1936 NYU Violets football team

The 1936 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In their third year under head coach Mal Stevens, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record.^[1]

1936 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Mal Stevens (3rd season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field Yankee Stadium
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–60	72,948	^[2]
October 10	Pennsylvania Military	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 26–0		^[3]
October 17	North Carolina	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 13–14	10,000	^[4]
October 24	Georgetown	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	T 7–7	16,000	^[5]
October 31	Lafayette	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 46–0	8,000	^[6]
November 7	Carnegie Tech	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 6–14	10,000	^[7]
November 14	Rutgers	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 46–0	6,000	^[8]
November 21	CCNY	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 25–7	5,000	^[9]
November 26	Fordham	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 7–6	50,000	^[10]^[11]^[12]

References

1. "1936 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
2. "State wins by 60–0 score". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 4, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Violets awake late, top Penn Cadets, 26–0". Daily News. October 11, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Carolina bests Violets, 14–13". The News and Observer. October 18, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Long pass gives Violets deadlock". Times Union. October 25, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "N.Y.U. bowls over Lafayette eleven". Times Union. November 1, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Lehman leads Tech to win over N.Y.U." Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 8, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Rutgers overwhelmed 46 to 0, after holding N.Y.U. in first period". The Sunday Times. November 15, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Violets scared by C.C.N.Y., but win, 25–7". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 22, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "New York beats Fordham in upset, 7-6". Milwaukee Journal. November 27, 1936. p. 6, part 2.
11. "Fordham bows in big upset". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 27, 1936. p. 12.
12. "New York University Wrecks Rams by 7 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. November 27, 1936. p. 21.