1936 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1936

| team = North Dakota Agricultural Bison

| sport = football

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| conference = North Central Conference

| short_conf = NCC

| record = 4–5

| conf_record = 2–2

| head_coach = Casey Finnegan

| hc_year = 8th

| captain = Bob Erickson

| stadium = Dacotah Field

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{{1936 North Central Conference football standings}}

The 1936 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1936 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Casey Finnegan, the team compiled a 4–5 record (2–2 against NCC opponents) and finished in third place out of seven teams in the NCC.{{cite web|title=2013 Bison Football Media Guide|publisher=North Dakota State University|page=157|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gobison.sidearmsports.com/documents/2013/9/13/NDSUFBGuide2013Pg151-160.pdf|accessdate=July 31, 2020}} The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.

Schedule

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|September 18||{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Omaha Indians|title=Omaha}}|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND|W 18–13||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86839451/municipal-university-gridders-lose-to-n/|work=The Omaha Evening Bee-News|title=Municipal university gridders lose to N.D. State, 18–13|date=September 19, 1936|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 26|at|Winnipeg Blue Bombers|Osborne Stadium|Winnipeg, MB|L 13–33||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86839789/pegs-crush-north-dakota-state/|work=The Winnipeg Tribune|title='Pegs crush North Dakota State|date=September 28, 1936|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 2||{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Concordia Cobbers|title=Concordia (MN)}}|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND|W 15–0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86839977/bison-defeat-cobbers-150/|work=The Minneapolis Morning Tribune|title=Bison defeat Cobbers, 15–0|date=October 3, 1936|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 10|at|Northwestern|Dyche Stadium|Evanston, IL|L 7–40|25,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86840223/veterans-star-as-nu-routs-bison-40-to/|work=Chicago Tribune|title=Veterans star as N.U. routs Bison, 40 to 7|date=October 11, 1936|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 16||{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Moorhead State Dragons|title=Moorhead State}}|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND|W 14–7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86840362/moorhead-peds-lose/|work=St. Cloud Times|title=Moorhead Peds lose|date=October 17, 1936|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Morningside Maroons|title=Morningside}}|Stock Yards Park|Sioux City, IA|L 0–7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86840507/morningside-upsets-north-dakota-state/|work=Sioux City Journal|title=Morningside upsets North Dakota State|date=October 25, 1936|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 31||North Dakota|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND (rivalry)|L 0–14||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86840725/north-dakota-u-spoils-bison-homecoming/|work=The Minneapolis Tribune|title=North Dakota 'U' spoils Bison homecoming by 14–0 win|date=November 1, 1936|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 14|vs.|South Dakota State|East Side Field|Sioux Falls, SD (rivalry)|W 7–0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86840956/bison-win-atokad-day-tilt/|work=Sioux City Journal|title=Bison win Atokad Day tilt|date=November 15, 1936|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 21|at|Idaho|MacLean Field|Moscow, ID|L 12–13|3,200|{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FrlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3472%2C5119207 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |title=Idaho takes 13–12 win from Dakota |date=November 22, 1936 |page=14|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Google News Archive}}

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