1936 Southeastern Conference football season
Football September 19, 1936 – January 1, 1937 (1936-09-19 – 1937-01-01) 13 LSU
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.
Conf. rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record APfinal 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
PAG = Average of points allowed per game
Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won SEC member lost SEC member tie SEC teams in bold
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 19 Maryville (TN) Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 54–3 September 19 Union (TN) Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 45–0
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 25 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL W 45–0 12,000 September 25 Kentucky Xavier Corcoran Field • Cincinnati, OH W 21–0 12,000 September 26 Rice LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 20–7 25,000 September 26 Howard (AL) Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 34–0 8,000 September 26 Chattanooga Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 13–0 7,000 September 26 Millsaps Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 20–0 4,000 September 26 Mercer Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 15–6 7,000 September 26 Presbyterian Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 55–0 September 26 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 45–0 7,000 September 26 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 7–6 18,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 2 Ole Miss Temple Temple Stadium • Philadelphia, PA L 7–12 October 3 Clemson Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry) W 32–0 6,000 October 3 Howard (AL) Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 35–0 October 3 Furman Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 13–0 4,001 October 3 Vanderbilt Chicago Stagg Field • Chicago, IL W 37–0 12,000 October 3 VMI Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 38–0 October 3 The Citadel Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 20–14 5,000 October 3 LSU Texas War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX T 6–6 15,000 October 3 Tennessee North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 6–14 15,000 October 3 Sewanee Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 58–0 8,000 October 3 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry) 0–0 18,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 9 Ole Miss George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington DC T 0–0 October 10 Centenary Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 19–0 17,000 October 10 Southwestern (TN) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN L 0–12 5,000 October 10 Florida South Carolina Columbia Municipal Stadium • Columbia, SC L 0–7 4,000 October 10 Georgia LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA LSU 47–7 18,000 October 10 Mississippi State Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry) ALA 7–0 17,000 October 10 Auburn Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry) AUB 6–0 15,000 October 10 Kentucky Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 34–0 30,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 16 Tennessee Wesleyan Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN L 7–19 October 17 Auburn Detroit University of Detroit Stadium • Detroit, MI W 6–0 10,000 October 17 Loyola (LA) Mississippi State Ray Stadium • Meridian, MS W 32–0 October 17 Stetson Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 32–0 October 17 Tulane Colgate Polo Grounds • New York, NY W 28–6 18,000 October 17 Kentucky Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W 39–7 October 17 Rice Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA L 6–13 October 17 Georgia Tech Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, NC L 6–19 32,000 October 17 Vanderbilt SMU Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX L 0–16 20,000 October 17 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry) LSU 13–0 October 17 Tennessee Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry) 0–0 15,000
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 October 24 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA (rivalry) W 19–7 15,000 October 24 Duke Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 15–13 13,263 October 24 North Carolina Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 21–7 18,000 October 24 Catholic University Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 14–0 6,000 October 24 Tennessee Tech Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN T 0–0 October 24 Mississippi State TCU Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX T 0–0 6,000 October 24 Auburn Georgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA (rivalry) AUB 20–13 October 24 Florida Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (rivalry) KEN 7–0 October 24 Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry) 0–0 10,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 31 Louisiana Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 22–13 12,000 October 31 Maryland Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 7–6 14,000 October 31 Ole Miss Centenary State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA W 24–7 10,000 October 31 Auburn Santa Clara Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA L 0–12 25,000 October 31 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry) L 13–14 10,000 October 31 LSU Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN LSU 19–0 10,000 October 31 Alabama Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY ALA 14–0 18,000 October 31 Tennessee Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA TEN 46–0 October 31 Sewanee Mississippi State Municipal Stadium • Jackson, MS MSS 68–0 4,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 7 Maryville (TN) Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 34–0 5,000 November 7 Loyola (LA) Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 34–0 November 7 Kentucky Manhattan Ebbets Field • Brooklyn, NY L 7–13 November 7 Mississippi State LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry) LSU 12–0 25,000 November 7 Tulane Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 34–7 18,000 November 7 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry) AUB 12–13 18,000 November 7 Georgia Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry) UGA 26–8 17,000 November 7 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry) VAN 14–0
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 14 Clemson Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 7–6 November 14 Ole Miss Marquette Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, WI L 0–33 17,000 November 14 LSU Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry) LSU 19–6 24,000 November 14 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry) ALA 20–16 20,000 November 14 Tennessee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry) TEN 26–13 20,000 November 14 Georgia Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA UGA 12–6 18,000 November 14 Sewanee Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL FLA 18–7 4,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 21 Southwestern Louisiana LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 93–0 20,000 November 21 Loyola (LA) Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, AL W 44–0 5,000 November 21 Georgia Fordham Polo Grounds • New York, NY T 7–7 35,000 November 21 Ole Miss Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS MSS 26–6 20,000 November 21 Georgia Tech Florida Grant Field • Atlanta, GA GT 38–14 10,000 November 21 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA TUL 53–6 10,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 26 Vanderbilt Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL ALA 14–6 25,000 November 26 Kentucky Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry) TEN 7–6 20,000 November 27 Ole Miss Miami (FL) Miami Stadium • Miami, FL W 14–0 8,000 November 28 Mercer Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 32–0 3,500 November 28 Tulane LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry) LSU 33–0 November 28 Florida Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL (rivalry) AUB 13–0 6,000 November 28 Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry) UGA 16–6 23,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 5 Tennessee Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN 0–0 17,000 December 5 Mississippi State Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL MSS 7–0 7,000
Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 26 California Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 13–7 15,000 January 1, 1937 Villanova Auburn La Tropical Stadium • Havana, Cuba (Bacardi Bowl) T 7–7 6,000 January 1, 1937 Santa Clara LSU Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) L 14–21 38,483 January 1, 1937 Duquesne Mississippi State Miami Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) L 12–13 9,210
The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and 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)
One SEC player was a consensus first-team pick on the 1936 College Football All-America Team :
Gaynell Tinsley, End, LSU (AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UP)
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)
Records through the completion of the 1936 season
Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school SEC record
Frank Thomas 6 74–15–4 (.817) 48–6–3 (.868) 21–2–2 (.880) Jack Meagher 3 43–38–2 (.530) 17–12–2 (.581) 10–9–1 (.525) Josh Cody 1 43–36–1 (.544) 4–6–0 (.400) 1–5–0 (.167) Harry Mehre 9 53–31–4 (.625) 53–31–4 (.625) 11–10–0 (.524) William Alexander 17 86–65–11 (.565) 86–65–11 (.565) 8–18–1 (.315) Chet A. Wynne 3 77–54–9 (.582) 16–13–0 (.552) 5–9–0 (.357) Bernie Moore 2 30–15–4 (.653) 18–3–1 (.841) 11–0–0 (1.000) Ralph Sasse 2 40–11–3 (.769) 15–6–1 (.705) 5–5–0 (.500) Ed Walker 7 34–33–7 (.507) 34–33–7 (.507) 7–9–3 (.447) Harry E. Clark 6 15–36–3 (.306) 15–36–3 (.306) 0–21–0 (.000) Robert Neyland 10 82–11–7 (.855) 82–11–7 (.855) 13–4–2 (.737) Red Dawson 1 6–3–1 (.650) 6–3–1 (.650) 2–3–1 (.417) Ray Morrison 3 98–54–23 (.626) 14–10–1 (.580) 6–4–1 (.591)
The following SEC players were selected in the 1937 NFL draft :
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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