1936 NYU Violets football team

The 1936 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In their third year under head coach Mal Stevens, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record.^[1]

1936 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Mal Stevens (3rd season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field Yankee Stadium
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Middlebury			–					8	–	0	–	0
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–60	72,948	[2]
October 10	Pennsylvania Military	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 26–0		[3]
October 17	North Carolina	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 13–14	10,000	[4]
October 24	Georgetown	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	T 7–7	16,000	[5]
October 31	Lafayette	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 46–0	8,000	[6]
November 7	Carnegie Tech	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 6–14	10,000	[7]
November 14	Rutgers	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 46–0	6,000	[8]
November 21	CCNY	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 25–7	5,000	[9]
November 26	Fordham	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 7–6	50,000	[10][11][12]