Harry E. Clark 0–6–1 (.071) 0–5–0 (.000) 2.9 32.9

Key
AP final = Rankings from AP sports writers. See 1936 college football rankings
PPG = Average of points scored per game[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1]

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won
SEC member lost
SEC member tie
SEC teams in bold

Week Zero

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 19 Maryville (TN) Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 54–3   [2]
September 19
Union (TN)
 Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 45–0   [3]

Week One

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 25 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL W 45–0   12,000 [4]
September 25 Kentucky Xavier Corcoran Field • Cincinnati, OH W 21–0   12,000 [5]
September 26 Rice LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 20–7   25,000 [6]
September 26 Howard (AL) Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 34–0   8,000 [7]
September 26 Chattanooga Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 13–0   7,000 [8]
September 26 Millsaps Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 20–0   4,000 [9]
September 26 Mercer Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 15–6   7,000 [10]
September 26 Presbyterian Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 55–0   [11]
September 26 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Vanderbilt
Dudley Field • Nashville, TN
 W 45–0   7,000 [12]
September 26 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  TUL 7–6   18,000 [13]

Week Two

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 2 Ole Miss Temple Temple Stadium • Philadelphia, PA L 7–12   [14]
October 3 Clemson Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry) W 32–0   6,000 [15]
October 3 Howard (AL) Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 35–0   [16]
October 3 Furman Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 13–0   4,001 [17]
October 3 Vanderbilt Chicago Stagg Field • Chicago, IL W 37–0   12,000 [18]
October 3 VMI Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 38–0   [19]
October 3 The Citadel Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 20–14   5,000 [20]
October 3 LSU Texas War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX T 6–6   15,000 [21]
October 3 Tennessee North Carolina
Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
 L 6–14   15,000 [22]
October 3 Sewanee Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  GT 58–0   8,000 [23]
October 3 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  0–0   18,000 [24]

Week Three

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 9 Ole Miss George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington DC T 0–0   [25]
October 10 Centenary Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 19–0   17,000 [26]
October 10 Southwestern (TN) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–12   5,000 [27]
October 10 Florida South Carolina Columbia Municipal Stadium • Columbia, SC L 0–7   4,000 [28]
October 10 Georgia LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA  LSU 47–7   18,000 [29]
October 10 Mississippi State Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)  ALA 7–0   17,000 [30]
October 10 Auburn Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  AUB 6–0   15,000 [31]
October 10 Kentucky Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  GT 34–0   30,000 [32]

Week Four

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 16
Tennessee Wesleyan
 Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN L 7–19   [33]
October 17 Auburn Detroit University of Detroit Stadium • Detroit, MI W 6–0   10,000 [34]
October 17 Loyola (LA) Mississippi State Ray Stadium • Meridian, MS W 32–0   [35]
October 17 Stetson Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 32–0   [36]
October 17 Tulane Colgate Polo Grounds • New York, NY W 28–6   18,000 [37]
October 17 Kentucky Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W 39–7   [38]
October 17 Rice Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA L 6–13   [39]
October 17 Georgia Tech Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, NC L 6–19   32,000 [40]
October 17 Vanderbilt SMU Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 0–16   20,000 [41]
October 17 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 13–0   [42]
October 17 Tennessee Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  0–0   15,000 [43]

Week Five

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 23 Alabama Loyola (LA) Loyola University Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 13–6   6,000 [44]
October 24 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA (rivalry) W 19–7   15,000 [45]
October 24 Duke Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 15–13   13,263 [46]
October 24 North Carolina Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 21–7   18,000 [47]
October 24 Catholic University Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 14–0   6,000 [48]
October 24 Tennessee Tech Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN T 0–0   [49]
October 24 Mississippi State TCU Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX T 0–0   6,000 [50]
October 24 Auburn Georgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA (rivalry)  AUB 20–13   [51]
October 24 Florida Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (rivalry)  KEN 7–0   [52]
October 24 Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)  0–0   10,000 [53]

Week Six

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 31 Louisiana Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 22–13   12,000 [54]
October 31 Maryland Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 7–6   14,000 [55]
October 31 Ole Miss Centenary State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA W 24–7   10,000 [56]
October 31 Auburn Santa Clara Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA L 0–12   25,000 [57]
October 31 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry) L 13–14   10,000 [58]
October 31 LSU Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN  LSU 19–0   10,000 [59]
October 31 Alabama Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY  ALA 14–0   18,000 [60]
October 31 Tennessee Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA  TEN 46–0   [61]
October 31 Sewanee Mississippi State Municipal Stadium • Jackson, MS  MSS 68–0   4,000 [62]

Week Seven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 7 Maryville (TN) Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 34–0   5,000 [63]
November 7 Loyola (LA) Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 34–0   [64]
November 7 Kentucky Manhattan Ebbets Field • Brooklyn, NY L 7–13   [65]
November 7 Mississippi State LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 12–0   25,000 [66]
November 7 Tulane Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL  ALA 34–7   18,000 [67]
November 7 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)  AUB 12–13   18,000 [68]
November 7 Georgia Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)  UGA 26–8   17,000 [69]
November 7 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)  VAN 14–0   [70]

Week Eight

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 14 Clemson Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 7–6   [71]
November 14 Ole Miss Marquette Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI L 0–33   17,000 [72]
November 14 LSU Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  LSU 19–6   24,000 [73]
November 14 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)  ALA 20–16   20,000 [74]
November 14 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 26–13   20,000 [75]
November 14 Georgia Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  UGA 12–6   18,000 [76]
November 14 Sewanee Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL  FLA 18–7   4,000 [77]

Week Nine

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 21 Southwestern Louisiana LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 93–0   20,000 [78]
November 21 Loyola (LA) Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 44–0   5,000 [79]
November 21 Georgia Fordham Polo Grounds • New York, NY T 7–7   35,000 [80]
November 21 Ole Miss Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS  MSS 26–6   20,000 [81]
November 21 Georgia Tech Florida Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  GT 38–14   10,000 [82]
November 21 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  TUL 53–6   10,000 [83]

Week Ten

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 26 Vanderbilt Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL  ALA 14–6   25,000 [84]
November 26 Kentucky Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 7–6   20,000 [85]
November 27 Ole Miss Miami (FL) Miami Stadium • Miami, FL W 14–0   8,000 [86]
November 28 Mercer Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 32–0   3,500 [87]
November 28 Tulane LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 33–0   [88]
November 28 Florida Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL (rivalry)  AUB 13–0   6,000 [89]
November 28 Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (
rivalry
) 		 UGA 16–6   23,000 [90]

Week Eleven

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 5 Tennessee Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN  0–0   17,000 [91]
December 5 Mississippi State Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL  MSS 7–0   7,000 [92]

Postseason

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 26 California Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 13–7   15,000 [93]
January 1, 1937 Villanova Auburn La Tropical Stadium • Havana, Cuba (Bacardi Bowl) T 7–7   6,000 [94]
January 1, 1937 Santa Clara LSU Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) L 14–21   38,483 [95]
January 1, 1937 Duquesne Mississippi State Miami Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) L 12–13   9,210 [96]

All-conference players

For the complete All-SEC selections, see 1936 All-SEC football team.

The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the

United Press (UP) on the 1936 All-SEC football team
:

  • Gaynell Tinsley, End, LSU (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Frank Kinard
    , Tackle, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Art White, Guard, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Walter Gilbert, Center, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Joe Riley, Quarterback, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Phil Dickens, Halfback, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Howard Bryan, Halfback, Tulane (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Marlon "Dutch" Konemann, Fullback, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 1936 College Football All-America Team.

One SEC player was a consensus first-team pick on the 1936 College Football All-America Team:[97]

Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:

  • Frank Kinard
    , Tackle, Mississippi (AAB; AP-3; INS-1; WC-1)
  • Bill Moss, Tackle, Tulane (CP-2)
  • Clarence Strange, Tackle, LSU (INS-2)
  • Art White, Guard, Alabama (AP-2; CP-1; SN; INS-3)
  • Walter Gilbert, Center, Auburn (AP-3; INS-3)
  • Joe Riley, Halfback, Alabama (CP-1; INS-2)
  • Phil Dickens, Halfback, Tennessee (AP-3)

Head coaches

Records through the completion of the 1936 season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school SEC record
Alabama Frank Thomas 6 74–15–4 (.817) 48–6–3 (.868) 21–2–2 (.880)
Auburn Jack Meagher 3 43–38–2 (.530) 17–12–2 (.581) 10–9–1 (.525)
Florida Josh Cody 1 43–36–1 (.544) 4–6–0 (.400) 1–5–0 (.167)
Georgia Harry Mehre 9 53–31–4 (.625) 53–31–4 (.625) 11–10–0 (.524)
Georgia Tech William Alexander 17 86–65–11 (.565) 86–65–11 (.565) 8–18–1 (.315)
Kentucky Chet A. Wynne 3 77–54–9 (.582) 16–13–0 (.552) 5–9–0 (.357)
LSU Bernie Moore 2 30–15–4 (.653) 18–3–1 (.841) 11–0–0 (1.000)
Mississippi State Ralph Sasse 2 40–11–3 (.769) 15–6–1 (.705) 5–5–0 (.500)
Ole Miss Ed Walker 7 34–33–7 (.507) 34–33–7 (.507) 7–9–3 (.447)
Sewanee Harry E. Clark 6 15–36–3 (.306) 15–36–3 (.306) 0–21–0 (.000)
Tennessee Robert Neyland 10 82–11–7 (.855) 82–11–7 (.855) 13–4–2 (.737)
Tulane Red Dawson 1 6–3–1 (.650) 6–3–1 (.650) 2–3–1 (.417)
Vanderbilt Ray Morrison 3 98–54–23 (.626) 14–10–1 (.580) 6–4–1 (.591)

1937 NFL draft

The following SEC players were selected in the 1937 NFL draft:[98]

Round Overall Pick Player name School Position NFL team
2 12 Gaynell Tinsley LSU End Chicago Cardinals
2 14 Art White Alabama Back New York Giants
2 18 Marvin Stewart LSU Back Chicago Bears
3 28 Dick Plasman Vanderbilt Back Chicago Bears
4 31 Walter Gilbert Auburn Back Philadelphia Eagles
4 32 Bucky Bryan Tulane Offensive guard Chicago Cardinals
5 42 Bert Johnson Kentucky Tackle Brooklyn Dodgers
6 52 Phil Dickens Tennessee Tackle Chicago Cardinals
7 64 Buster Poole Ole Miss End New York Giants
8 74 Gene Meyers Kentucky Back New York Giants
8 76 Joel Eaves Auburn End Washington Redskins
10 92 Middleton Fitzsimmons Georgia Tech Offensive Guard Chicago Cardinals
10 94 Chuck Gelatka Mississippi State End New York Giants
10 95 Stan Nevers Kentucky Tackle Pittsburgh Pirates

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