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1934 La Salle Explorers football team

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1934 La Salle Explorers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPhiladelphia Ball Park
Temple Stadium
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Trinity (CT)     7 0 0
La Salle     7 0 1
Washington College     5 0 1
Franklin & Marshall     8 1 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
No. 8 Colgate     7 1 0
Columbia     7 1 0
No. 5 Princeton     7 1 0
Duquesne     8 2 0
Holy Cross     8 2 0
No. 15 Temple     7 1 2
No. 10 Syracuse     6 2 0
Bucknell     7 2 2
No. 14 Army     7 3 0
Northeastern     6 1 1
Rochester     5 2 0
Dartmouth     6 3 0
Saint Anselm     6 3 0
Amherst     5 3 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Massachusetts State     5 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Providence     4 3 0
Drexel     4 3 1
Boston College     5 4 0
Bates     3 3 1
Middlebury     3 3 1
Penn     4 4 0
Penn State     4 4 0
Williams     4 4 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 5 0
Villanova     3 4 2
NYU     3 4 1
Boston University     3 4 0
Colby     3 4 0
Springfield     2 3 3
Manhattan     3 5 1
Harvard     3 5 0
Vermont     2 4 2
Wesleyan     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 0
Geneva     2 5 2
Saint Joseph's     2 5 1
Cornell     2 5 0
Lafayette     2 6 0
Norwich     2 6 0
Bowdoin     0 6 1
Lowell Textile     0 7 1
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 La Salle Explorers football team was an American football team that represented La Salle University of Philadelphia as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In their second year under head coach Marty Brill, the Explorers compiled a 7–0–1 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 120 to 20.[1]

The team played its home games at the Philadelphia Ball Park (two games) and Temple Stadium (one game) in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at St. Thomas (PA)
W 7–04,000[2]
October 6at Catholic UniversityT 6–63,500[3][4]
October 13at VillanovaW 13–68,000[5]
October 20Saint Joseph'sW 7–0
October 27at West Chester
W 6–03,000[6]
November 10at Albright
W 27–0[7]
November 17Saint Vincent (PA)
W 13–65,000[8]
November 24Mount St. Mary's
  • Philadelphia Ball Park
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 41–23,000[9]

References

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  1. ^ "1934 - La Salle (PA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Tommies Beaten by La Salle, 7-0, in Opening Game: Purple Eleven Outclassed by Explorers as Gridders Play on Rain-Soaked Field". The Scranton Times. October 1, 1934. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Early Card Lead Is Lost by Subs: Brooklanders' Late Threat Fails as Gearty's Pass Is Grounded". The Sunday Star. October 7, 1934. p. B8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "La Salle deadlocks Catholic University". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 7, 1934. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Edward Walsh (October 14, 1934). "La Salle Beats Villanova, 13-6: La Salle Surprises Wildcat Gridders Before 8000 Fans". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "La Salle Defeats West Chester, 6-0, and Keeps Streak of Wins Intact". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 28, 1934. p. 3S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "La Salle Stalwarts Overpower Albright Foemen and Triumph, 27 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1934. p. 3S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Fred Byrod (November 18, 1934). "Ray Bahr Shines as La Salle Wins: Halfback From Pittsburgh Tallies Twice in Victory Over St. Vincent's". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Fred Byrod (November 25, 1934). "LaSalle Finishes Without Defeat, Beating Mt. St. Mary's in One Sided Tilt, 41 to 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.