1936 Texas College Steers football team

American college football season

1936 Texas College Steers football
SWAC co-champion
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record	5–2–2 (4–1–1 SWAC)
Head coach	Eolus Von Rettig (1st season)
Home stadium	Lion Stadium
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Texas College +	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Langston +	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Wiley	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Bishop	2	–	2	–	2	2	–	3	–	2
Arkansas AM&N	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Prairie View	1	–	3	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Southern	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1936 Texas College Steers football team was an American football team that represented Texas College as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1936 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Eolus Von Rettig, the Steers compiled an overall record of 5–2–2, with a conference mark of 4–1–1 and finished as SWAC co-champion.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	at Prairie View	Prairie View, TX	T 0–0	^[1]
October 9	vs. Alabama State*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	T 6–6	^[2]
October 17	Jarvis*	Lion Stadium Tyler, TX	W 32–0	^[3]
October 24	at Xavier (LA)*	Xavier Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 6–12
October 31	at Langston	Langston, OK	L 6–13	^[4]
November 7	at Arkansas AM&N	Pine Bluff, AR	W 2–0
November 14	Southern	Lion Stadium Tyler, TX	W 3–0	^[5]
November 21	at Bishop	Fair Park Marshall, TX	W 14–7	^[6]
November 26	at Wiley	Fair Park Marshall, TX	W 8–7	^[7]
*Non-conference game

References

^ "Prairie View battles to 0–0 deadlock". California Eagle. October 9, 1936. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "State Hornets battle Steers to draw, 6–6". The Birmingham News. October 10, 1936. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Texas College in 32–0 victory over Jarvis Jr. College". The Tyler Courier-Times. October 18, 1937. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Zip Gayles' Lions stop Tex. College". The Black Dispatch. November 5, 1936. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Texas College Steers beat Southern 3–0". The Tyler Courier-Times. November 15, 1936. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bishop meets Texas Steers". The Marshall News Messenger. November 21, 1936. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wildcats drop 8 to 7 battle to Tyler team". The Marshall News Messenger. November 27, 1936. Retrieved July 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Texas College Steers football
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964–2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Southwestern Athletic Conference football champions
Wiley (1921) Paul Quinn (1922) Wiley (1923) Paul Quinn (1924) Bishop (1925) Samuel Huston (1926) Wiley (1927) Wiley (1928) Wiley (1929) Wiley (1930) Prairie View (1931) Wiley (1932) Langston & Prairie View (1933) Texas College (1934) Texas College (1935) Texas College & Langston (1936) Texas College (1937) Southern & Langston (1938) Langston (1939) Southern & Langston (1940) No champion (1941) Texas College (1942) No champion (1943) Wiley, Texas College, & Langston (1944) Wiley (1945) Southern (1946) Southern (1947) Southern (1948) Southern & Langston (1949) Southern (1950) Prairie View (1951) Prairie View (1952) Prairie View (1953) Prairie View (1954) Southern (1955) Texas Southern & Wiley (1956) Wiley (1957) Prairie View (1958) Southern (1959) Southern, Prairie View, & Grambling (1960) Jackson State (1961) Jackson State (1962) Prairie View (1963) Prairie View (1964) Grambling (1965) Grambling, Southern, & Texas Southern (1966) Grambling (1967) Alcorn A&M, Grambling, & Texas Southern (1968) Alcorn A&M (1969) Alcorn A&M (1970) Grambling (1971) Grambling & Jackson State (1972) Grambling & Jackson State (1973) Grambling State & Alcorn State (1974) Grambling State, Jackson State, & Southern (1975) Alcorn State (1976) Grambling State (1977) Grambling State (1978) Grambling State & Alcorn State (1979) Grambling State & Jackson State (1980) Jackson State (1981) Jackson State (1982) Grambling State (1983) Alcorn State (1984) Jackson State & Grambling State (1985) Jackson State (1986) Jackson State (1987) Jackson State (1988) Grambling State (1989) Jackson State (1990) Alabama State (1991) Alcorn State (1992) Southern (1993) Alcorn State & Grambling State (1994) Jackson State (1995) Jackson State (1996) Southern (1997) Southern (1998) Southern (1999) Grambling State (2000) Grambling State (2001) Grambling State (2002) Southern (2003) Alabama State (2004) Grambling State (2005) Alabama A&M (2006) Jackson State (2007) Grambling State (2008) Prairie View (2009) Texas Southern (2010) vacated Grambling State (2011) Arkansas–Pine Bluff (2012) Southern (2013) Alcorn State (2014) Alcorn State (2015) Grambling State (2016) Grambling State (2017) Alcorn State (2018) Alcorn State (2019) Alabama A&M (2020) Jackson State (2021) Jackson State (2022) Florida A&M (2023)

Southwestern Athletic Conference football champions