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1937 college football season

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1937 college football season
Pittsburgh v Duke game program
First AP No. 1 of seasonCalifornia[1]
Number of bowls5
Champion(s)Pittsburgh (AP)
HeismanClint Frank (halfback, Yale)
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The 1937 college football season ended with the Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh being named the nation's No. 1 team (and "mythical national champion") by 30 of the 33 voters in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season, starting with October 18. Each writer listed his choice for the top ten teams, and points were tallied based on 10 for first place, 9 for second, etc., and the AP then ranked the twenty teams with the highest number of points. With 33 writers polled, Pitt received 30 first place votes and 3 second-place, for a total of 327 points.

The NCAA began keeping official game statistics in 1937.

Conference and program changes

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School 1936 Conference 1937 Conference
Akron Zippers Ohio Athletic Independent
Saint Louis Billikens Independent Missouri Valley

September

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September 25 The defending champion Minnesota Gophers opened their season with a 69–7 win over visiting North Dakota State. LSU beat Florida, 19–0. Alabama beat Samford 41–0. California won 30–7 over St. Mary's. In Seattle, Washington beat Iowa, 14–0. The day before, Pittsburgh had opened with a 59–0 win over Ohio Wesleyan.

October

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October 2 Minnesota lost at Nebraska, 14–9. LSU defeated Texas 9–0. Pittsburgh won at West Virginia, 20–0. In Birmingham, Alabama beat Sewanee, 65–0. In Los Angeles, Washington defeated USC, 7–0. California beat Oregon State, 24–6. Yale beat Maine, 26–0.

October 9 In Houston, LSU defeated Rice, 13–0. Pittsburgh beat its cross-town rival, Duquesne, 6–0. Alabama beat South Carolina, 20–0. All three teams had held their opposition scoreless. California defeated Washington State 27–0. Washington lost to Oregon State, 6–3. Yale beat Penn, 27–7. Minnesota recovered from its Nebraska loss to beat Indiana 6–0.

October 16 LSU registered its fourth shutout in four starts, a 13–0 win over Ole Miss. Pittsburgh and Fordham played to a 0–0 tie in New York. Alabama yielded its first points, but won at Tennessee, 14–7. California beat the California Aggies (later UC-Davis) 14–0 and Pacific, 20–0, in a doubleheader. Yale defeated Army, 15–7. Minnesota won at Michigan, 39–6. In the first poll taken, California was No. 1, followed by Alabama, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and Yale. LSU, despite a 54–0 scoring edge over its opposition, was sixth.

October 23 No. 1 California beat No. 11 USC 20–6. In Washington, No. 2 Alabama defeated GWU, 19–0. No. 3 Pittsburgh won at No. 16 Wisconsin 26–6. No. 4 Minnesota was idle. No. 5 Yale beat No. 19 Cornell, 9–0. The next top five was No. 1 California, No. 2 Pittsburgh, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Minnesota, and No. 5 Yale

October 30 In Los Angeles, No. 1 California defeated UCLA 27–14, while in Pittsburgh, the No. 2 Pitt Panthers beat Carnegie Tech, 25–14. No. 3 Alabama beat Kentucky, 41–0. No. 4 Minnesota lost to Notre Dame, 7–6, and No. 5 Yale and No. 9 Dartmouth played to a 9–9 tie. No. 6 Baylor, which reached 6–0–0 with a 6–0 win over TCU, and No. 10 Fordham, which won at No. 15 North Carolina, 14–0, moved up to fourth and fifth place in the next Top Five, behind California, Alabama, and Pittsburgh.

November

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November 6 No. 1 California and Washington played to a 0–0 tie. In New Orleans, No. 2 Alabama beat No. 19 Tulane, 9–6. No. 3 Pittsburgh won at No. 12 Notre Dame, 21–6 to take the top spot in the next poll. No. 4 Baylor lost to unranked Texas, 9–6. No. 5 Fordham beat Purdue, 21–3. No. 9 Dartmouth, which beat Princeton 33–9, reached the next Top Five: No. 1 Pittsburgh, No. 2 California, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Fordham, and No. 5 Dartmouth.

November 13 No. 1 Pittsburgh defeated visiting No. 11 Nebraska, 13–7. In Portland, No. 2 California beat Oregon, 26–0. In Birmingham, No. 3 Alabama beat Georgia Tech, 7–0. No. 4 Fordham was idle. No. 5 Dartmouth and Cornell played to a 6–6 tie. No. 6 Yale returned to the Top Five with a 26–0 win over Princeton, ranking fifth behind Pittsburgh, California, Alabama, and Fordham.

November 20 No. 1 Pittsburgh beat Penn State, 28–7. No. 2 California won at No. 13 Stanford, 13–0, to finish at 9–0–1. No. 3 Alabama was idle. No. 4 Fordham beat St. Mary's, 6–0. No. 5 Yale lost its final game of the season, 13–6, at Harvard. No. 7 Minnesota closed its season with a 13–6 win over Wisconsin and moved up to fifth place behind Pittsburgh, California, Fordham, and Alabama.

On Thanksgiving Day, No. 4 Alabama beat No. 12 Vanderbilt 9–7 in Nashville. Then, on November 27 No. 1 Pittsburgh closed its season unbeaten (8–0–1) with a 10–0 win at No. 18 Duke. No. 3 Fordham closed its season unbeaten (7–0–1) with a 20–7 win over NYU at Yankee Stadium. No. 2 California and No. 5 Minnesota had completed their seasons, and the top five remained unchanged from the previous week.

Conference standings

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For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state flagship public universities.

Major conference standings

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1937 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Nebraska $ 3 – 0 – 2 6 – 1 – 2
Oklahoma 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Kansas 2 – 1 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Missouri 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Iowa State 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1937 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Minnesota $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Ohio State 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Indiana 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Purdue 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Illinois 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 2
Chicago 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Iowa 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1937 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas Tech $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
New Mexico A&M 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Arizona 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Texas Mines 2 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
New Mexico 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Hampshire + 1 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Connecticut State + 1 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Maine 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 3 – 2
Rhode Island State 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1937 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Dakota $ 3 – 0 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
South Dakota 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Morningside 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
North Dakota Agricultural 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Iowa State Teachers 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 3
South Dakota State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Omaha 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 California $ 6 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 1
Stanford 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Washington 4 – 2 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
Washington State 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 3
Idaho 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Oregon State 2 – 3 – 3 3 – 3 – 3
USC 2 – 3 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
UCLA 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Montana 0 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1937 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Colorado $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
BYU 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Denver 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Utah 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Western State (CO) 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Colorado College 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Utah State 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
Wyoming 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Montana State 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Colorado Mines 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Colorado A&M 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Auburn 4 – 1 – 2 6 – 2 – 3
Vanderbilt 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia Tech 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Florida 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Tulane 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia 1 – 2 – 2 6 – 3 – 2
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 19 North Carolina 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Clemson 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
No. 20 Duke 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
VMI 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NC State 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 6 – 1
Washington and Lee 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
The Citadel 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Richmond 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Furman 1 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
VPI 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
William & Mary 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Wake Forest 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Davidson 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1937 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 18 Rice $ 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
No. 16 TCU 3 – 1 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
No. T–14 Arkansas 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
Baylor 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas A&M 2 – 2 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
SMU 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Texas 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Independents

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1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Yale   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Providence   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll
1937 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Akron   –   7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan   –   6 – 2 – 0
DePaul   –   5 – 1 – 2
Wayne   –   6 – 2 – 0
No. T–9 Notre Dame   –   6 – 2 – 1
Detroit   –   7 – 3 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   5 – 2 – 1
Western State Teachers (MI)   –   5 – 3 – 0
Xavier   –   4 – 5 – 1
Marquette   –   3 – 6 – 0
Haskell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll
1937 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Delaware State   –   1 – 0 – 0
Hardin–Simmons   –   8 – 0 – 1
West Virginia   –   8 – 1 – 1
Catholic University   –   5 – 3 – 0
William & Mary Norfolk   –   5 – 3 – 0
Roanoke   –   6 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   4 – 4 – 1
George Washington   –   3 – 4 – 1
Georgetown   –   2 – 4 – 2
Oglethorpe   –   3 – 6 – 1
Western Maryland   –   3 – 6 – 0
East Carolina   –   2 – 5 – 0
Loyola (LA)   –   2 – 6 – 1
Virginia   –   2 – 7 – 0
South Georgia Teachers   –   2 – 9 – 0
Delaware   –   1 – 7 – 0
Oklahoma City   –   1 – 9 – 0
Jacksonville State   –   0 – 5 – 0
1937 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–9 Santa Clara   –   9 – 0 – 0
San Jose State   –   11 – 2 – 1
Pomona   –   6 – 2 – 1
Humboldt State   –   4 – 2 – 0
Idaho Southern Branch   –   6 – 3 – 0
Cal Poly   –   4 – 2 – 2
Portland   –   4 – 3 – 1
Saint Mary's   –   4 – 3 – 2
San Francisco   –   4 – 5 – 1
Loyola (CA)   –   4 – 7 – 0
Gonzaga   –   2 – 6 – 2
Hawaii   –   2 – 6 – 0
San Francisco State   –   1 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Minor conferences

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Conference Champion(s) Record
Alamo Conference Texas A&I —
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Morgan College 6–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wichita 4–0
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Drexel 3–1
Far Western Conference Fresno State Normal 4–0
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Butler 3–0
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Saint Ambrose
Upper Iowa 		5–0
6–0
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Baker 4–1
Lone Star Conference East Texas State Teachers 4–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Kalamazoo 4–0
Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference Ferris State
Lawrence Technological University 		–
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Cornell College 7–0
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gustavus Adolphus 5–0
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Southeast Missouri State Teachers 5–0
Nebraska College Athletic Conference Hastings 2–0–1
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska State Teachers–Chadron 2–0
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Dakota 3–0
North Dakota College Athletic Conference North Dakota Science 4–0–1
Northern Teachers Athletic Conference St. Cloud State Teachers 4–0
Northern Teachers Athletic Conference Duluth State Teachers 3–0
Ohio Athletic Conference Baldwin Wallace 4–0
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Central State Teachers (OK) 5–0–1
Pacific Northwest Conference Willamette 3–0
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Lock Haven State Teachers 5–0–1
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Augustana (SD) 4–0
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference San Diego State 4–1
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Florida A&M College 5–0–1
Southwestern Athletic Conference Texas College 5–0–1
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Howard Payne 7–0
Tri-Normal League State Normal–Cheney 2–0
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference North: Superior State Teachers
South: Whitewater State Teachers 		3–0
4–0

Minor conference standings

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1937 Alamo Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Mary's (TX) + 1 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 2
Texas A&I + 1 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Sul Ross 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1937 Buckeye Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Marshall $ 4 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Dayton 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ohio 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Miami (OH) 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Cincinnati 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wichita $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Emporia State 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 2
Fort Hays State 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Pittsburg State 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morgan $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Virginia Union 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Virginia State 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Lincoln (PA) 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Johnson C. Smith 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Bluefield State 1 – 3 – 2 1 – 5 – 3
Howard 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 2 – 1
North Carolina College 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
North Carolina A&T 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 3
Hampton 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Shaw 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
St. Augustine's 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Birmingham–Southern $ 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Howard (AL) 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Southwestern (TN) 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi College 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Chattanooga 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 2
Loyola (LA) 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Millsaps 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Spring Hill 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Drexel $ 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Muhlenberg 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Gettysburg 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Ursinus 1 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ?
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fresno State $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Pacific (CA) 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 2
Cal Aggies 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Nevada 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Chico State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois College + 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bradley + 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Illinois State Normal + 4 – 0 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
St. Viator 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Monmouth (IL) 1 – 0 – 3 4 – 1 – 4
Augustana (IL) 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Western Illinois 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Knox (IL) 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Illinois Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Northern Illinois State 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 3
Lake Forest 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 1 – 2
Wheaton (IL) 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Shurtleff 1 – 1 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Elmhurst 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
McKendree 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Southern Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
North Central 1 – 2 – 3 1 – 3 – 3
Eastern Illinois 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Carthage 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Eureka 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
Millikin 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1937 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Butler $ 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
DePauw 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Ball State 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Earlham 2 – 1 – 2 4 – 1 – 2
Hanover 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Valparaiso 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wabash 3 – 2 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Franklin (IN) 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Rose Poly 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Manchester 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Indiana State 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Central Normal 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Oakland City 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Evansville 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Upper Iowa + 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
St. Ambrose + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Dubuque 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Luther 2 – 1 – 3 4 – 1 – 3
Buena Vista 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Parsons 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Central (IA) 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Columbia (IA) 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Western Union 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Wartburg 0 – 2 – 1 1 – 4 – 2
Penn (IA) 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Simpson (IA) 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1937 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baker $ 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Bethany (KS) 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Ottawa 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
College of Emporia 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
McPherson 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Texas State $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
North Texas State 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Southwest Texas State 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Sam Houston State 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Stephen F. Austin 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kalamazoo $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Alma 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Hillsdale 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Albion 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Hope 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lafayette $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell (IA) $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 2 – 1 – 2 4 – 1 – 4
Carleton 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Coe 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Ripon 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Lawrence 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Beloit 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Knox 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Gustavus Adolphus $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 0
Concordia (MN) 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Saint John's (MN) 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 1 – 1 – 2 2 – 3 – 2
Hamline 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Saint Mary's (MN) 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 4 – 2
Macalester 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
St. Olaf 0 – 2 – 2 1 – 4 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tarkio + 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
William Jewell + 3 – 0 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Culver–Stockton 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Missouri Valley 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Central (MO) 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1937 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cape Girardeau $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Warrensburg 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Missouri–Rolla 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Kirksville 1 – 2 – 2 1 – 4 – 2
Maryville (MO) 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Springfield (MO) 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 2
Drake 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Washington University 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Grinnell 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Creighton 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Washburn 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Nebraska College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hastings $ 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Doane 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Midland 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 2
Nebraska Wesleyan 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chadron State $ 2 – 0 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Kearney State 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Wayne State (NE) 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Peru State 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wahpeton $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Minot State 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Jamestown 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Bottineau 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 2 – 0
Valley City State 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 2 – 3
Ellendale 1 – 2 – 2 1 – 3 – 2
Mayville State 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 4 – 1
Dickinson State 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Northern Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Duluth State $ 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
St. Cloud State 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Moorhead State 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Bemidji State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Mankato State 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Winona State 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 North State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Appalachian State $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Elon 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Catawba 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Lenoir Rhyne 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 2
Western Carolina 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 2
Guilford 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Willamette $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Pacific (OR) 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Puget Sound 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Whitman 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 0
College of Idaho 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Albany (OR) 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 4 – 1
Linfield   –   3 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baldwin–Wallace $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Case 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Marietta 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Ohio Northern 4 – 1 – 2 4 – 1 – 3
Wooster 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Muskingum 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Heidelberg 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Mount Union 2 – 2 – 2 3 – 3 – 3
Kent State 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Kenyon 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Capital 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Bowling Green 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Oberlin 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 3 – 3
John Carroll 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wittenberg 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Ashland 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Findlay 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Otterbein 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Toledo 0 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central State (OK) $ 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
Oklahoma Baptist 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Northeastern State 2 – 2 – 2 3 – 3 – 3
SW Oklahoma State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
NW Oklahoma State 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
East Central 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
SE Oklahoma State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lock Haven $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 2
Indiana (PA) 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Mansfield 4 – 1 – 0 3 – 2 – 0
Shippensburg 3 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
West Chester 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Clarion 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Kutztown 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
California (PA) 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Bloomsburg 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Millersville 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Slippery Rock 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
East Stroudsburg 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Edinboro 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carson–Newman $ 6 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Appalachian State 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Maryville (TN) 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
East Tennessee State Teachers 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
King 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Milligan 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Cumberland (TN) 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Tusculum 0 – 5 – 2 0 – 5 – 3
Western Carolina 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Augustana (SD) $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
South Dakota Mines 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Southern Normal 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Yankton 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Northern Normal 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Dakota Wesleyan 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Sioux Falls 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Spearfish 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Huron 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Eastern Normal 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Diego State $ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Santa Barbara State 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Redlands 2 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Whittier 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 6 – 2
Occidental 1 – 2 – 2 2 – 2 – 3
La Verne 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Murray State $ 6 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Erskine 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Centre 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Western Kentucky State Teachers 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Centenary 1 – 0 – 2 6 – 3 – 3
Miami (FL) 1 – 0 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Morehead State 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 1 – 2 6 – 3 – 2
Louisiana Normal 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Mississippi State Teachers 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Union (KY) 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Rollins 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Oglethorpe 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
SW Louisiana 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Stetson 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Mississippi College 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Wofford 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Newberry 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Transylvania 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Louisiana College 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Millsaps 1 – 3 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
Georgetown (KY) 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Louisville 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Troy State 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 2
Tennessee Tech 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
West Tennessee State Teachers 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Presbyterian 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
Union (TN) 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas College $ 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
Arkansas AM&N 3 – 0 – 3 7 – 0 – 3
Prairie View 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Langston 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Wiley 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Southern 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Bishop 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Texas Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Howard Payne $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Austin 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
McMurry 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Texas Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Daniel Baker 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Southwestern (TX) 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Trinity (TX) 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
St. Edward's 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Abilene Christian 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 Tri-Normal League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Eastern Washington $ 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Western Washington 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Central Washington 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1937 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Potomac State + 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 0 – 0
Glenville State + 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Concord 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Morris Harvey 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
West Liberty State 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 1 – 1
Fairmont State 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Salem 0 – 5 – 2 0 – 6 – 2
Marshall * 2 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 1
Davis & Elkins * 2 – 0 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|New River State]] * 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Bethany (WV)]] * 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|West Virginia Wesleyan]] * 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Shepherd]] * 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Ties did not count in conference standings.
1937 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Division
[[{{{school}}}|Superior State]] x 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|La Crosse State]] 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|River Falls State]] 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|Eau Claire State]] 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Stout Institute]] 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 6 – 1
Southern Division
[[{{{school}}}|Whitewater State]] x 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Milwaukee State]] 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Platteville State]] 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Stevens Point State]] 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 3 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|Oshkosh State]] 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

Awards and honors

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All-Americans

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Main article: 1937 College Football All-America Team

The consensus All-America team included:

Position Name Height Weight (lbs.) Class Hometown Team
QB Clint Frank 5'10" 190 Sr. Evanston, Illinois Yale
HB Marshall Goldberg 5'11" 185 Jr. Elkins, West Virginia Pittsburgh
HB Byron White 6'1" 185 Sr. Wellington, Colorado Colorado
FB Sam Chapman 6'0" 180 Sr. Mill Valley, California California
E Chuck Sweeney 6'0" 190 Sr. Bloomington, Indiana Notre Dame
T Ed Franco 5'8" 196 Sr. Jersey City, New Jersey Fordham
G Joe Routt 6'0" 193 Sr. Brenham, Texas Texas A&M
C Alex Wojciechowicz 5'11" 192 Sr. South River, New Jersey Fordham
G Leroy Monsky 5'10" 185 Sr. Montgomery, Alabama Alabama
T Tony Matisi 6'0" 224 Sr. New York, New York Pittsburgh
E Andy Bershak 6'0" 190 Sr. Clairton, Pennsylvania North Carolina

Individual leaders

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  • Rushing yards (total): Byron White, Colorado, 1,121 yards
  • Rushing yards (per carry): Dick Cassiano, Pittsburgh, 9.0 yards/carry
  • Passing yards (total): Billy Patterson, Baylor, 1,109 yards
  • Receiving yards (total): Jim Benton, Arkansas, 814 yards
  • Points scored: Byron White, Colorado, 122 points
  • Punting: Johnny Pingel, Michigan State, 42.9 yards/punt

Heisman Trophy voting

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The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player

Player School Position Total
Clint Frank Yale HB/QB 524
Byron White Colorado HB 264
Marshall Goldberg Pittsburgh HB 211
Alex Wojciechowicz Fordham C 85

Rankings

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Main article: 1937 NCAA football rankings

Bowl games

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Main article: 1937–38 NCAA football bowl games
Bowl game Winning team Losing team
Rose Bowl No. 2 California 13 No. 4 Alabama 0
Sugar Bowl No. 9 Santa Clara 6 No. 8 LSU 0
Orange Bowl Auburn 6 Michigan State 0
Cotton Bowl Classic No. 18 Rice 28 No. 17 Colorado 14
Sun Bowl West Virginia 7 Texas Tech 6
Charity Bowl Fresno State 27 Arkansas State Teachers 26

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "October 18, 1937 AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
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