1936 Chicago Maroons football team

The 1936 Chicago Maroons football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chicago during the 1936 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Clark Shaughnessy, the Maroons compiled a 2–5–1 record, finished in seventh place in the Big Ten Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 166 to 68.^[1]^[2]

1936 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Northwestern $	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
No. 1 Minnesota	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Ohio State	4	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Indiana	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Purdue	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Illinois	2	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Chicago	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	5	–	1
Iowa	0	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Michigan	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Lawrence*	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	W 34–0	20,000	^[3]
October 3	Vanderbilt*	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 0–37	12,000	^[4]
October 10	Butler*	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	T 6–6		^[5]
October 17	Purdue	Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	L 7–35		^[6]
October 31	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 7–6	18,712	^[7]
November 7	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–44	37,226	^[8]
November 14	Indiana	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 7–20	18,000	^[9]
November 21	Illinois	Stagg Field Chicago, IL	L 7–18	15,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game