1936 BYU Cougars football team

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1936 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record4–5 (4–4 RMC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah State $ 6 0 1 7 0 1
Denver 6 1 1 7 1 1
Utah 5 2 0 6 3 0
Colorado 4 2 0 4 3 0
Colorado State–Greeley 4 3 0 5 4 0
BYU 4 4 0 4 5 0
Colorado A&M 3 4 1 4 4 1
Colorado College 3 4 0 3 4 1
Wyoming 2 4 1 2 5 1
Montana State 1 4 0 3 5 0
Western State (CO) 1 5 0 1 6 0
Colorado Mines 0 6 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1936 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1936 college football season. In their ninth and final season under head coach G. Ott Romney, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 4–4 against conference opponents, finished sixth in the RMC, scored 123 points, and allowed opponents to score 123 points.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Arizona*L 6–32
October 3Montana StateProvo, UTW 19–0
October 9at Colorado State–GreeleyGreeley, COW 33–0
October 17Utah StateProvo, UT (rivalry)L 0–136,500[3][4]
October 31at UtahL 0–18
November 7Western State (CO)Gunnison, COW 26–12
November 14at DenverL 7–356,070[5]
November 21WyomingProvo, UTW 32–7
November 28at Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, COL 0–6
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1936 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Christensen, Verl (October 16, 1936). "Provo in gala attire for Cougar-Aggie homecoming". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 13.
  4. ^ Goates, Les (October 19, 1936). "Cougars make plucky stand but fall before Farmer eleven". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 11.
  5. ^ "Denver Eleven Triumphs Over B.Y.U." The Salt Lake Tribune. pp. 7B, 8B, 11B – via Newspapers.com.