1937 Stanford Indians football team
American college football season
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The 1937 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1937 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tiny Thornhill, the Indians compiled an overall record of 4â3â2 with a mark of 4â2â1 in conference play, placing second in the PCC. The team played home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.
- Tiny Thornhill (5th season)
| 1937 Stanford Indians football | |
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Head coach Tiny Thornhill | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4â3â2 (4â2â1 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 California $ | 6 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 10 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | â | 2 | â | 2 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | â | 3 | â | 2 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 2 | â | 3 | â | 3 | 3 | â | 3 | â | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | â | 3 | â | 2 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | â | 5 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanford had been scheduled to play two games in Hawaiiâagainst a Honolulu town team and the Hawaii Rainbowsâin December, but the games were canceled due to steamship schedule changes that meant the team would miss a week and a half of classes in winter quarter.[1][2] Washington replaced Stanford for both games.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | Santa Clara* | L 7â13 | 35,000 | [3][4] | ||
| October 2 | at Oregon | L 6â7 | 7,500 | [5] | ||
| October 9 | UCLA |
| W 12â7 | 15,000 | [6] | |
| October 23 | at Washington | W 13â7 | 22,000 | [7] | ||
| October 30 | Oregon State |
| T 0â0 | 20,000 | [8] | |
| November 6 | at USC | W 7â6 | 55,000 | [9] | ||
| November 13 | Washington State |
| W 23â0 | 20,000 | [10] | |
| November 20 | No. 2 California | No. 13 |
| L 0â13 | 85,000 | [11][12] |
| November 27 | at Columbia* | T 0â0 | 20,000 | [13][14] | ||
Game summaries
California
The Indians were 4â1â1 in the Pacific Coast Conference entering the Big Game against 5â0â1 California. A head-to-head win over the Bears would almost certainly have given Stanford a bid to the 1938 Rose Bowl.[16] However, the Bears scored two touchdowns in quick succession in an eight-minute stretch of the second quarter and held the Indians scoreless, winning 13â0.[17]
Columbia
Stanford faced Columbia for the third time in four years. The Indians had lost to the Lions in the 1934 Rose Bowl and lost in New York the previous season; this year, in what would be the final meeting of the teams, the teams played to a scoreless tie.[18]