1935 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team

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1935 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football
ConferenceIndependent
1935 record7–0–1
Head coach
CaptainWendell Twitchell [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Home stadiumHutchinson Field
Seasons
 1934
1936  
1935 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Idaho Southern Branch   7 0 1
Humboldt State   6 1 1
Cal Poly   5 2 1
Pomona   5 2 1
Saint Mary's   5 2 2
Hawaii   5 3 0
San Francisco   5 3 0
Gonzaga   5 4 1
Loyola (CA)   6 5 0
San Jose State   5 5 1
Portland   3 4 0
Santa Clara   3 6 1
San Francisco State   2 5 1

The 1935 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Idaho, Southern Branch (later renamed Idaho State University) as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In their first season under head coach Guy Wicks, the team compiled a 7–0–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 26. [3] [4]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Albion Normal [lower-alpha 2] Albion, ID W 26–6 [5]
October 12 Ricks College
W 27–0 [6]
October 19at Western State (CO) Gunnison, CO W 13–0 [7]
October 26vs. College of Idaho Twin Falls, ID W 37–7 [8] [9]
November 2 Montana Mines
  • Hutchinson Field
  • Pocatello, ID
W 60–0 [10]
November 11 Montana State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Hutchinson Field
  • Pocatello, ID
T 7–7 [11]
November 16 Boise Junior College
  • Hutchinson Field
  • Pocatello, ID
W 19–6 [12]
November 22at Santa Rosa Junior College
W 13–02,000 [13]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Notes

  1. Twitchell was inducted to the Idaho State University athletic hall of fame in 1982. [2]
  2. Albion Normal is listed in some sources as Southern Idaho, a name adopted in 1947.

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