1936 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy

1936 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Northwestern	Pappy Waldorf	#7	#1	7–1	6–0	16.5	9.1	Steve Reid

2 (tie)	Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	#1	#1	7-1	4-1	25.4	4.0	Ed Widseth

2 (tie)	Ohio State	Francis Schmidt	NR	#18	5–3	4–1	20.0	3.4	Ralph Wolfe

4 (tie)	Indiana	Bo McMillin	NR	NR	5–2–1	3–1–1	5.4	7.9	Vern Huffman

4 (tie)	Purdue	Noble Kizer	NR	#5	5–2–1	3–1–1	19.6	11.9	John Drake

6	Illinois	Robert Zuppke	NR	NR	4–3–1	2–2–1	7.1	9.5	Cliff Kuhn

7	Chicago	Clark Shaughnessy	NR	NR	2–5–1	1–4	8.5	20.8	Sam Whiteside

8	Iowa	Ossie Solem	NR	NR	3–4–1	0–4–1	10.6	12.9	Homer Harris

9	Wisconsin	Harry Stuhldreher	NR	#16	2–6	0–4	11.9	18.0	Eddie Jankowski

10	Michigan	Harry Kipke	NR	NR	1–7	0–5	4.5	15.9	Matt Patanelli

Sentence(s)

In 1936, Ohio State, under head coach Francis Schmidt, compiled a 5–3 record, and led the Big Ten in scoring average of 3.4 points allowed per game.

final_sentence: In 1936, Ohio State, under head coach Francis Schmidt, compiled a 5–3 record, and led the Big Ten in scoring average of 3.4 points allowed per game.