1935 Austin Kangaroos football team
American college football season
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The 1935 Austin Kangaroos football team was an American football team represented Austin College as a member of the Texas Conference during the 1935 college football season. Led by Bill Pierce in his first season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 7â2â2 with a mark of 4â0â2 in conference play, winning the program's first and only Texas Conference championship. Talmadge Crook was the team's captain.[1] Austin lost its first two games of the season, both on the road. The first came in Commerce, Texas, to East Texas State, who finished the season as co-champions of the Lone Star Conference. The second was a 60â0 rout in Dallas by SMU, who won the Southwest Conference title and was recognized as a national champion.
- Bill Pierce (1st season)
| 1935 Austin Kangaroos football | |
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Texas Conference champion | |
| Conference | Texas Conference |
| Record | 7â2â2 (4â0â2 Texas) |
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| Captain | Talmadge Crook |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 2 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McMurry | 4 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard Payne | 3 | â | 1 | â | 3 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity (TX) | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Baker | 2 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 1 | â | 4 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (TX) | 1 | â | 4 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 8 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Edward's | 1 | â | 4 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HardinâSimmons * | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | at East Texas State* | Commerce, TX | L 6â7 | [2] | |
| September 28 | at SMU* | L 0â60 | [3] | ||
| October 4 | McMurry | W 20â14 | |||
| October 11 | Daniel Baker | Sherman, TX | W 13â6 | [4] | |
| October 18 | at Howard Payne | Brownwood, TX | T 0â0 | 4,000 | [5] |
| October 25 | Texas Wesleyan* | Sherman, TX | W 12â3 | [6] | |
| November 1 | at Stephen F. Austin* | Nacogdoches, TX | W 23â12 | [7] | |
| November 8 | at Abilene Christian | Abilene, TX | T 6â6 | [8] | |
| November 15 | at St. Edward's | Austin, TX | W 26â7 | [9] | |
| November 28 | Trinity (TX) | Sherman, TX | W 13â0 | [10] | |
| December 6 | vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State* | Denison, TX | W 6â0 | [11] | |
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