1936 Saint Anselm Hawks football team

The 1936 Saint Anselm Hawks football team was an American football team that represented Saint Anselm College as an independent during the 1936 college football season. Under second-year head coach Cleo A. O'Donnell, the team compiled a 6–0–1 record, shut out five of seven opponents, allowed opponents to score only two safeties, and outscored opponents by a total of 137 to 4.^[1]

1925 Saint Anselm Hawks football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–0–1
Head coach	Cleo A. O'Donnell (2nd season)
Seasons ← 1924 1926 →

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
September 30	at Springfield (MA)	Springfield, MA	W 14–0
October 10	Ithaca	Manchester, NH	W 20–0		^[2]
October 18	at Providence	Providence, RI	W 7–2	4,000	^[3]
October 31	at New Hampshire	Durham, NH	W 31–2
November 7	Northeastern	Textile Field Manchester, NH	W 19–0		^[4]
November 14	Arnold	Manchester, NH	W 46–0
November 21	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 0–0	15,000	^[5]

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
2. "St. Anselm Rolls Up Win Over Ithaca". The Hartford Courant. October 11, 1936. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
3. "St. Anselm's Downs Providence, 7 to 2". Burlington Daily News. October 19, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "St. Anselm's Wins Over Northeastern". The Hartford Courant. November 8, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "St. Anselm's Gains Tie With Powerful Crusaders". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1936. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.