On October 17th, 1936, the Slippery Rock State Normal School won 14-0 against Westminster College, a small liberal arts college also located in Pennsylvania. At the end of the 1936 collegiate football season, this victory would be used to humorously assert that the Slippery Rock football team were the true national champions despite boasting a 6-3 record. At the time, several schools from different regions of the country were claiming the right to the national championship. Alabama, LSU, Pittsburgh, and Minnesota all had legitimate claims to the disputed title. The Associated Press chose Minnesota, while the coaches poll chose Pittsburgh. Frustrated with the divided state of affairs, a sportswriter laid out a detailed claim illustrating that Slippery Rock was the true national champion. The claim went something like this: Slippery Rock defeated Westminster who beat West Virginia Wesleyan who defeated Duquesne who upset Pittsburgh who beat Notre Dame who upset Northwestern who defeated Minnesota. This story demonstrates that Slippery Rock defeated both selected candidates for the national championship by way of the transitive property. Of course, even at the time, this was merely a joke. However, this story caused Slippery Rock to gain a place in the minds of football fans of that era. A joke grew out of the story passed on through generations: “What’s the score of the Slippery Rock game?” The truly correct answer is that Slippery Rock already won.