1937 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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The 1937 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1937 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Bunny Oakes, the Buffaloes won all eight games in the regular season, with a 7–0 mark in conference play, winning the RMC title. Ranked seventeenth, undefeated Colorado was invited to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year's Day, but lost to No. 18 Rice to finish at 8–1.[1][2] This was the CU program's final year in the RMC, as they moved to the Mountain States Conference the following year.[3]

ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
APNo. 17
Record8–1 (7–0 RMC)
Headcoach
Quick facts Colorado Buffaloes football, RMC champion ...
1937 Colorado Buffaloes football
RMC champion
Cotton Bowl, L 14–28 vs. Rice
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record8–1 (7–0 RMC)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumColorado Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1937 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Colorado $7–0–08–1–0
Western State (CO)3–1–05–3–0
BYU5–2–06–3–0
Denver5–2–06–3–0
Utah5–2–05–3–0
Colorado College3–3–05–4–0
Utah State2–4–12–4–2
Wyoming2–4–03–5–0
Colorado State–Greeley2–4–02–6–0
Colorado Mines1–5–02–5–0
Colorado A&M1–6–01–7–0
Montana State0–3–13–4–1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP poll
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Senior back Byron "Whizzer" White, a Rhodes scholar and future justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was a consensus All-American, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, and the fourth overall pick of the 1938 NFL draft.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Missouri*
W 14–6[4]
October 9Utah State
  • Colorado Stadium
  • Boulder, CO
W 33–0[5]
October 16BYU
  • Colorado Stadium
  • Boulder, CO
W 14–0[6][7]
October 23Colorado A&Mdagger
  • Colorado Stadium
  • Boulder, CO (rivalry)
W 47–0[8]
October 30Colorado Mines
  • Colorado Stadium
  • Boulder, CO
W 54–0[9]
November 6at Utah
W 17–7[10][11]
November 13Colorado CollegeNo. 16
  • Colorado Stadium
  • Boulder, CO
W 35–6[12][13]
November 25at DenverNo. 16
W 34–7[14][15]
January 1, 1938vs. No. 18 Rice*No. 17
L 14–2837,000–38,000[1][2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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After the season

NFL draft

The following Buffaloes were selected in the 1938 NFL draft following the season.[19]

More information Round, Pick ...
Round Pick Player Position NFL club
14Byron WhiteBackPittsburgh Panthers
428Gene MooreCenterBrooklyn Dodgers
865Leon LavingtonEndChicago Cardinals
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