1935 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1935 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In their second season under head coach Earl Blaik, the Indians compiled a 8–2 record. John Kenny was the team captain.[1]

1935 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainJohn Kenny
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
 1934
1936 
1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Princeton  900
No. 14 Holy Cross  901
NYU  710
Dartmouth  820
Northeastern  503
Syracuse  611
No. 10 Pittsburgh  712
No. 11 Fordham  612
Villanova  720
Franklin & Marshall  721
Providence  620
No. 18 Army  621
Colgate  730
Temple  730
Boston College  630
Bucknell  630
Duquesne  630
Yale  630
CCNY  430
Manhattan  531
Massachusetts State  540
La Salle  441
Penn  440
Penn State  440
Columbia  441
Vermont  450
Boston University  342
Harvard  350
Carnegie Tech  251
Buffalo  260
Tufts  152
Brown  180
Cornell  061
Rankings from United Press

Frank Nairne was the team's leading scorer, with 54 points, from nine touchdowns.[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Norwich
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 39–0 [1]
October 5 Vermont
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 47–0 [3]
October 12 Bates
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 59–0 [1]
October 19 at Brown W 41–0 [1]
October 26 at Harvard W 14–6 [1]
November 2 at Yale W 14–6 45,000 [4]
November 9 William & Mary
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 34–0 [1]
November 16 Cornell
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
W 0–0 10,000 [5]
November 23 at Princeton L 6–26 56,000 [6]
November 30 at Columbia L 7–13 20,000 [7]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Season-by-Season Results: 1881-1939". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. "U.V.M. eleven smeared, 47–0, by Dartmouth". Burlington Daily News. October 7, 1935. Retrieved June 12, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Kelley, Robert F. (November 3, 1935). "Dartmouth Downs Yale for First Time in History; 51-Year Jinx Smashed". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. McGowen, Roscoe (November 17, 1935). "Nairne Stars Against Cornell as Dartmouth Continues Unbeaten and Untied". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
  6. Danzig, Allison (November 24, 1935). "56,000 See Princeton Overwhelm Dartmouth, 26 to 6; Tigers in Great Form". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Nichols, Joseph C. (December 1, 1935). "Vollmer's 63-Yard Run Wins for Columbia, 13-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.