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1936 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season
Owner Dan Topping
Head coach Paul Schissler
Home field Ebbets Field
Results
Record3–8–1
Division place4th NFL East
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their seventh in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 5–6–1, winning only three games. [1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

NFL draft

1936 Brooklyn Dodgers draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 4 Dick Crayne  FB Iowa
2 13 Vernal "Babe" LeVoir  B Minnesota
3 22 Wagner Jorgensen  Center St. Mary's (CA)
4 31 Bear Bryant  E Alabama
5 40 Bob Wilson  TB SMU
6 49 Joe Maniaci *  Back Fordham
7 58 Herb Schreiber  Back St. Mary's (CA)
8 67 Bob "Bones" Hamilton  Back Stanford
9 76 Jim "Monk" Moscrip  End Stanford
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[2]


Roster

Roster adapted from Pro-Football-Reference.com. [3]

Brooklyn Dodgers 1936 final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Ends

Linemen

Position not in source

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue
1 Bye
2 September 23 Pittsburgh Pirates L 6–10 0–1 Ebbets Field
3 September 27 Boston Redskins L 3–14 0–2 Ebbets Field
4 October 4 Philadelphia Eagles W 18–0 1–2 Ebbets Field
5 October 11 at New York Giants T 10–10 1–2–1 Polo Grounds
5 October 14 Detroit Lions L 7–14 1–3–1 Ebbets Field
6 Bye
7 October 25 Chicago Cardinals W 9–0 2–3–1 Ebbets Field
8 November 1 at Pittsburgh Pirates L 7–10 2–4–1 Forbes Field
9 Bye
10 November 15 Green Bay Packers L 7–38 2–5–1 Ebbets Field
11 November 22 at Boston Redskins L 6–30 2–6–1 Fenway Park
12 November 26 at New York Giants L 0–14 2–7–1 Polo Grounds
12 November 29 at Philadelphia Eagles W 13–7 3–7–1 Philadelphia Municipal Stadium
13 December 6 at Detroit Lions L 6–14 3–8–1 University of Detroit Stadium
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Boston Redskins 7 5 0 .583 6–2 149 110 W3
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 6 0 .500 6–1 98 187 L3
New York Giants 5 6 1 .455 3–3–1 115 163 L1
Brooklyn Dodgers 3 8 1 .273 2–5–1 92 161 L1
Philadelphia Eagles 1 11 0 .083 1–7 51 206 L11

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ^ 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers
  2. ^ "1936 Brooklyn Dodgers Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "1936 Brooklyn Dodgers Starters, Roster, & Players | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2018.