1934 Colorado Teachers Bears football
RMC co-champion
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record6–1 (6–1 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJackson Field
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado Teachers + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Colorado + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 2
Colorado Agricultural + 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Utah State 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Utah 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Denver 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
BYU 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Wyoming 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Colorado College 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Colorado Mines 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Western State (CO) 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Montana State 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1934 Colorado Teachers Bears football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State Teachers College—now known as the University of Northern Colorado—as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1934 college football season. Led by third-year head coach John W. Hancock, the Bears compiled an overall record of 6–1 with an identical mark in conference play, sharing the RMC title with Colorado and Colorado Agricultural.[1][2] The team outscored its opponents by a total of 148 to 31.[3]

For the first time in program history, the Bears defeated the Colorado Buffaloes, prevailing by a 12–0 score in a Friday night game at the Bears' home field in Greeley, Colorado.[4]

The Bears' Roy Hardin was selected as the first-team quarterback on the All-Rocky Mountain teams selected by the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), and O.L. "Poss" Parsons (for the "Spalding Guide").[5][6][7] The Associated Press noted that Hardin was "almost a unanimous choice" at quarterback and pointed to his 54 points scored "with his flashing legs and sharpshooting" which "guided his team to the most successful season in Colorado Teachers college history."[5]

Also receiving All-Rocky Mountain honors, halfback Wilbur Olsen was named to the second team by the AP and UP, and center Chester O'Hanlon was named to the second team by Parsons and the third team by the AP.[5][6][7]

Total attendance was 16,320 at four home games played at Jackson Field. The Friday game with the Colorado Buffaloes drew attendance of 5,894, including 982 local children who were admitted without charge as part of the school's "Knot Hole" club program.[8]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Colorado Agricultural
L 0–125,894[9][8]
October 5Western State (CO)
  • Jackson Field
  • Greeley, CO
W 40–02,366[10][8]
October 12Colorado
  • Jackson Field
  • Greeley, CO
W 13–75,894[11][8]
October 20at Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, COW 21–0[12]
October 27at Montana State
W 19–0[13]
November 10Colorado Minesdagger
  • Jackson Field
  • Greeley, CO
W 46–72,366[14][8]
November 17at Wyoming
W 9–6[15]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "UNC Football Record Book" (PDF). Greeley, Colorado: University of Northern Colorado Athletics. p. 123. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bears in Tie with C.U." Greeley Daily Tribune. November 30, 1934. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ UNC Record Book, p. 116.
  4. ^ "Colorado Teachers Upset Dope by Trouncing Colorado University Friday Night: C.U. Topples Off High Perch". The Post-Register. Idaho Falls, Idaho. October 19, 1934. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c "Hardin, Bear Quarterback, Is Selected on All-Conference by Associated Press for '34". Greeley Daily Tribune. November 30, 1934. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Roy Hardin Is Named on Two All-Conference Football Elevens". Greeley Daily Tribune. November 23, 1934. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b "Hardin Named by Parsons on All-Conference Football Eleven". Greeley Daily Tribune. December 1, 1934. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c d e "16,320 Persons See 4 Bear Games Here". Greeley Daily Tribune. November 27, 1934. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Aggies in Opening Victory". Fort Collins Express-Courier. September 30, 1934. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "C. T. C. Bears Overwhelm Western State Mountaineers 40 to 0: Reserves Are Too Fast For Hilltop Boys". Greeley Daily Tribune. Greeley, Colorado. October 6, 1934. p. 4. Retrieved October 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ Loudon Kelly (October 13, 1934). "Colorado Teachers Upset Boulderites". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Associated Press. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Kelly, Loudon (October 21, 1934). "Redskins Beat Back Fighting Pioneers, 7-0". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Fort Collins, Colorado. Associated Press. p. 8. Retrieved October 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Bobcats Beaten by Colorado Teachers". The Helena Daily Independent. October 28, 1934. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Riot Interrupts Tilt as Miners Lose, 46-7". Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald. November 11, 1934. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Teachers Down Cowboys, 9-6". The Casper Tribune-Herald. November 18, 1934. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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