1935 Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets football team

1935 Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (8–0 OAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baldwin–Wallace $ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Mount Union 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Toledo 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Capital 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Akron 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Marietta 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wittenberg 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Case 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Ohio Northern 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Muskingum 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kenyon 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Heidelberg 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Oberlin 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Wooster 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Ashland 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Kent State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Findlay 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Otterbein 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Bowling Green 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
John Carroll 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1935 Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Baldwin–Wallace University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1935 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Ray E. Watts, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 9–1 record (8–0 against conference opponents), won the OAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 438 to 57.[1]

With 438 points scored (43.8 points per game), Baldwin-Wallace was the highest scoring team in the nation.[2] The 381-point delta between points scored and points allowed was the highest in Baldwin-Wallace program history.[3]

The team's key players included tackle William Krause and back Kenneth Nobel. Both were selected as first-team players on the 1935 All-Ohio football team.[4][5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Buffalo*Buffalo, NYW 55–0
October 4at John CarrollCleveland, OHW 33–6
October 12at Bowling GreenBowling Green, OHW 41–0[6]
October 19at Western Reserve*
L 14–2725,000
October 26AshlandBerea, OHW 60–0
November 2at CaseCleveland, OHW 33–0
November 9Kent StateBerea, OHW 33–0[7]
November 16FindlayBerea, OHW 79–0
November 23at WoosterWooster, OHW 57–0
November 28at AkonAkron, OHW 26–65,300[8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1935 - Baldwin-Wallace (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Bob Harley (December 7, 1936). "Watts' Record". The Fremont Messenger. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Baldwin-Wallace (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "Wittenberg Places Two On Ohio Conference Second Team". The Springfield Daily News. December 4, 1935. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Tommy Devine (December 4, 1935). "All-Ohio Conference Team Is Representative Eleven". The Dayton Herald. p. D5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Both B.G. Elevens Lost Saturday: Falcons Outclassed But Go Down Fighting". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. October 14, 1935. pp. 3, 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yellowjackets Near Conference Crown". Dayton Daily News. November 10, 1935. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Eddie Butler (November 29, 1935). "Baldwin-Wallace Beats Zippers, 26-6, In Finale". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.