1936 Texas Longhorns football team

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1936 Texas Longhorns football
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Conference Southwest Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1935
1937  
1936 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Arkansas $ 5 1 07 3 0
No. 16 TCU 4 1 19 2 2
Texas A&M 3 2 18 3 1
Baylor 3 2 16 3 1
SMU 2 3 15 4 1
Rice 1 5 05 7 0
Texas 1 5 02 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1936 college football season. In their third year under head coach Jack Chevigny, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 2–6–1, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished tied for sixth in the SWC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3 LSU *T 6–615,000 [2]
October 10vs. Oklahoma *W 6–025,000 [3]
October 17 Baylor
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 18–21 [4]
October 24at Rice L 0–717,000 [5]
October 31No. 15 SMU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 7–1416,000 [6]
November 7at TCU L 6–2712,000 [7]
November 14at No. 2 Minnesota *L 19–4747,400 [8]
November 26 Texas A&M
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 7–035,000 [9]
December 5at Arkansas L 0–67,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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