1936 Ball State Cardinals football team

1936 Ball State Cardinals football
Conference	Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record	3–4–1 (3–3–1 IIC)
Head coach	John Magnabosco (2nd season)

1936 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Butler $	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	0	–	2
Indiana State	2	–	0	–	1			2	–	3	–	2
Wabash	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Saint Joseph's (IN)	3	–	1	–	1			3	–	1	–	1
Central Normal	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
DePauw	3	–	2	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
Manchester	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Ball State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Franklin (IN)	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Evansville	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
Valparaiso	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Hanover	1	–	3	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Earlham	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
Rose Poly	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Oakland City	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1936 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State Teachers College (later renamed Ball State University) in the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) during the 1936 college football season. In its second season under head coach John Magnabosco, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record (3–3–1 against IIC opponents), and finished in eighth place out of 15 teams in the conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	at Michigan State Normal	Normal Field Ypsilanti, MI	L 0–6
October 3	Central Normal	Muncie, IN	L 6–25
October 10	at Franklin (IN)	Franklin, IN	W 12–0
October 17	Indiana State	Muncie, IN	L 0–3
October 24	Oakland City	Muncie, IN	W 40–0
October 31	DePauw	Muncie, IN	T 0–0
November 7	at Manchester	North Manchester, IN	L 13–21
November 14	Hanover	Muncie, IN	W 7–0