Year: | 1935 |
Team: | Austin Kangaroos |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Texas Conference |
Short Conf: | Texas |
Record: | 7–2–2 |
Conf Record: | 4–0–2 |
Head Coach: | Bill Pierce |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Captain: | Talmadge Crook |
Champion: | Texas Conference champion |
The 1935 Austin Kangaroos football team was an American football team represented Austin College as a member of the Texas Conference during the 1935 college football season. Led by Bill Pierce in his first season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 7–2–2 with a mark of 4–0–2 in conference play, winning the program's first and only Texas Conference championship. Talmadge Crook was the team's captain.[1] Austin lost its first two games of the season, both on the road. The first came in Commerce, Texas, to, who finished the season as co-champions of the Lone Star Conference. The second was a 60–0 rout in Dallas by SMU, who won the Southwest Conference title and was recognized as a national champion.