1935 college football season

The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. The Williamson System, calculated by Paul O. Williamson out of New Orleans, deemed Texas Christian University (TCU) as the best in the nation. The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University (SMU) as the best in the nation. A poll of newspaper writers, taken at year's end—by United Press rather than the AP—concluded that Minnesota was the best in the nation.

The 1935 season also marked the first time the Heisman Trophy was awarded. It was won by Jay Berwanger of Chicago. Quarterback Ray Zeh of Case Western Reserve led the nation in scoring.[1]

Conference and program changes

School1934 Conference1935 Conference
Texas Mines (UTEP) MinersIndependentBorder
Tulsa Golden HurricaneIndependentMissouri Valley
Washburn IchabodsIndependentMissouri Valley

September

September 21 SMU opened with a 39–0 win over North Texas and TCU opened its season with a 41–0 win over visiting Howard Payne College.

September 28 SMU beat Austin College 60–0 and TCU beat North Texas 28–11. Stanford beat San Jose State 35–0 and UCLA beat Utah State 39–0., Fordham University, whose 1936 team would include the legendary Seven Blocks of Granite was a favorite New York City college football teams, after New York University and Columbia University. The Rams played all of their games at home at the Polo Grounds, which also hosted the NFL's New york Giants. In a game against visiting Franklin & Marshall, the Rams were losing until they scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter for a 14–7 win. California played a doubleheader, beating UC-Davis 47–0 and Whittier 6–0. Notre Dame defeated visiting Kansas, 28–7. Pittsburgh had an unexpectedly difficult time in a 14–0 win over visiting Waynesburg College.

October

October 5 Minnesota beat visiting North Dakota State 26–6 Stanford won at the U. of San Francisco 10–0 and California beat St. Mary's 10–0. In Portland, UCLA beat Oregon State 20–7. Ohio State beat Kentucky 19–6 Princeton edged Penn 7–6, Fordham beat Boston College 19–0, Notre Dame won at Carnegie Tech, 14–3 and Pittsburgh won at Washington & Jefferson 35–0. TCU won at Arkansas 13–7 and SMU beat visiting Tulsa 14–0.

October 12 Minnesota won at Nebraska 12–7 and Ohio State defeated visiting Drake 85–7. In Portland, California beat Oregon, 6–0. TCU won at Tulsa, 13–0. In St. Louis, SMU beat Washington University 35–6. Notre Dame won at Wisconsin, 27–0 Pittsburgh beat West Virginia, 24–6. Fordham lost to Purdue, 20–0 [2] Princeton defeated Williams College, 14–7.

October 19 UCLA won at Stanford, 7–6. Notre Dame (3–0) and Pittsburgh, both 3–0–0, met at South Bend, with the Fighting Irish handing Pitt its first loss, 9–6. Minnesota beat visiting Tulane 20–0 Ohio State beat Northwestern 28–7. SMU and Rice, both 4–0–0, met in Dallas, with SMU winning, 10–0. TCU beat visiting Texas A&M 19–14 to stay unbeaten. California beat Santa Clara 6–0. Princeton beat Rutgers, 29–6. Fordham beat Vanderbilt, 13–7

October 26 TCU won at Centenary, 27–7. Stanford won at Washington 6–0, California beat visiting USC, 21–7, and UCLA beat Oregon, 33–6. Minnesota beat Northwestern at home 21–13 and Ohio State won at Indiana 28–6 Fordham defeated Lebanon Valley College 15–0. Pittsburgh beat Penn State 9–0. Princeton won at Cornell 54–0. At Baltimore, Notre Dame beat Navy 14–0. In a game at Wichita Falls, Texas, SMU beat Hardin–Simmons 18–6.

November

November 2 Notre Dame (5–0–0) and Ohio State (4–0–0) met at Columbus before a crowd of 80,000. Grantland Rice described what happened: "Completely outplayed in the first two quarters, trailing 13 to 0 as the final quarter started with every killing break against it-- breaks that would crack the heart of an iron ox-- this Notre Dame team came surging back in the final quarter...". Notre Dame scored early in the fourth, but the extra point attempt bounced off the crossbar, and it was 13–6. After an interception, the Irish drove to within six inches of the goal line 0when Milner fumbled the ball away. With 90 seconds left, Andy Pilney passed to Mike Layden for a touchdown, but the extra point failed and the Irish trailed 13–12. Andy Pilney forced a Buckeye fumble at midfield, giving the Irish the ball at the 49 yard line, and on the next play, Pilney, taking back over as quarterback, scrambled to the 19 yard line, but was injured. With only one play left in the game, reserve quarterback Bill Shakespeare passed to Wayne Milner for the 18–13 win.[3][4]

At Los Angeles, California (6–0–0) faced UCLA (4–0–0) and won 14–2. TCU visited Baylor (6–0–0). TCU shut the Bears out 28–0. SMU beat visiting Texas 20–0. Minnesota beat Purdue 29–7. Stanford beat Santa Clara in another close game, 9–6. Fordham and Pittsburgh played to a 0–0 tie. Princeton defeated Navy 26–0.

November 9 Unbeaten Notre Dame hosted the Northwestern Wildcats, who had a losing record (2–3–0). With William Shakespeare at left halfback for the Irish, and Henry Wardsworth Longfellow playing right end for the Wildcats, the game looked like no more than a meeting of literary namesakes. Shakespeare's running game was shut down, while Longfellow caught one touchdown pass, and then recovered a fumble in the fourth quarter to set up a second touchdown for a major upset, as Northwestern won 14–7 [5] Minnesota won at Iowa 13–6. In Los Angeles, SMU handed UCLA (4–1–0) its second straight loss, 21–0. Stanford won at USC, 3–0. California beat Washington 14–0.

Fordham tied St. Mary's College 7–7, Princeton beat Harvard 35–0 and Pittsburgh beat visiting Army 29–6. Ohio State won at Chicago, 20–13. In a Friday game at New Orleans, TCU beat Loyola College 14–0.

November 16

TCU won at Texas 28–0 and SMU won at Arkansas 17–6. Fordham beat Muhlenberg College 45–0 at the Polo Grounds, while Notre Dame and Army played to a 6–6 tie at Yankee Stadium. Pittsburgh beat Nebraska 6–0 and Princeton beat Lehigh 27–0. Stanford defeated Montana 32–0 California beat Pacific 39–0 Ohio State beat Illinois 38–0 and Minnesota won at Michigan 40–0 In a Friday game, UCLA beat visiting Hawaii 19–6.

November 23

California (9–0) and Stanford (6–1–0) met at Palo Alto, as Stanford handed the Golden Bears their first loss, 13–0. On the strength of the win, Stanford got the bid to the Rose Bowl. In a matchup of two great Ivy teams, Princeton (7–0–0) hosted Dartmouth (8–0–0), with Princeton winning 26–6. SMU defeated visiting Baylor 10–0 and TCU beat visiting Rice, 27–6, as both teams raised their records to 10–0–0.

UCLA beat Loyola Marymount 14–6 Notre Dame closed its season with a 20–13 win over USC. Minnesota beat visiting Wisconsin, 33–7 to close its season at 8–0–0.

For the first time, Ohio State closed with its regular season with Michigan, a tradition that continued with only one interruption, in 1942. OSU won at Ann Arbor, 38–0.

On Thanksgiving Day, November 28 a crowd of 78,000 turned out at Yankee Stadium to watch Fordham (5–1–2) face New York University (7–1–0). Fordham shut out NYU 21–0, but not before a fight broke out with the spectators crowding the field,[6] Pittsburgh (6–1–0) and Carnegie Tech (2–5–0) played to a 0–0 tie.

November 30

The most eagerly watched game of the season matched two unbeaten (10–0–0) teams, with Texas Christian (10–0–0) hosting Southern Methodist. SMU won 20–14 and was invited to the Rose Bowl, while TCU went to the Sugar Bowl.

Princeton closed its season with a 38–7 win at Yale, to finish 9–0–0.

December

December 7 UCLA beat Idaho 13–6. TCU won at Santa Clara, 10–6.

December 14 In San Francisco, UCLA closed its season with a 13–7 win over St. Mary's, while in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh beat USC 12–7.

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1935 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Nebraska $ 4 0 1  6 2 1
Oklahoma 3 2 0  6 3 0
Kansas 2 2 1  4 4 1
Kansas State 1 2 2  2 4 3
Iowa State 1 3 1  2 4 3
Missouri 0 2 3  3 3 3
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Minnesota + 5 0 0  8 0 0
No. 5 Ohio State + 5 0 0  7 1 0
Purdue 3 3 0  4 4 0
Indiana 2 2 1  4 3 1
No. 16 Northwestern 2 3 1  4 3 1
No. 18 Iowa 1 2 2  4 2 2
Chicago 2 3 0  4 4 0
Michigan 2 3 0  4 4 0
Illinois 1 4 0  3 5 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0  1 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from UP Sports Writers
1935 Border Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Arizona $ 4 0 0  7 2 0
New Mexico A&M 4 1 0  7 1 2
New Mexico 3 2 0  6 4 0
Arizona State 2 3 1  2 5 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 3 1  3 3 3
Texas Tech 0 1 0  5 3 2
Texas Mines 0 3 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Reference[7]
1935 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Rutgers $ 2 0 0  4 5 0
Lehigh 1 1 0  5 4 0
Lafayette 0 2 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Washington University + 3 0 0  6 4 0
Tulsa + 3 0 0  3 6 1
Creighton 2 1 1  3 5 1
Drake 1 2 1  4 4 2
Washburn 1 2 0  4 6 0
Grinnell 1 2 0  3 5 1
Oklahoma A&M 0 3 0  3 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1935 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Stanford ^ + 4 1 0  8 1 0
California + 4 1 0  9 1 0
UCLA + 4 1 0  8 2 0
Washington State 3 2 0  5 3 1
Oregon 3 2 0  6 3 0
Washington 4 3 0  5 3 0
Oregon State 2 3 1  6 4 1
USC 2 4 0  5 7 0
Idaho 1 5 0  2 7 0
Montana 0 5 1  1 5 2
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
1935 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Colorado $ 5 1 0  5 4 0
Utah State 5 1 1  5 2 1
Denver 5 2 0  6 3 0
Utah 4 1 1  4 3 1
Colorado College 4 2 1  4 3 1
Colorado State–Greeley 2 1 0  4 3 0
BYU 3 4 0  4 4 0
Wyoming 3 4 0  4 4 0
Colorado A&M 2 4 1  3 4 1
Montana State 1 5 0  2 6 1
Colorado Mines 1 6 0  1 6 0
Western State (CO) 0 4 0  1 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
LSU $ 5 0 0  9 2 0
Vanderbilt 5 1 0  7 3 0
Ole Miss 3 1 0  9 3 0
Auburn 5 2 0  8 2 0
Alabama 4 2 0  6 2 1
Tulane 3 3 0  6 4 0
Kentucky 3 3 0  5 4 0
Georgia Tech 3 4 0  5 5 0
Mississippi State 2 3 0  8 3 0
Tennessee 2 3 0  4 5 0
Georgia 2 4 0  6 4 0
Florida 1 6 0  3 7 0
Sewanee 0 6 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Duke $ 5 0 0  8 2 0
North Carolina 4 1 0  8 1 0
Maryland 3 1 1  7 2 2
Clemson 2 1 0  6 3 0
VPI 3 3 1  4 3 2
NC State 2 2 0  6 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 3 1  3 4 1
Virginia 0 3 2  1 5 4
South Carolina 1 4 0  3 7 0
VMI 0 3 1  2 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Middle Tennessee $ 5 0 0  8 0 0
Howard (AL) 5 0 1  7 1 2
Furman 4 0 0  8 1 0
Centenary 3 0 0  6 5 0
Union (KY) 2 0 2  3 1 2
Southwestern (TN) 2 0 2  3 4 3
Louisiana Tech 7 1 0  8 1 0
Mississippi State Teachers 5 1 0  6 4 0
Stetson 4 1 0  7 2 0
The Citadel 4 1 0  4 3 1
Transylvania 3 1 0  5 3 0
Georgetown (KY) 3 1 1  5 2 1
Western Kentucky 5 2 0  7 3 0
Wofford 3 2 1  4 4 1
Louisiana College 4 4 0  6 4 0
Miami (FL) 1 1 0  5 3 0
Millsaps 2 2 1  4 4 2
Mercer 1 1 0  4 5 0
Centre 1 1 0  1 7 1
Union (TN) 2 3 1  6 4 1
Eastern Kentucky 2 3 1  4 4 1
Murray State 2 4 0  4 5 0
Presbyterian 2 4 0  2 7 0
Rollins 1 3 0  2 5 0
Loyola (LA) 1 3 0  2 6 1
Newberry 1 4 0  2 8 0
SW Louisiana 1 4 0  2 8 0
Louisville 1 4 0  1 6 1
Louisiana Normal 1 5 0  2 9 0
West Tennessee State 0 3 1  1 6 1
Erskine 0 4 1  1 6 1
Mississippi College 0 5 1  2 6 1
Tennessee Tech 0 5 1  1 6 1
Morehead State 0 5 0  1 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
SMU $ 6 0 0  12 1 0
TCU 5 1 0  12 1 0
Baylor 3 3 0  8 3 0
Rice 3 3 0  8 3 0
Arkansas 2 4 0  5 5 0
Texas A&M 1 5 0  3 7 0
Texas 1 5 0  4 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

Independents

1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton      9 0 0
Holy Cross      9 0 1
NYU      7 1 0
Dartmouth      8 2 0
Northeastern      5 0 3
Syracuse      6 1 1
Pittsburgh      7 1 2
Fordham      6 1 2
Villanova      7 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      7 2 1
Providence      6 2 0
Army      6 2 1
Colgate      7 3 0
Temple      7 3 0
Boston College      6 3 0
Bucknell      6 3 0
Duquesne      6 3 0
Yale      6 3 0
Drexel      3 2 2
Manhattan      5 3 1
Massachusetts State      5 4 0
La Salle      4 4 1
Penn      4 4 0
Penn State      4 4 0
Columbia      4 4 1
Harvard      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      2 5 1
Buffalo      2 6 0
Tufts      1 5 2
Brown      1 8 0
Cornell      0 6 1
1935 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Marquette      7 1 0
Notre Dame      7 1 1
Michigan State      6 2 0
DePaul      5 2 1
Wayne      5 2 1
Detroit      6 3 0
Xavier      6 3 0
Michigan State Normal      4 2 2
Western State (MI)      5 3 0
Saint Louis      5 6 0
Central State (MI)      1 6 0
1935 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Catholic University      8 1 0
William & Mary Norfolk Division      8 1 0
George Washington      6 3 0
Hardin–Simmons      6 3 1
Navy      5 4 0
Western Maryland      6 5 0
East Carolina      3 3 0
Georgetown      4 4 0
South Georgia Teachers      3 3 2
West Virginia      3 4 2
Oklahoma City      3 4 1
Texas A&I      3 5 0
Delaware      2 5 1
1935 Western college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Idaho Southern Branch      7 0 1
Humboldt State      6 1 1
Cal Poly      5 2 1
Pomona      5 2 1
Saint Mary's      5 2 2
Hawaii      5 3 0
San Francisco      5 3 0
Gonzaga      5 4 1
Loyola (CA)      6 5 0
San Jose State      5 5 1
Portland      3 4 0
Santa Clara      3 6 1
San Francisco State      2 5 1

Minor conferences

Conference Champion(s) Record
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Morgan College 7–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Teachers–Hays
Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg
Wichita
3–1
Far Western Conference Fresno State Normal 4–0
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Butler 5–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Luther 4–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Kansas Wesleyan 4–0–1
Lone Star Conference North Texas State Teachers
Stephen F. Austin State Teachers
East Texas State Teachers
3–1
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Alma 4–0
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Ripon 2–0–1
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus
Saint John's (MN)
Saint Olaf
3–0–1
3–0–1
3–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Northeast Missouri State Teachers 5–0
Nebraska College Athletic Conference Hastings 3–1
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association Omaha University 4–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Dakota Agricultural 4–0–1
North Dakota College Athletic Conference Jamestown College 4–0
Northern Teachers Athletic Conference Moorhead State Teachers 4–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Baldwin–Wallace 8–0
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Central State Teachers (OK)
East Central State (OK)
4–1
Pacific Northwest Conference Linfield
Willamette
3–0–1
4–0
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Shippensburg State Teachers 5–1
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Augustana (SD) 5–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Whittier 4–1
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Alabama State Teachers
Southwestern Athletic Conference Texas College 5–0–1
Texas Conference Austin 4–0–2
Tri-Normal League State Normal–Cheney 1–0–1
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference North: Superior State Teachers
South: Oshkosh State Teachers
3–0–1
4–0

Minor conference standings

1935 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Fort Hays State + 3 1 0  8 2 0
Pittsburg State + 3 1 0  6 3 0
Wichita + 3 1 0  5 4 0
Emporia Teachers 1 3 0  4 4 0
Southwestern (KS) 0 4 0  4 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Chesapeake Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Randolph–Macon $ 3 0 0  8 0 2
Hampden–Sydney 2 1 0  5 5 0
American 1 2 0  3 4 0
Bridgewater 0 3 0  0 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Howard (AL) $ 3 0 1  7 1 2
Chattanooga 3 1 1  4 3 1
Spring Hill 2 1 2  7 2 2
Millsaps 1 1 2  4 4 2
Southwestern (TN) 2 2 2  3 4 2
Mercer 1 1 0  4 5 0
Loyola (LA) 2 2 0  2 6 1
Birmingham–Southern 2 5 0  2 6 0
Mississippi College 1 4 1  2 6 1
Centre 0 0 1  1 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Fresno State $ 4 0 0  6 3 0
Pacific (CA) 3 1 0  5 4 1
Nevada 2 2 0  2 6 0
Cal Aggies 1 3 0  2 6 1
Chico State 0 4 0  2 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Millikin + 4 0 0  5 1 0
Monmouth (IL) + 4 0 0  6 3 0
Northern Illinois State 5 1 1  7 1 1
Illinois College 5 1 0  5 3 0
McKendree 4 1 1  5 3 1
Illinois Wesleyan 4 1 0  7 3 0
Illinois State 4 2 1  5 2 2
Elmhurst 2 1 1  5 2 1
Knox (IL) 2 1 1  5 2 2
Augustana (IL) 3 2 0  5 3 0
North Central 3 3 0  4 3 0
Carthage 2 3 0  4 4 0
Wheaton (IL) 1 2 1  2 5 1
St. Viator 1 2 0  2 4 2
Southern Illinois 1 4 1  1 7 1
Bradley 1 5 1  1 6 1
Western Illinois 1 6 0  2 6 0
Lake Forest 0 1 0  3 4 0
Eastern Illinois 0 5 0  1 7 0
Eureka 0 6 0  0 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1935 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Butler $ 6 0 0  7 1 0
DePauw 5 0 2  5 1 2
Wabash 6 1 1  6 1 1
Indiana State 4 1 0  5 3 0
Manchester 3 1 2  4 1 2
Central Normal 2 1 2  3 1 3
Valparaiso 2 2 0  4 4 1
Ball State 3 4 1  3 4 1
Evansville 4 5 0  4 5 0
Hanover 2 3 0  2 5 1
Earlham 1 2 1  0 0 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 1 3 0  1 4 0
Rose Poly 1 5 0  2 5 0
Franklin (IN) 1 7 0  1 7 0
Oakland City 0 6 1  0 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Kansas Wesleyan $ 4 0 1  4 3 1
Baker 3 1 1  3 4 2
McPherson 2 1 2  4 3 2
College of Emporia 3 2 0  3 5 1
Bethany (KS) 1 4 0  4 4 0
Ottawa 0 5 0  0 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
East Texas State + 3 1 0  6 2 1
North Texas State + 3 1 0  5 3 1
Stephen F. Austin + 3 1 0  4 5 0
Southwest Texas State 1 3 0  2 7 0
Sam Houston State 0 4 0  3 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1935 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Alma $ 4 0 0  8 0 0
Kalamazoo 2 1 1  2 3 2
Hillsdale 1 2 1  4 4 1
Hope 1 2 1  3 3 2
Albion 0 3 1  0 6 2
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Saint John's (MN) + 3 0 1  5 0 1
Gustavus Adolphus + 3 0 1  5 0 2
St. Olaf + 3 0 0  3 4 0
St. Thomas (MN) 3 1 2  4 2 2
Hamline 2 2 0  2 3 0
Macalester 0 3 1  1 5 1
Concordia (MN) 0 3 1  1 6 1
Saint Mary's (MN) 0 5 0  2 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1935 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Missouri Valley $ 3 1 0  6 3 0
Tarkio 2 1 0  3 2 0
Central Methodist 2 2 0  3 6 0
William Jewell 2 2 0  3 5 1
Culver–Stockton 0 3 0  2 4 2
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Kirksville State $ 5 0 0  7 1 0
SE Missouri State 3 2 0  7 2 0
Central Missouri State 2 2 1  4 3 1
SW Missouri State 2 2 1  3 4 1
NW Missouri State 2 3 0  3 5 1
Missouri Mines 0 5 0  1 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 New England Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Maine $ 2 0 0  3 3 1
Rhode Island State 1 1 0  4 4 1
Connecticut State 0 1 0  2 4 1
New Hampshire 0 1 0  2 5 1
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Nebraska College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Hastings $ 3 1 0  6 4 0
Nebraska Wesleyan 2 1 1  5 3 1
Doane 2 2 0  0 6 3
Midland 1 2 1  2 2 3
York (NE) 1 3 0  6 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Omaha $ 3 0 0  6 3 0
Kearney State 2 2 0  5 3 0
Wayne State (NE) 2 2 0  3 4 0
Peru State 1 3 0  2 5 1
Chadron State 1 3 0  2 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 North Central Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
North Dakota Agricultural $ 4 0 1  7 1 1
North Dakota 3 0 2  6 2 2
Iowa State Teachers 2 0 0  6 3 0
South Dakota 2 2 1  5 3 1
South Dakota State 1 3 1  4 4 1
Omaha 1 3 0  6 3 0
Morningside 0 5 1  0 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
1935 North Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Jamestown $ 4 0 1  5 1 1
Dickinson State 2 1 1  3 1 1
Valley City State 3 2 1  4 2 1
Mayville State 2 2 0  2 2 0
Minot State 1 1 2  1 2 3
Wahpeton 1 3 1  1 4 1
Ellendale Teachers 0 4 0  0 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 North State Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Elon $ 3 0 0  6 3 0
Appalachian State 1 0 1  5 2 2
Catawba 3 1 0  8 2 0
Lenoir–Rhyne 2 2 1  4 4 1
Guilford 1 3 0  1 9 0
Western Carolina 0 4 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Baldwin–Wallace $ 8 0 0  9 1 1
Mount Union 6 1 1  7 1 1
Toledo 3 1 0  6 2 1
Capital 4 2 0  5 2 0
Akron 6 3 0  6 3 0
Marietta 3 2 0  4 4 0
Wittenberg 3 2 0  4 5 0
Case 3 2 0  3 6 0
Ohio Northern 3 2 1  4 3 1
Muskingum 3 3 0  5 4 0
Kenyon 1 1 1  3 3 1
Heidelberg 3 3 2  3 4 2
Oberlin 2 2 1  3 4 1
Wooster 2 3 2  3 4 2
Ashland 2 4 1  2 4 1
Kent State 2 5 0  3 5 0
Findlay 1 3 0  4 4 0
Otterbein 0 6 1  1 6 1
Bowling Green 0 6 0  1 6 0
John Carroll 0 4 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
East Central + 4 1 0  7 2 0
Central State (OK) + 4 1 0  7 2 1
Northeastern State 2 2 1  4 3 1
SE Oklahoma State 2 2 1  4 4 2
NW Oklahoma State 1 3 1  3 5 1
SW Oklahoma State 0 4 1  2 6 2
  • + Conference co-champions
1935 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Cumberland (TN) $ 5 0 0  7 3 0
Carson–Newman 6 1 0  7 3 0
Appalachian State 3 2 0  5 2 2
East Tennessee Teachers 4 3 0  5 3 0
Maryville 2 2 1  4 5 1
Milligan 2 3 1  2 5 1
King 1 3 1  2 5 2
Tusculum 0 5 1  2 5 1
Western Carolina 0 4 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Spearfish + 5 0 0  8 0 0
Augustana (SD) + 5 0 0  7 2 0
Huron 5 1 0  5 2 0
Southern Normal 3 2 0  3 3 0
Sioux Falls 3 3 0  4 4 0
Dakota Wesleyan 2 3 0  3 4 0
Yankton 2 3 0  3 5 0
Northern State 1 5 0  2 6 0
Eastern Normal 0 4 0  0 5 0
South Dakota Mines 0 5 0  0 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1935 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Whittier $ 4 1 0  5 5 0
Redlands 3 1 1  7 1 1
Santa Barbara State 2 2 1  5 2 2
San Diego State 2 2 1  3 4 1
Occidental 1 2 1  3 3 2
La Verne 0 4 0  3 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas College $ 5 0 1  9 0 1
Wiley 3 0 3  8 0 3
Bishop 3 2 1  7 2 1
Prairie View 1 1 4  4 3 4
Langston 1 3 2  2 3 2
Southern 1 4 1  1 7 1
Samuel Huston 1 5 0  1 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
1935 Texas Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Austin $ 4 0 2  7 2 2
McMurry 4 2 0  6 3 0
Howard Payne 3 1 3  5 2 3
Trinity (TX) 2 2 1  4 3 1
Daniel Baker 2 3 1  4 5 2
Abilene Christian 1 4 1  1 6 3
Southwestern (TX) 1 4 1  1 8 1
St. Edward's 1 4 1  3 5 1
Hardin–Simmons * 2 0 0  6 3 1
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – did not compete for championship
1935 Tri-State Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Milton $ 5 0 0  6 0 0
Northwestern (WI) 3 1 1  4 2 1
Aurora 3 1 1  3 2 2
Wisconsin Mines 2 3 0  2 3 0
Wartburg 0 4 0  0 4 0
Mission House 0 4 0  0 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

Rankings

Dickinson System

The AP sportswriters' poll did not begin continuously until 1936.[8] (although, the first time was a one instance publishing in 1934[9]) Frank G. Dickinson, an economics professor at the University of Illinois, had invented the Dickinson System to rank colleges based upon their records and the strength of their opposition. The Rissman Trophy, and later the Rockne Memorial Trophy, was awarded to the winning university.[10]

In an AP story with the caption "Figure This Out!", the system was explained: "For each victory of a first division team over another first division team, the winner gets 30 points and the loser 15 points. For each tie between two first division teams, each team gets 12.5 points. For each victory of a first division team over a second division team, the first division winner gets 20 points and the second division loser 10 points. For each tie between two second division teams, each gets 15 points. For each tie between a non-division team and a second division team, the first division team gets 15 points and the second division team gets 20 points. Then, after each team has been given its quota of points its final "score" is tabulated by taking an average on the number of games played." [11]

Final Dickinson rankings

SMU, Minnesota, and Princeton were all unbeaten and untied at season's end. Based on the strength of its schedule, which included 12 games, SMU was ranked first. Professor Dickinson also had additional variables, based on the strength of the conferences, reported as follows: Big Ten (+3.78), SWC (+3.31), East (0.00), Pacific Coast (-0.11), SEC (-0.12), Big Six (-1.95) and Southern (-6.15) [12]

Rank Team Record Rating
1 SMU 12–0 28.01
2 Minnesota 8–0 27.35
3 Princeton 9–0 26.00
4 LSU 9–1 24.03
5 (t) California 9–1 23.11
5 (t) Stanford 7–1 23.11
7 Ohio State 7–1 22.21
8 TCU 11–1 22.01
9 Notre Dame 7–1–1 21.56
10 UCLA 8–2 21.25
11 Fordham 6–1–2 20.89

The United Press Sports Writers' Poll

The AP began the first weekly writers' poll in 1936 and the United Press (UP) did not begin a weekly poll until 1950. The UP did conduct a season's end poll in 1935. Writers from 112 papers were asked to vote for their Top Ten and then the choices were to be weighted, with 10 points for first, 9 points for second, etc. The results placed Minnesota first and SMU second [13]

Ranking Team
1 Minnesota
2 SMU
3 Princeton
4 TCU
5 Ohio State
6 Stanford
7 LSU
8 Notre Dame
9 California
10 Pittsburgh
11 Fordham
12 North Carolina
13 Duke
14 Holy Cross
15 Auburn
16 Northwestern
17 Alabama
18 (t) Army
18 (t) Iowa
18 (t) UCLA
21 (t) Nebraska
21 (t) Ohio
23 (t) Marquette
23 (t) Saint Mary's
23 (t) Washington
26 (t) Dartmouth
26 (t) NYU
26 (t) Temple

Bowl games

Bowl game Winning team Losing team
Rose Bowl No. 5 Stanford 7 No. 1 SMU 0
Sugar Bowl No. 8 TCU 3 No. 4 LSU 2
Orange Bowl Catholic University 20 Ole Miss 19
Sun Bowl Hardin–Simmons 14 New Mexico A&M 14

Rankings from the Dickinson System

The Rose Bowl matched unbeaten Southwest Conference champion SMU (12–0) against Pacific Coast Conference co-champion Stanford (7–1) before a crowd of 86,000. Stanford has lost the two previous Rose Bowls, falling to Columbia in the 1934 Rose Bowl and 1934 Alabama Crimson Tide football team the 1935 game. Determined not three-peat, the Stanford scored an early touchdown and held off the Mustangs to win 7–0.

In New Orleans, the second annual Sugar Bowl pitted TCU (11–1) against Southeastern Conference champion LSU (9–1) before a crowd of 38,000. TCU's Sammy Baugh was forced out of the end zone on a pass attempt, and the safety gave LSU a 2–0 lead. Two minutes later, Baugh drove the Frogs to the 17-yard line, setting up Taldon Malton's field goal. The final score was TCU 3, LSU 2 [14]

In Miami, the second annual Orange Bowl matched Ole Miss (9–2) against unheralded Catholic University (8–1). A crowd of 10,000 watched Catholic take an early lead and pull off a 20–19 upset. The Sun Bowl matched two colleges for the first time, as New Mexico A&M and Hardin–Simmons battled to a 14–14 tie.

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Statistical leaders

Heisman Trophy

1935 was the first year that the Heisman Trophy was ever awarded, although it was named differently in the first year. In 1935, it was presented by the Downtown Athletic Club (DAC) in Manhattan, New York, a privately owned recreation facility near the site of the former World Trade Center. It was first known simply as the "DAC Trophy" for this inaugural year. The first winner, Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago, was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles but declined to sign for them. He never played professional football for any team. In 1936, John Heisman died and the trophy was renamed in his honor. Larry Kelley, the second winner of the award was the first man to win it officially named as the "Heisman Trophy."[15]

See also

References

  1. Mark Purcell http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv05/CFHSNv05n3c.pdf
  2. "Purdue Hands Fordham Humiliating Defeat at Polo Grounds", Syracuse Herald, Oct. 13, 1935, pB-2
  3. Grantland Rice, "'Fighting Irish' Rally To Win 18–13 Victory", from Syracuse Herald, Nov. 3, 1935, pII-1
  4. "This Day in Buckeye History"
  5. "Lowly Wildcats Crush Mighty Notre Dame", Fresno Bee, Nov. 10, 1935, pIII-1.
  6. "Madison Square Garden Missed This Fistic Event", Syracuse Herald, November 29, 1935, p34
  7. "1935 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  8. http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1936 Archived April 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  9. http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/research/1934-11-15_poll.cfm Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Herschel Nissenson Tales From College Football's Sidelines (Sports Publishing LLC, 2001), p93.
  11. "Grid Season Put In Hands 'Brain Trust'", The Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minn.) Nov. 27, 1934, p12
  12. "Dickinson System Rates Mustangs Champions of U.S.." Alton (Ill.) Evening Telegraph Dec. 10, 1935, p10
  13. "Minnesota Voted Nation's Greatest Football Team", Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer, Dec. 12, 1935, p14
  14. "Manton's Kick Gives T.C.U. 3 To 2 Win", Oakland Tribune, January 2, 1936, pB-1
  15. "Heisman Trophy". heisman.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2008. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
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