1937 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 1937 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal Schoolânow known as California State University, Fresnoâduring the 1937 college football season.
- James Bradshaw (2nd season)
| 1937 Fresno State Bulldogs football | |
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FWC champion | |
Charity Bowl, W 27â26 vs. Arkansas State Teachers | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 8â1â1 (4â0 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Fresno State College Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fresno State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).[note 1] The 1937 team was led by second-year head coach James Bradshaw and played home games at Fresno State College Stadium[note 2] on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season as champion of the FWC with a regular season record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7â1â1, 4â0 FWC). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 223â75 for the season. That included holding opponents under 10 points seven times, with four shutouts. At the end of the season, the Bulldogs were invited to play in their first postseason bowl game, the Christmas Day Charity Bowl game against Arkansas State Teachers played in Los Angeles. Fresno State won the game, 27â26, giving them a final record of eight wins, one loss and one tie (8â1â1).
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | USC JV* | T 13â13 | 5,123 | [1] | |
| October 1 | at Willamette* |
| W 7â0 | 3,200 | [2] |
| October 9 | California JV* |
| W 20â7 | 6,576 | [3] |
| October 15 | at Whittier* |
| W 24â0 | 2,500 | |
| October 22 | at Cal Aggies | Woodland, CA | W 19â0 | 3,500 | [4] |
| October 30 | Chico State |
| W 40â7 | 3,082 | [5] |
| November 6 | at Nevada | W 46â8 | 3,500 | [7] | |
| November 11 | HardinâSimmons* |
| L 7â14 | 11,371 | [8] |
| November 25 | Pacific (CA) |
| W 20â0 | 10,053 | [9] |
| December 25 | Arkansas State Teachers* | W 27â26 | 5,000 | [10] | |
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Notes
- The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
- Ratcliffe Stadium was known as Fresno State College Stadium from 1926 to 1940.
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[6]
- The 2016 Fresno State Media Guide calls this game the "Little All-American Bowl", but there is no reference to that name in the various 1937 newspaper accounts of the game.
