1936 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team
American college football season
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The 1936 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia State Collegeânow known as West Virginia State Universityâas a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MWAA) during the 1936 college football season. Under head coach Adolph Hamblin, the Yellow Jackets compiled an overall record of 7â0â1 with a mark of 3â0â1 in conference play, sharing the MWAA title with Wilberforce, and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 12. The team was recognized as the black college national co-champion along with Virginia State.
- Adolph Hamblin (16th season)
| 1936 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football | |
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Black college national co-champion MWAA co-champion | |
| Conference | Midwest Athletic Association |
| Record | 7â0â1 (3â0â1 MWAA) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia State + | 3 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 7 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilberforce + | 3 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky State | 1 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 3 | â | 2 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lincoln (MO) | 0 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville Municipal | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Floyd "Butch" Meadows of West Virginia State was selected as the first-team quarterback on the Pittsburgh Courier's 1936 All-America team.[1]
West Virginia State College had an enrollment of 664 students in the fall of 1936.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 3 | Louisville Municipal | Louisville, KY | W 21â0 | [3] | |||
| October 10 | Lincoln (MO) |
| W 27â0 | 3,000 | [4][5] | ||
| October 17 | Morehouse* |
| W 12â6 | [6] | |||
| October 24 | at Howard* | Washington, DC | W 25â0 | ||||
| October 31 | at Bluefield State* | Bluefield, WV | W 6â0 | 3,000 | [7] | ||
| November 7 | Kentucky State |
| W 6â0 | 4,000 | [8][9] | ||
| November 14 | at Tennessee State* | Nashville, TN | W 7â0 | [10][11] | |||
| November 26 | Wilberforce |
| T 6â6 | 5,000 | [12] | ||
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