1935 Texas College Steers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1935 Texas College Steers football Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC 9–0–1 5–0–1 Ace Mumford 5th "Paps" Walker Black college national championSWAC champion Chocolate Bowl W 9–0 vs. 1935 Alabama State Hornets Alabama State The 1935 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 1935 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Ace Mumford, the team compiled an overall record of 9–0–1 record with a mark of 5–0–1 in conference play, winning the SWAC title, and outscored all opponents by a total of 341 to 19.Okeson Walter R. Walter R. Okeson 1936 Spalding's Official Intercollegiate Foot Ball Guide 1936 New York, New York American Sports Publishing Co. 167–192 The season concluded with a victory over 1935 Alabama State Hornets Alabama State in the Chocolate Bowl, a game billed as determining "the outstanding 'chocolate team' of the nation."Texas College Wins "Chocolate Bowl" Inaugural The Shreveport Times December 28, 1935 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40025253/texas_college_wins_chocolate_bowl/ Newspapers.com Following the victory over Alabama State, Texas College was recognized as the 1935 black college national champion. Key players included quarterback "Paps" Walker, fullback Myles Anderson, and halfback Edwin Turner. Walker was selected as the team's most valuable player.Texas Steers Are Given Awards Tyler Morning Telegraph February 14, 1936 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40789247/texas_steers_are_given_awards/ The 1935 team compiled the program's second consecutive undefeated season under Mumford. Having never won more than four games in a season prior to 1934, Mumford's 1934 and 1935 teams compiled a combined record of 18–0–3. Mumford left the Texas College program after the 1935–36 academic year to assume coaching duties at Southern University. He first came to the attention of Southern officials after his Texas College team soundly defeated the Jaguars; afterward, when a Southern dean accused his Texas College players of stealing from the school, Mumford forced all of his players to get off of the team bus and to display their personal belongings until the school's missing items could be located. Southern officials were impressed by both his coaching and disciplinary actions of that day.Carol Anne Blitzer June 24, 2002 Ace's Place: Southern's stadium bears the name of A. W. 'Ace' Mumford, the man who built the program into a football power https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&drefer=image/v2%3A138F0D9908AC8D5F%40EANX-151FE5B1566448BC%402452450-151FDDA6ACAE7E3C%4026-151FDDA6ACAE7E3C%40&origin=image%252Fv2%253A138F0D9908AC8D5F%2540EANX-151FE5B1566448BC%25402452450-151FDDA6ACAE7E3C%254026-151FDDA6ACAE7E3C%2540&docref=image%2Fv2%3A138F0D9908AC8D5F%40EANX-151FE5B1566448BC%402452450-151FDDA6ACAE7E3C%4026 Baton Rouge Advocate (sec. C, pp. 1–2) Schedule y y September 26 1935 Arkansas AM&N Lions Arkansas AM&N<ncg> Fair Park Tyler, TX W 65-6 Negro College Here Overwhelms Eleven of Arkansas State Tyler Morning Telegraph September 27, 1935 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40023194/negro_college_here_overwhelms_eleven_of/ Newspapers.com October 12 1935 Paul Quinn Tigers Paul Quinn<ncg> Steer Stadium Tyler, TX W 76-0 Steers Slaughter Waco Negro Squad Saturday By 76-0 Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph October 13, 1935 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40023572/steers_slaughter_waco_negro_squad/ Newspapers.com October 19 at 1935 Jarvis Bulldogs Jarvis<ncg> Hawkins, TX W 14-0 Texas College Beats Plucky Jarvis College Eleven, 14-0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-call/199008964/ The Call Kansas City, Missouri October 25, 1935 9 June 5, 2026 Newspapers.com October 26 1935 Langston Lions Langston Lion Stadium Tyler, TX W 49-6 Texas Steers Run Wild in Game Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph October 27, 1935 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40040271/texas_steers_run_wild_in_game/ Newspapers.com November 2 Prairie View Lion Stadium Tyler, TX W 7-0 Martin W. 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Prairie View Eleven Upset By Texas College, 7-0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-call/199009215/ The Call Kansas City, Missouri November 8, 1935 6 June 5, 2026 Newspapers.com November 9 1935 Southern Bushmen Southern Baton Rouge, LA W 27-0 November 16 1935 Bishop Tigers Bishop Lion Stadium Tyler, TX W 16-7 Steers Defeat Bishop Here By 16-7 Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph November 17, 1935 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40040900/steers_defeat_bishop_here_by_167/ Newspapers.com November 23 1935 Samuel Huston Dragons Samuel Huston Lion Stadium Tyler, TX W 78-0 Texas Steers Win 78-0 Battle Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph November 24, 1935 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40789587/texas_steers_win_780_battle/ Newspapers.com November 28 Wiley Fair Park Stadium Tyler, TX T 0-0 4,000 Wiley, Steers Battle To Tie In Game Here The Marshall Evening Messenger November 29, 1935 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40041174/wiley_steers_battle_to_tie_in_game_here/ Newspapers.com December 27 1935 Alabama State Hornets Alabama State<ncg> Lion Stadium Tyler, TX (Chocolate Bowl) W 9-0 3,000 Texas College Steers Win National Title: Defeat Negro Eleven From Alabama By 9-0 Tyler Morning Telegraph December 28, 1935 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40789465/texas_college_steers_win_national/ Newspapers.comTexas College Wins "Chocolate Bowl" Inaugural The Shreveport Times December 28, 1935 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40025253/texas_college_wins_chocolate_bowl/ Newspapers.comSteers Fall on 'Bama To Win, 9-0 The Pittsburgh Courier January 4, 1936 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40024861/steers_fall_on_bama_to_win_90/ Newspapers.com References Texas College Category:Texas College Steers football seasons Category:Black college football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Texas College Steers football