The 1936 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1936 college football season. In its second season under head coach Marchmont Schwartz, the team compiled a 4–4 record (3–0 against MVC opponents), tied for the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 102 to 72.[1] The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
| 1936 Creighton Bluejays football | |
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MVC co-champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–4 (3–0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Creighton Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | South Dakota* |
| W 25–0 | [2] | |||
| October 10 | Grinnell |
| W 12–0 | ||||
| October 16 | at Drake | W 13–6 | 7,500 | [3] | |||
| October 24 | Hardin–Simmons* |
| L 7–13 | ||||
| October 30 | at Washburn | W 32–20 | |||||
| November 7 | No. 4 Marquette* |
| L 6–7 | 8,000 | [4] | ||
| November 13 | at Saint Louis* | St. Louis, MO | L 7–20 | ||||
| November 26 | Detroit* |
| L 0–6 | 10,000 | [5] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "1936 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ Howard Wolff (September 26, 1936). "Blues Grab Opener, 25-0: Jay Gridders Avenge Loss of Last Year". Omaha World-Herald. pp. 15, 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Howard Wolff (October 17, 1936). "Bluejays Upset Drake by 13-6; Wilcox Shines; Jays Get Two Touchdowns in 3d Quarter". Omaha World-Herald. pp. 9, 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Howard Wolff (November 8, 1936). "Late Run and Kick Allow Marquette to Squeeze 7-to-6 Win Out of Creighton: Guepe Skips 75 Yards on Victory Dash". Omaha World-Herald. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Creighton Beaten By Detroit, 6 to 0". The Des Moines Register. November 27, 1936. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.