| Season: | 1935 |
| Regular Season: | September 21 - November 30 |
| Number Of Bowls: | 4 |
| All Star Games: | East–West Shrine Game |
| Bowl Start: | January 1, 1936 |
| Champions: | SMU Mustangs (Dickinson) Princeton Tigers (Dunkel) |
| Conference1: | Independents |
| Conference1 Teams: | 2 |
| Conference1 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference1 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference1 Ties: | 1 |
| Conference1 Ap Poll: | note[1] |
| Conference2: | SWC |
| Conference2 Teams: | 2 |
| Conference2 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference2 Losses: | 1 |
| Conference3: | SEC |
| Conference3 Teams: | 2 |
| Conference3 Wins: | 0 |
| Conference3 Losses: | 2 |
| Conference4: | Pacific Coast |
| Conference4 Teams: | 1 |
| Conference4 Wins: | 1 |
| Conference4 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference5: | Border |
| Conference5 Teams: | 1 |
| Conference5 Wins: | 0 |
| Conference5 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference5 Ties: | 1 |
| Conference6: | Big Six |
| Conference6 Teams: | 0 |
| Conference6 Wins: | 0 |
| Conference6 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference7: | Big Ten |
| Conference7 Teams: | 0 |
| Conference7 Wins: | 0 |
| Conference7 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference8: | Rocky Mountain |
| Conference8 Teams: | 0 |
| Conference8 Wins: | 0 |
| Conference8 Losses: | 0 |
| Conference9: | Southern |
| Conference9 Teams: | 0 |
| Conference9 Wins: | 0 |
| Conference9 Losses: | 0 |
The 1935–36 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1935 college football season, and included the debut of the Sun Bowl being played with collegiate teams, which complemented the Orange, Rose, and Sugar Bowl as the fourth post-season game. Both Southeastern Conference (SEC) teams, LSU and Ole Miss, suffered single-point defeats.
Of this season's eight bowl teams, two—the Catholic University Cardinals and Hardin–Simmons Cowboys—now compete in the NCAA's lowest level of competition, Division III, while another—the New Mexico State Aggies—still compete at the highest level but have one of the lowest winning percentages in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
No AP Poll for college football was taken this season; it did not become a regular occurrence until the 1936 season. Contemporary polls named different national champions; the Dickinson System chose SMU,[2] while the Dunkel System selected Princeton.
| Date | Game | Site | Teams | Affiliations | Results[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=white-space:nowrap rowspan=4 | Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California | Stanford Indians (7–1) SMU Mustangs (12–0) | PCC SWC | Stanford 7 SMU 0 |
| Sugar Bowl | Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana | TCU Horned Frogs (11–1) LSU Tigers (9–1) | SWC SEC | TCU 3 LSU 2 | ||
| Orange Bowl | Miami Field Miami, Florida | Catholic University Cardinals (7–1) Ole Miss Rebels (9–2) | Independent SEC | Catholic 20 Ole Miss 19 | ||
| Sun Bowl | Jones Stadium El Paso, Texas | New Mexico State Aggies (6–1–2) Hardin–Simmons Cowboys (6–3) | Border Independent | New Mexico State 14 Hardin–Simmons 14 |