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Season | 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of bowls | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-star games | EastβWest Shrine Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games | January 1, 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions |
Pittsburgh Panthers (AP,
Dickinson) California Golden Bears ( Dunkel) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1937β38 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1937 college football season and featured five bowl games, down one from the prior season, as the Bacardi Bowl was not held. All five bowls were played on January 1, 1938. Notably, the Orange Bowl was first held in Burdine Stadium, which was later renamed for the bowl game itself in 1959. The national championship, according to recognized selectors, was split by Pittsburgh and California.
The below table lists top teams (per the AP Poll taken after the completion of the regular season), their winβloss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in. [1] [2]
AP | Team | WβL | Conf. | Bowl |
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1 |
Pittsburgh Panthers | 9β0β1 |
Ind. | β |
2 |
California Golden Bears | 9β0β1 |
PCC | Rose Bowl |
3 |
Fordham Rams | 7β0β1 |
Ind. | β |
4 |
Alabama Crimson Tide | 9β0 |
SEC | Rose Bowl |
5 |
Minnesota Golden Gophers | 6β2 |
Big Ten | β β |
6 |
Villanova Wildcats | 8β0β1 |
Ind. | β |
7 |
Dartmouth Indians | 7β0β2 |
Ind. | β |
8 |
LSU Tigers | 9β1 |
SEC | Sugar Bowl |
T9 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 6β2β1 |
Ind. | β |
T9 |
Santa Clara Broncos | 8β0 |
Ind. | Sugar Bowl |
11 |
Nebraska Cornhuskers | 6β1β2 |
Big Six | β |
12 |
Yale Bulldogs | 6β1β1 |
Ind. | β |
13 |
Ohio State Buckeyes | 6β2 |
Big Ten | β β |
T14 |
Arkansas Razorbacks | 6β2β2 |
SWC | β |
T14 |
Holy Cross Crusaders | 8β0β2 |
Ind. | β |
16 |
TCU Horned Frogs | 4β4β2 |
SWC | β |
17 |
Colorado Buffaloes | 8β0 |
RMAC | Cotton Bowl Classic |
18 |
Rice Owls | 4β3β2 |
SWC | Cotton Bowl Classic |
19 |
North Carolina Tar Heels | 7β1β1 |
Southern | β |
20 |
Duke Blue Devils | 7β2β1 |
Southern | β |
β The Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to participate in bowl games until the 1947 Rose Bowl.
Rankings are from the final regular season AP Poll.
Date | Game | Site | Teams | Affiliations | Results |
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Jan. 1 | Rose Bowl |
Rose Bowl Pasadena, California |
#2
California Golden Bears (9β0β1) #4 Alabama Crimson Tide (9β0) |
PCC SEC |
California 13 Alabama 0 |
Sugar Bowl |
Tulane Stadium New Orleans, Louisiana |
#9
Santa Clara Broncos (8β0) #8 LSU Tigers (9β1) |
Independent SEC |
Santa Clara 6 LSU 0 | |
Orange Bowl |
Burdine Stadium Miami, Florida |
Auburn Tigers (5β2β3) Michigan State Spartans (8β1) |
SEC Independent |
Auburn 6 Michigan State 0 | |
Sun Bowl |
Kidd Field El Paso, Texas |
West Virginia Mountaineers (7β1β1) Texas Tech Red Raiders (8β3) |
Independent Border |
West Virginia 7 Texas Tech 6 | |
Cotton Bowl Classic |
Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas |
#18
Rice Owls (5β3β2) #17 Colorado Buffaloes (8β0) |
SWC Rocky Mountain |
Rice 28 Colorado 14 |