1936 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

The 1936 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1936 college football season. In their first year under head coach Vic Hurt, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 5–2–2 record and won the Missouri Valley Conference co-championship with a 3–0 record against conference opponents. The team defeated Oklahoma A&M (13–0), and Kansas State (10–7), tied Oklahoma (0–0) and Centenary (3–3), and lost to TCU (10–7) and Arkansas (23–13).^[1]

1936 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC co-champion
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	5–2–2 (3–0 MVC)
Head coach	Vic Hurt (1st season)
Home stadium	Skelly Field
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Creighton +	3	–	0	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Tulsa +	3	–	0	–	0			5	–	2	–	2
Drake	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	2
Washington University	1	–	1	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	1	–	2	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Washburn	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Grinnell	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Oklahoma*	Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	T 0–0	8,000
October 3	Central State Teachers*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 40–7	10,000
October 10	TCU*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 7–10	14,000	[2]
October 24	Oklahoma A&M	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	W 13–0	10,000
October 31	Kansas State*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 10–7	12,500
November 7	Centenary*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	T 3–3	8,000	[3]
November 14	at Drake	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	W 21–6	4,500	[4]
November 21	Washburn	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 47–0	5,000
November 26	Arkansas*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 13–23	16,000	[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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1937 NFL draft

The following Golden Hurricane players were selected in the 1937 NFL draft following the season.^[7][8]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL team
5	43	Ham Harmon	Center	Chicago Cardinals
8	79	Les Chapman	Tackle	Green Bay Packers