1936 Arizona Wildcats Football Team
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The 1936 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the
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in the
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during the
1936 college football season The 1936 college football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers' poll selected a national champion. The first AP poll, taken of 35 writers, was released on October 20, 1936. Each writer listed his choice for the top ten teams ...
. In their fourth season under head coach
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, the Wildcats compiled a 5–2–3 record (3–0–1 against Border opponents), won the conference championship, and outscored their opponents, 190 to 54. The team played its home games at
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in
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