1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team

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. 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.

1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football
Northwestern Pennsylvania champion[1]
ConferencePennsylvania State Teachers Conference
1936 record6–3 (3–1 PSAC)
Head coachN. Kerr Thompson (16th season)
Home stadiumNew Slippery Rock Stadium
1936 Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Lock Haven $ 6 –0 –2  0 –0 –0
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
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at West ChesterWest Chester, PAL 6–132,000[4]
October 3at Geneva*Beaver Falls, PAL 0–25[5]
October 10Indiana Normal
W 10–03,500[6]
October 17at Westminster (PA)*New Wilmington, PAW 14–0[7]
October 24at Waynesburg*Waynesburg, PAL 0–20[8]
October 31Grove City*
  • New Slippery Rock Stadium
  • Slippery Rock, PA
W 6–02,500[9]
November 7BloomsburgBloomsburg, PAW 10–0[10]
November 14Thiel*
  • New Slippery Rock Stadium
  • Slippery Rock, PA
W 14–6[11]
November 21California (PA)
  • New Slippery Rock Stadium
  • Slippery Rock, PA
W 33–6[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References
  1. "ROCKETS BEST IN N. W. PENNA". The Record-Argus. 1936-11-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. "- All-time Game Results". static.rockathletics.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. "Slippery Rock 1936 schedule". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-11-23. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. "SLIPPEY ROCK NOSED OUT". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1936-09-27. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. "GENEVA DOWNS ROCKETS". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1936-10-04. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  6. "Slippery Rock Whips Indiana". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-10-11. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  7. "Rockets Top Westminster, Win, 14 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-10-18. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  8. "JACKETS CRUSH ROCKETS BY 20-0 SCORE". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1936-10-25. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  9. "Rockets Top Grove City". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-11-01. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  10. "ROCKETS TRIM BLOOMSBURG". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1936-11-08. p. 28. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  11. "Slippery Rock Scores Win Over Lutherans, 14 To 6". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-11-15. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  12. "Rockets Top California". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-11-22. p. 25. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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