1936 Temple Owls football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1936
| team = Temple Owls
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 6–3–2
| head_coach = Pop Warner
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Bill Docherty
| stadium = Temple Stadium
}}
{{1936 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1936 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Pop Warner, the team compiled a 6–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 66.{{cite web|title=1936 Temple Owls Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=May 26, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/temple/1936-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide|publisher=Temple University|access-date=May 26, 2020|page=128|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/owlsports.com/documents/2019/8/28/2019_Media_Guide_Packaged.pdf}} The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1936
| poll = AP
| rank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 18||{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Saint Joseph's Hawks|title=Saint Joseph's}}||Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|W 18-0||
|September 25||{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Centre Colonels|title=Centre}}||Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|W 50-7||
|October 2||Ole Miss||Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|W 12-7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/delaware-county-daily-times-temple-wins/132617131/|work=Delaware County Daily Times|title=Temple wins close battle|date=October 3, 1936|accessdate=September 28, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 12|at|Boston College||Fenway Park|Boston, MA|W 14-0|24,000|
|October 16||Carnegie Tech||Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|L 0-7||
|October 31||No. 13 Holy Cross||Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|W 3-0||
|November 7|at|Michigan State||Macklin Field|East Lansing, MI|T 7-7|20,000|{{cite news|title=Temple In Tie: Temple Scores In Last Period, Then Foes Tie|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Fred Byrod|date=November 8, 1936|page=Sports 1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35345768/temple_in_tie_temple_scores_in_last/}}
|November 14||Villanova|19|Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|W 6-0||
|November 21||Iowa|20|Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|L 0-25||
|November 26||Bucknell||Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|T 0-0|12,000|{{cite news|title=No Score in Bucknell-Temple Tilt|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 27, 1936|pages=23, 25|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97768867/no-score-in-bucknell-temple-tilt/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|December 5|at|Saint Mary's||Kezar Stadium|San Francisco, CA|L 7-13|< 15,000|{{cite news|title=Gaels Rally To Defeat Temple, 13-7: Owls Score on Bad Pass To Cop Lead|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|author=Art Cohn|date=December 6, 1936|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23221800/gaels_rally_to_defeat_temple_137/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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