| 1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football | |
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Northwestern Pennsylvania champion[1] | |
| Conference | Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (3–1 PSTC) |
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| Home stadium | New Slippery Rock Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lock Haven $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shippensburg | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mansfield | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slippery Rock | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana (PA) | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Chester | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kutztown | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California (PA) | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edinboro | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Millersville | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloomsburg | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Stroudsburg | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clarion | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] In N. Kerr Thompson's 16th year as head coach, the Rockets compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents 93 to 70. They 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 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.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | at West Chester | West Chester, PA | L 6–13 | 2,000 | [5] |
| October 3 | at Geneva* | Beaver Falls, PA | L 0–25 | [6] | |
| October 10 | Indiana Normal |
| W 10–0 | 3,500 | [7] |
| October 17 | at Westminster (PA)* | New Wilmington, PA | W 14–0 | [8] | |
| October 24 | at Waynesburg* | Waynesburg, PA | L 0–20 | [9] | |
| October 31 | Grove City* |
| W 6–0 | 2,500 | [10] |
| November 7 | Bloomsburg | Bloomsburg, PA | W 10–0 | [11] | |
| November 14 | Thiel* |
| W 14–6 | [12] | |
| November 21 | California (PA) |
| W 33–6 | [13] | |
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References
- ↑ "ROCKETS BEST IN N. W. PENNA". The Record-Argus. November 30, 1936. p. 4. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "- All-time Game Results". static.rockathletics.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Slippery Rock 1936 schedule". The Pittsburgh Press. November 23, 1936. p. 31. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Yes Virginia, There Is a Slippery Rock". The Express. Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. September 7, 1967. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
Slippery Rock was No. 1 in the nation because the team that beat West Virginia Wesleyan which beat Duquesne, 2–0, which in turn beat Pitt, 7–0, which beat Notre Dame, 26–0, which beat Northwestern, 26–6, which beat Minnesota, 6–0 so there.
- ↑ "SLIPPEY ROCK NOSED OUT". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. September 27, 1936. p. 24. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "GENEVA DOWNS ROCKETS". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. October 4, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Slippery Rock Whips Indiana". The Pittsburgh Press. October 11, 1936. p. 21. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Rockets Top Westminster, Win, 14 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. October 18, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "JACKETS CRUSH ROCKETS BY 20-0 SCORE". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. October 25, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Rockets Top Grove City". The Pittsburgh Press. November 1, 1936. p. 23. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "ROCKETS TRIM BLOOMSBURG". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 8, 1936. p. 28. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Slippery Rock Scores Win Over Lutherans, 14 To 6". The Pittsburgh Press. November 15, 1936. p. 24. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ↑ "Rockets Top California". The Pittsburgh Press. November 22, 1936. p. 25. Retrieved May 24, 2020.