1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team

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The 1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team represented Slippery Rock State Normal School—now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania—in the 1936 college football season.[2][3]

Record6–3 (3–1 PSTC)
Headcoach
HomestadiumNew Slippery Rock Stadium
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1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football
Northwestern Pennsylvania champion[1]
ConferencePennsylvania State Teachers Conference
Record6–3 (3–1 PSTC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNew Slippery Rock Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 â†’
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1936 Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Lock Haven $6–0–26–0–2
Shippensburg6–1–07–1–0
Mansfield4–1–04–3–0
Slippery Rock3–1–06–3–0
Indiana (PA)4–2–14–2–1
West Chester1–1–04–4–1
Kutztown1–1–15–2–1
California (PA)3–4–03–4–1
Edinboro1–3–01–4–0
Millersville1–4–03–4–0
Bloomsburg1–6–01–7–0
East Stroudsburg0–3–02–6–0
Clarion0–4–00–6–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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History

In N. Kerr Thompson's 16th year as head coach, the Rockets compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents 93 to 70. The Rockets went 3–1 against conference opponents, finishing fourth in the Pennsylvania State Teachers conference.

The team is most famous for a news story that circulated[citation needed] around the United States and used the transitive property to declare Slippery Rock the national champion.[4] Slippery Rock made its case by beating the Westminster Titans, which defeated West Virginia Wesleyan, which beat Duquesne, which upset Pittsburgh, which beat Notre Dame, which upset former #1 Northwestern, which defeated Minnesota, who was crowned national champions by the Associated Press. The humorous story was widely popular, and gave Slippery Rock college a good deal of notoriety.[5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at West ChesterWest Chester, PAL 6–132,000[6]
October 3at Geneva*Beaver Falls, PAL 0–25[7]
October 10Indiana Normaldagger
W 10–03,500[8]
October 17at Westminster (PA)*New Wilmington, PAW 14–0[9]
October 24at Waynesburg*Waynesburg, PAL 0–20[10]
October 31Grove City*
  • New Slippery Rock Stadium
  • Slippery Rock, PA
W 6–02,500[11]
November 7BloomsburgBloomsburg, PAW 10–0[12]
November 14Thiel*
  • New Slippery Rock Stadium
  • Slippery Rock, PA
W 14–6[13]
November 21California (PA)
  • New Slippery Rock Stadium
  • Slippery Rock, PA
W 33–6[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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