🏈 The 1935 college football season
The champion and its path, the poll race week by week, the honours, the best games and every conference table.
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1935 national champion
Named by the selectors, with the road it took.
The path, Minnesota8-0
- Oct 5vsNorth Dakota StateW26-6
- Oct 12atNebraskaW12-7
- Oct 19vsTulaneW20-0
- Oct 26vsNorthwesternW21-13
- Nov 2vsPurdueW29-7
- Nov 9atIowaW13-6
- Nov 16atMichiganW40-0
- Nov 23vsWisconsinW33-7
The 1935 major bowls
No title game this year. The big bowls of the season, by date.
The 1935 Elo race
Elo by week, higher is better. There was no AP poll this year, so the ratings tell the story.
How this is measured
- Regular season ends
- Bowl season
Tap or drag on the chart to read a team's Elo in any week.
1935 Elo at season end
There is no AP poll before 1936, so the ratings stand in: the ten highest-rated major teams when the season ended.
1935 Elo at season endElo
Elo top 25
rating, z
The 1935 honours
The Heisman vote and the major awards side by side, then the All-Americans.
The 1935 honoursHeisman: Jay Berwanger
Heisman Trophy voting
Major awards
Consensus All-Americans
A star marks a unanimous selection.
- Gomer JonesOhio State
- Darrell LesterTCU
- Gaynell TinsleyLSU
- Wayne MillnerNotre Dame
- James MoscripStanford
Show all 5 positions
- Sidney WagnerMichigan State
- John WellerPrinceton
- J.C. WetselSMU
- Larry LutzCalifornia
- Ed WidsethMinnesota
- Gomer JonesOhio State
- Darrell LesterTCU
- Gaynell TinsleyLSU
- Wayne MillnerNotre Dame
- James MoscripStanford
- Sidney WagnerMichigan State
- John WellerPrinceton
- J.C. WetselSMU
- Larry LutzCalifornia
- Ed WidsethMinnesota
The best games of 1935
The ten best games of the season by Game Score. Switch to the Elo score for a second opinion.
How this is measured
The best games of 193510 games
Upsets of 1935
The results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of, lowest first.
How this is measured
Upsets of 193510 upsets
1935 standings by conference
Every conference at once: conference and overall record, and the final AP rank. A star marks the conference champion.
1935 standings by conference10 groups
Big Six
6 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska★ conference champion | 4-0-1 | 6-2-1 | |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 3-2 | 6-3 | |
| 3 | Kansas | 2-2-1 | 4-4-1 | |
| 4 | Kansas State | 1-2-2 | 2-4-3 | |
| 5 | Missouri | 0-2-3 | 3-3-3 | |
| 6 | Iowa State | 1-3-1 | 2-4-3 |
Big Ten
10 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota★ conference champion | 5-0 | 8-0 | |
| 2 | Ohio State★ conference champion | 5-0 | 7-1 | |
| 3 | Indiana | 2-2-1 | 4-3-1 | |
| 4 | Purdue | 3-3 | 4-4 | |
| 5 | Northwestern | 2-3-1 | 4-3-1 | |
| 6 | Iowa | 1-2-2 | 4-2-2 | |
| 7 | Chicago | 2-3 | 4-4 | |
| 8 | Michigan | 2-3 | 4-4 | |
| 9 | Illinois | 1-4 | 3-5 | |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 1-4 | 1-7 |
Border
7 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona★ conference champion | 4-0 | 7-2 | |
| 2 | New Mexico State | 4-1 | 7-1-2 | |
| 3 | New Mexico | 3-2 | 6-4 | |
| 4 | Arizona State | 2-3-1 | 2-5-1 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona | 0-3-1 | 3-3-3 | |
| 6 | Texas Tech | 0-1 | 5-3-2 | |
| 7 | Texas Western | 0-3 | 1-8 |
Missouri Valley
7 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington University★ conference champion | 3-0 | 6-4 | |
| 2 | Tulsa★ conference champion | 3-0 | 3-6-1 | |
| 3 | Creighton | 2-2-1 | 3-5-1 | |
| 4 | Drake | 1-2-1 | 4-4-2 | |
| 5 | Washburn | 1-2 | 4-6 | |
| 6 | Grinnell | 1-2 | 3-5-1 | |
| 7 | Oklahoma A&M | 0-3 | 3-7 |
Pacific Coast
10 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California★ conference champion | 4-1 | 9-1 | |
| 2 | Stanford★ conference champion | 4-1 | 8-1 | |
| 3 | UCLA★ conference champion | 4-1 | 8-2 | |
| 4 | Oregon | 3-2 | 6-3 | |
| 5 | Washington State | 3-2 | 5-3-1 | |
| 6 | Washington | 4-3 | 5-3 | |
| 7 | Oregon State | 2-3-1 | 6-4-1 | |
| 8 | USC | 2-4 | 5-7 | |
| 9 | Idaho | 1-5 | 2-7 | |
| 10 | Montana | 0-5-1 | 1-5-2 |
Rocky Mountain
12 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado★ conference champion | 5-1 | 5-4 | |
| 2 | Utah State★ conference champion | 5-1-1 | 5-2-1 | |
| 3 | Utah | 4-1-1 | 4-3-1 | |
| 4 | Denver | 5-2 | 6-3 | |
| 5 | Colorado State College | 2-1 | 4-3 | |
| 6 | Colorado College | 4-2-1 | 4-3-1 | |
| 7 | BYU | 3-4 | 4-4 | |
| 8 | Wyoming | 3-4 | 4-4 | |
| 9 | Colorado A&M | 2-4-1 | 3-4-1 | |
| 10 | Montana State | 1-5 | 2-6-1 | |
| 11 | Colorado Mines | 1-6 | 1-6 | |
| 12 | Western State | 0-4 | 1-6 |
Southeastern
13 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU★ conference champion | 5-0 | 9-2 | |
| 2 | Vanderbilt | 5-1 | 7-3 | |
| 3 | Mississippi | 3-1 | 9-3 | |
| 4 | Auburn | 5-2 | 8-2 | |
| 5 | Alabama | 4-2 | 6-2-1 | |
| 6 | Tulane | 3-3 | 6-4 | |
| 7 | Kentucky | 3-3 | 5-4 | |
| 8 | Georgia Tech | 3-4 | 5-5 | |
| 9 | Mississippi State | 2-3 | 8-3 | |
| 10 | Tennessee | 2-3 | 4-5 | |
| 11 | Georgia | 2-4 | 6-4 | |
| 12 | Florida | 1-6 | 3-7 | |
| 13 | Sewanee | 0-6 | 2-7 |
Southern
10 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke★ conference champion | 5-0 | 8-2 | |
| 2 | North Carolina | 4-1 | 8-1 | |
| 3 | Maryland | 3-1-1 | 7-2-2 | |
| 4 | Clemson | 2-1 | 6-3 | |
| 5 | North Carolina State | 2-2 | 6-4 | |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 3-3-1 | 4-3-2 | |
| 7 | Washington & Lee | 1-3-1 | 3-4-1 | |
| 8 | South Carolina | 1-4 | 3-7 | |
| 9 | Virginia | 0-3-2 | 1-5-4 | |
| 10 | VMI | 0-3-1 | 2-7-1 |
Southwest
7 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMU★ conference champion | 6-0 | 12-1 | |
| 2 | TCU | 5-1 | 12-1 | |
| 3 | Baylor | 3-3 | 8-3 | |
| 4 | Rice | 3-3 | 8-3 | |
| 5 | Arkansas | 2-4 | 5-5 | |
| 6 | Texas | 1-5 | 4-6 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 1-5 | 3-7 |
Independent
46 teams| # | Team | Conf | All | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton | - | 9-0 | |
| 2 | Furman | - | 8-1 | |
| 3 | Marquette | - | 7-1 | |
| 4 | NYU | - | 7-1 | |
| 5 | Notre Dame | - | 7-1-1 | |
| 6 | Syracuse | - | 6-1-1 | |
| 7 | Dartmouth | - | 8-2 | |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | - | 7-1-2 | |
| 9 | Fordham | - | 6-1-2 | |
| 10 | Villanova | - | 7-2 | |
| 11 | Michigan State | - | 6-2 | |
| 12 | Army | - | 6-2-1 | |
| 13 | Temple | - | 7-3 | |
| 14 | Bucknell | - | 6-3 | |
| 15 | Detroit | - | 6-3 | |
| 16 | Duquesne | - | 6-3 | |
| 17 | George Washington | - | 6-3 | |
| 18 | St. Mary's | - | 5-2-2 | |
| 19 | Xavier | - | 6-3 | |
| 20 | Yale | - | 6-3 | |
| 21 | Colgate | - | 5-3 | |
| 22 | San Francisco | - | 5-3 | |
| 23 | Citadel | - | 4-3-1 | |
| 24 | Davidson | - | 4-3-2 | |
| 25 | Navy | - | 5-4 | |
| 26 | Gonzaga | - | 5-4-1 | |
| 27 | Centenary | - | 6-5 | |
| 28 | Loyola Marymount | - | 6-5 | |
| 29 | Columbia | - | 4-4-1 | |
| 30 | Georgetown | - | 4-4 | |
| 31 | Penn State | - | 4-4 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | - | 4-4 | |
| 33 | Richmond | - | 3-3-3 | |
| 34 | Saint Louis | - | 5-6 | |
| 35 | William & Mary | - | 3-4-3 | |
| 36 | Mercer | - | 4-5 | |
| 37 | West Virginia | - | 3-4-2 | |
| 38 | Harvard | - | 3-5 | |
| 39 | Santa Clara | - | 3-6 | |
| 40 | Carnegie Tech | - | 2-5-1 | |
| 41 | Loyola (LA) | - | 2-6-1 | |
| 42 | Presbyterian | - | 2-7 | |
| 43 | Wake Forest | - | 2-7 | |
| 44 | Centre | - | 1-7-1 | |
| 45 | Brown | - | 1-8 | |
| 46 | Cornell | - | 0-6-1 |
1935 bowls
One line per game, latest first. A tag marks the playoff and the other major bowls.
1935 bowls5 bowls
Where these numbers come from
Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.
Champions, polls, standings, bowls, honours and games are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college football database, built from its own workbook one season at a time. Team colours and crests are the current programs’, so a school is drawn the way it looks today even where it played under another name.
The AP poll begins in 1936, so earlier seasons have no poll race and no final poll, but they do have an Elo race, and their champions are those the selectors named. Before 1992 there was no title game, so those seasons list the major bowls instead; from 1992 the title game is shown with the other major bowls, and from 2014 the playoff bracket. Where the database has no entry for a section, the section is left out rather than shown empty.
Elo ratings, the upsets and the best games come from the site’s college football Elo, which rates every game since 1869 and counts games against lower-level opponents. Each season’s ratings are shown on a scale where the average major team ends the season at 1500; z is the distance from that average in standard deviations.