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1936 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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1936 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Anselm     6 0 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
No. 10 Penn     7 1 0
No. 12 Yale     7 1 0
No. 13 Dartmouth     7 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     7 1 1
No. 14 Duquesne     8 2 0
Boston College     6 1 2
Boston University     5 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     5 1 2
Holy Cross     7 2 1
Villanova     7 2 1
Army     6 3 0
Colgate     6 3 0
Drexel     6 3 0
Temple     6 3 2
La Salle     6 3 1
Buffalo     5 3 0
Columbia     5 3 0
Princeton     4 2 2
Saint Vincent     5 3 0
NYU     5 3 1
Manhattan     6 4 0
Northeastern     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
CCNY     4 4 0
Tufts     3 3 1
Harvard     3 4 1
Cornell     3 5 0
Penn State     3 5 0
Westminster (PA)     2 4 1
Brown     3 7 0
Carnegie Tech     2 6 0
Massachusetts State     2 6 0
Providence     1 7 0
Syracuse     1 7 0
Vermont     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1936 college football season. Led by Howard Harpster in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Tartans compiled a record of 2–6. Carnegie Tech played home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Notre DameL 7–2115,673
October 10Michigan StatePittsburgh, PAL 0–715,000[2]
October 17TemplePittsburgh, PAW 7–0
October 24at No. 17 Holy CrossL 0–7
October 31No. 17 PurduePittsburgh, PAL 6–720,000
November 7at NYUW 14–610,000[3]
November 14Duquesne
L 0–13
November 26No. 4 Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 14–3140,000[4]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1936 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Lester Biederman (October 11, 1936). "Michigan State Defeats Tartans, 7-0". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lehman leads Tech to win over N.Y.U." Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. November 8, 1936. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Lester Biederman (November 27, 1936). "Tartans Threaten With Two-Touchdown Assault Then Mad Marshall Runs Wild". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 46. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.