1934 college football season

American college football season Due to technical limitations, some conference standings tables may not display correctly. To view a particular conference, use the "v" link in the upper left corner of that conference's table. (discuss) August 2023 1934 File:Ticket stub for November 3, 1934 Pitt versus Notre Dame football game.jpg Ticket stub for Pitt vs. Notre Dame 3 January 1, 1935 Minnesotaper AP poll, Boand System, Billingsley Report, Dickinson System (received Rockne Trophy), Toledo Cup, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, National Championship Foundation, Sagarin Ratings Elo chess method, and Sagarin Ratings Predictor methodAlabamaper Dunkel System, Houlgate System, Litkenhous Ratings, Williamson System, Berryman QPRS, and Poling System Not awarded until 1935 The 1934 college football season was the 66th season of college football in the United States. Two New Year's Day bowl games were initiated to rival the Rose Bowl Game. On February 15, Warren V. Miller and Joseph M. Cousins organized the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association and by October, the group had enough funds to sponsor the Sugar Bowl. Meanwhile, W. Keith Phillips and the Greater Miami Athletic Club worked in November at a January 1 game for Florida, and the Orange Bowl was created. Once again, University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson's math system selected a Big Ten team as national champion, the undefeated Minnesota Golden Gophers. William Boand and Professor Edward Earl Litkenhous also selected Minnesota at the end of the season. The conference, however, still had a bar against its members playing in the postseason, so Minnesota did not play in any of the bowl games. The undefeated and eventual Rose Bowl champion Alabama Crimson Tide was selected as national champion by the other contemporary math system selectors, Dick Dunkel, Paul Williamson and Deke Houlgate.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records The National Collegiate Athletic Association July 2020 Indianapolis January 12, 2021 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf live Conference realignment Membership changes School 1933 conference 1934 conference Butler Bulldogs Missouri Valley Indiana Iowa Teachers Panthers Iowa North Central Loyola (MD) Greyhounds Independent dropped program Omaha Mavericks Independent North Central September September 22 Stanford opened with a 48–0 win over San Jose State, while in Houston, Rice opened with a 12–0 win over Loyola College of New Orleans. September 29 Minnesota beat North Dakota State 56–12 and Illinois beat Bradley 40–7. Alabama beat Samford 24–0, and Tulane beat UT-Chattanooga 41–0. Rice and LSU played to a 9–9 tie while Stanford and Santa Clara tied 7–7. Navy defeated William & Mary 20–7 while Pittsburgh beat Washington & Jefferson 26–6. October October 6 Minnesota beat Nebraska, 20–0, in Minneapolis. Alabama beat Sewanee, 35–6, in Montgomery Alabama. Illinois beat Washington University, 12–7, in St. Louis. Navy beat Virginia 21–6 in a game in Washington, DC. In New Orleans, Tulane beat Auburn 13–0. At Portland, Stanford beat Oregon State 17–0. Columbia opened its season in New York with a 12–6 win over Yale, and Colgate beat St. Lawrence 32–0. Pittsburgh won at West Virginia 27–6. Ohio State beat Indiana 33–0. Rice won at Purdue 14–0. October 13 Illinois beat Ohio State 14–13. Stanford beat visiting Northwestern 20–0. Pittsburgh defeated visiting USC 20–6. Alabama defeated Mississippi State 41–0, Rice defeated SMU 9–0, and Tulane won at Florida 28–12. Navy defeated Maryland 16–13, Colgate beat St. Bonaventure 62–0 and Columbia beat VMI 29–6. October 20 Minnesota won at Pittsburgh, 13–7. Ohio State defeated visiting Colgate 10–7. Navy beat Columbia 18–7. Alabama and Tennessee, both 3–0–0, met in Birmingham, with Bama winning 13–6. Tulane edged visiting Georgia 7–6. In Omaha, Rice beat Creighton University 47–13. Stanford beat USF at San Francisco, 3–0. October 27 Alabama beat Georgia 26–6 at Birmingham, while in New Orleans, Tulane beat Georgia Tech 20–12. Rice stayed unbeaten with a 20–9 win over visiting Texas. Minnesota won at Iowa 48–12, . Illinois won at Michigan 7–6, and Ohio State won at Northwestern 28–6. Stanford registered its fourth shutout, a 16–0 win over USC. Navy won at Penn, Colgate won at Holy Cross 20–7 and Columbia beat visiting Penn State 14–7. Pittsburgh beat host school Westminster College of Pennsylvania, 30–0 November November 3 Pitt (4–1–0) and Notre Dame (3–0–0) met in Pittsburgh, with the Panthers winning 19–0. Minnesota beat Michigan 34–0. In Cleveland, Ohio State won at Western Reserve 76–0. Illinois beat Army 7–0. Alabama won at Kentucky 34–14. Rice beat Texas A&I 27–0. Tulane beat Ole Miss 15–0. In Los Angeles, Stanford beat UCLA 27–0. Columbia defeated Cornell 14–0 and Navy beat Washington & Lee 26–0. November 10 At Yankee Stadium, Tulane (6–0–0) faced Colgate (3–1–0), with the Red Raiders handing the Green Wave their first loss, 20–6. In a meeting of unbeaten teams, Stanford (7–0–1) hosted Washington (4–0–0) and had a sixth straight shutout 24–0. Over in Cleveland, Navy beat Notre Dame 10–6. Pittsburgh won at Nebraska 25–6. Minnesota beat Indiana 30–0, Illinois won at Northwestern 14–3, and Ohio State beat Chicago 33–0 Alabama beat Clemson 40–0 and Rice won at Arkansas 7–0. Columbia beat Brown 39–0 November 17 Navy (7–0–0) hosted Pittsburgh (6–1–0) and lost 31–7 Minnesota beat Chicago 35–7 and Ohio State defeated Michigan 34–0. Previously unbeaten (6–0–0) Illinois was upset at Madison when it faced a (3–3–0) Wisconsin Badgers team, falling 7–3. Alabama defeated Georgia Tech 40–0, while Tulane won at Kentucky 20–7. Stanford beat the Olympic Club team 40–0, and had a record of 192–7 against its opponents to that time. Colgate won at Syracuse 13–2 and Columbia edged Penn 13–12. Rice beat Texas A&M 25–6. Yale's 11 "Iron Men" (they played the entire game with no substitutions) upset Princeton 7–0 at Princeton.http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/book.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150618122231/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/book.html 2015-06-18 Yale Football Book:Bulldogs' History Featured in New Book The official website of the Yale University Athletics November 24 Minnesota won at Wisconsin 34–0, Ohio State beat Iowa 40–7, and Illinois won at Chicago 7–1. Stanford clinched a trip to the Rose Bowl with a 9–7 win at California. Colgate beat Rutgers 14–0. Tulane beat Sewanee 32–0. Columbia (7–1–0) beat Syracuse (6–1–0) in a Sunday game 12–0. In Houston, previously unbeaten (8–0–1) Rice hosted (6–3–0) Texas Christian (TCU) and was upset, 7–2. On Thanksgiving Day, November 29, Alabama beat Vanderbilt in Birmingham, 34–0, and was invited soon after to meet Stanford at the Rose Bowl. Pittsburgh beat crosstown rival Carnegie Tech, 20–0, and Kansas State beat Nebraska 19–7 to clinch the Big Six Conference championship. December December 1 In Louisiana, Tulane (8–1–0) and LSU (6–0–2) faced each other in Baton Rouge. Both teams were likely hosts for the first Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, and Tulane edged the Tigers 13–12 to become the host team, where it would face 7–0–2 Temple University. Rice ended at 9–1–1 with a 32–0 win at Baylor. Colgate closed its season with a 20–13 win in Providence against Brown. At the Army–Navy Game, held in Philadelphia, Navy (7–1–0) beat Army (7–2–0) on a field goal, 3–0. Conference standings For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities. Major conference standings Independents Minor conference standings Minor conference champions ConferenceChampion(s)Record Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Morgan College 5–0–3 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Kansas State Teachers–Hays 4–1–0 Far Western Conference Fresno State NormalSan Jose State Teachers 3–0 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Butler 6–0 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Simpson 3–2–1 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference BakerKansas Wesleyan 4–1 Lone Star Conference East Texas State Teachers 4–0 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association HopeKalamazoo 2–1–1 Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference Adrian – Middle Atlantic Athletic Association Delaware State 6–0 Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference CoeMonmouth (IL) 3–0–1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Concordia–Moorhead 4–0 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Northeast Missouri State Teachers 4–0 Nebraska College Athletic Conference Nebraska Wesleyan 4–0 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association Omaha University 4–0 North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Dakota 3–0 North Dakota College Athletic Conference Jamestown College 5–0 Northern Teachers Athletic Conference Moorhead State Teachers 4–0 Ohio Athletic Conference College of Wooster 8–0 Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Central State Teachers (OK) 5–0 Pacific Northwest Conference Willamette 5–0 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Indiana State Teachers 6–0 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Whittier 5–0 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Augustana (SD) 3–1 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Morris Brown 5—0–2 Southwestern Athletic Conference Texas College 4–0–1 Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Howard Payne 5–0–1 Tri-Normal League State Normal–Cheney 2–0 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference North: La Crosse State TeachersSouth: Stevens Point State Teachers 3–0–14–0 Rankings 1934 college football rankings Bowl games 1934–35 NCAA football bowl games Bowl game Winning team Losing team Rose Bowl No. 6 Alabama 29 No. 10 Stanford 13 Sugar Bowl No. 11 Tulane 20 Temple 14 Orange Bowl Bucknell 26 Miami (FL) 0 Sun Bowl El Paso All-Stars 25 Ranger (Texas) 21 played with non-collegiate teams Rankings from the Dickinson System In the first Sugar Bowl game, Tulane (9–1) hosted unbeaten Temple (7–0–2) before a crowd of 30,000 in New Orleans. Temple took a 14–0 lead before Tulane came back to win the game, 20–14."Tulane Victory Assures More N.O. Games," San Antonio Light, January 2, 1935, p10 Temple had closed its season with a scoreless tie against Bucknell, which finished at 6–2–2, and the Bison were invited to play the Miami Hurricanes in the first Orange Bowl. The 'Canes best days were still ahead of them, and they made only three first downs altogether. Although 15,000 were expected, only 5,000 turned out to watch Bucknell beat Miami, 26–0."Bucknell Wins Game at Miami," Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, Jan. 2, 1935, p8 The big game remained the Rose Bowl with Stanford, at 9–0–1, and Alabama, at 9–0. With both teams unbeaten, a crowd of 85,000 turned out in Pasadena to watch them. Stanford led 7–0 in the first quarter, but Alabama scored 22 points in the second, with the help of quarterback Dixie Howell and future Pro Football Hall of Fame Don Hutson, with Alabama winning, 29–14."Alabama Passes Thrill West Coast," San Antonio Light, January 2, 1935, p10 The Sun Bowl was given a test drive with non-collegiate teams, as the El Paso All-Stars beating the visiting Ranger Bulldogs, 25–21, before a crowd of 3,000 in El Paso. In Honolulu, the Hawaii team beat vacationing California, 14–0, and in Houston, Tuskegee beat Prairie View, 15–6, in a New Year's Day game for HBCUs"Football Results," San Antonio Light, Jan. 2, 1935, p11 Awards and honors All-Americans The consensus 1934 College Football All-America Team included: PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeamQuarterbackBobby Grayson5'11"195Jr.Portland, OregonStanfordHalfbackDixie Howell5'11"164Sr.Hartford, AlabamaAlabamaHalfbackBuzz Borries6'0"175Sr.Louisville, KentuckyNavyFullbackPug Lund5'11"185Sr.Rice Lake, WisconsinMinnesotaEndDon Hutson6'1"183Sr.Pine Bluff, ArkansasAlabamaTackleBill Lee6'2"231Sr.Eutaw, AlabamaAlabamaGuardChuck HartwigSr.Wileyville, West VirginiaPittsburghCenterJack RobinsonSr.Long Island, New YorkNotre DameCenterDarrell Lester6'3"218Jr.Jacksboro, TexasTCUCenterGeorge Shotwell6'2"159Sr.Hanover Township, PennsylvaniaPittsburghGuardBill BevanSr.St. Paul, MinnesotaMinnesotaTackleBob Reynolds6'4"220Jr.Okmulgee, OklahomaStanfordEndFrank LarsonSr.Duluth, MinnesotaMinnesota Statistical leaders Points scored: Bill Shepherd, Western Maryland, 133 Total offense: Dixie Howell, Alabama, 1,437 Receptions: Don Hutson, Alabama, 19 Notes References