1936 BYU Cougars football team

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]

1936 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Rocky Mountain Conference
Record	4–5 (4–4 RMC)
Head coach	G. Ott Romney (9th season)
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 6–32
October 3	Montana State	Provo, UT	W 19–0
October 9	at Colorado State–Greeley	Greeley, CO	W 33–0
October 17	Utah State	Provo, UT (rivalry)	L 0–13	6,500	^[3]^[4]
October 31	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 0–18
November 7	Western State (CO)	Gunnison, CO	W 26–12
November 14	at Denver	DU Stadium Denver, CO	L 7–35	6,070	^[5]
November 21	Wyoming	Provo, UT	W 32–7
November 28	at Colorado College	Colorado Springs, CO	L 0–6
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1936 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
2. (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.