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Conference | Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference |
Record | 8–0 (5–0 PSTC) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slippery Rock $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Chester | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clarion | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lock Haven | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana (PA) | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mansfield | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Stroudsburg | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shippensburg | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kutztown | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California (PA) | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Millersville | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edinboro | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloomsburg | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Slippery Rock State Normal School (now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania) as a member of the Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference (PSTC) during the 1939 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach N. Kerr Thompson, the Rockets compiled an 8–0 record (5–0 against PSTC opponents), won the PSTC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 20. [1] [2]
Slippery Rock had agreed to play in the "Brain Bowl" against Maryville, but Maryville pulled out of the game when seven of its players left for National Guard training. [3]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 30 | at Shippensburg | Shippensburg, PA | W 16–0 | ||||
October 7 | vs. Millersville |
| W 38–0 | [4] | |||
October 14 | Westminster * | Slippery Rock, PA | W 14–13 | [5] | |||
October 21 | at Indiana (PA) | Indiana, PA | W 13–0 | [6] | |||
October 28 | at Grove City * | Grove City, PA | W 13–0 | ||||
November 4 | at Thiel * | Greenville, PA | W 14–7 | ||||
November 11 | Edinboro | Slippery Rock, PA | W 40–0 | [7] | |||
November 18 | California (PA) | Slippery Rock, PA | W 54–0 | [8] | |||
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