Talk:1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team

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1936 Slippery Rock Football Season[edit]

The scenario that Slippery Rock could have been national champions may be flawed. In 1936, Slippery Rock did play and beat Westminster, but Westminster did not beat West Virginia Wesleyan as they never played. WVW lost that year to St. Vincent and WVU and did beat Duquesne 2-0 208.38.246.38 (talk) 15:28, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

1990 quote about the claim:

'Backtracking scores from 1936, the writer used the following logic: Slippery Rock beat Westminster, which beat West Virginia Wesleyan, which beat Duquesne, which beat Pitt, which beat Notre Dame, which beat Northwestern, which beat Minnesota. Conclusion: Slippery Rock was No. 1.'

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1990/11/04/rock-of-ages-in-1900-a-small-school-now-known-as-slippery/

You're right that the football schedule in their 1937 yearbook does not show Westminster playing West Virginia Wesleyan. WVW lost to St. Vincent and West Virginia.

Note that St. Vincent definitely was named as national champion by the Associated Press in the same manner as the supposed Slippery Rock championship, and we have been able to find that newspaper column.

I'm searching for more delails about the 1936 Slippery Rock national championship as well. I posted similar queries here:

I'm especially looking for the original wire service story about Slippery Rock, which was apparently widely distributed and noticed across the country but I have been unable to find.

PK-WIKI (talk) 16:48, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]