The 1933 season
687 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Columbia, Michigan and Princeton claim the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Conference champions
Major college
- Big Six
- Nebraska
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Drake and Oklahoma State (shared)
- Rocky Mountain Conference
- Colorado State and Utah (shared)
- Southeastern Conference
- Alabama
- Southern Conference
- Duke and South Carolina (shared)
- Virginia Conference
- William & Mary and Richmond (shared)
Small college
- Buckeye Conference
- Cincinnati and Miami (OH) (shared)
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Morgan State
- Dixie Conference
- Samford
- Far Western Conference
- Nevada
- Lone Star Conference
- East Texas A&M
- North Central Conference
- South Dakota State
- North State Conference
- Elon
- Southwestern Athletic Conference
- Prairie View A&M
From each program’s Wikipedia article, with the conference’s name that season. Titles come from the articles of today’s FBS and FCS programs, so a title shared with a school outside them lists only one champion.
Consensus All-Americans
- EJoe Skladany, Pittsburgh
- EPaul Geisler, Centenary
- OTFrancis Wistert, Michigan
- OTFred Crawford, Duke
- OGBill Corbus, Stanford
- OGAaron Rosenberg, USC
- CChuck Bernard, Michigan
- QBCotton Warburton, USC
- RBBeattie Feathers, Tennessee
- FBGeorge Sauer, Nebraska
- FBDuane Purvis, Purdue
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1933 All-America article. Every selector’s teams, first to last, are on the 1933 All-America teams page.
From the newspapers
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WARBURTON STARS IN TROJAN VICTORY Mite Quarters Aerial Play Blasts Webfoot Hope of Unbeaten Season. 7 OS ANGELES, November 49, The foot ball wizardry of a IL great little quarterback, Irvine (Cotton) Warburton, today enabled Southern California to blast the University of Oregon out of the undefeated class as the TrojanS won, 26 to 0. About 10000 spectators saw the home team get away fast, slow down for a time, and then come back with rush. The defeat spoiled the hopes Of the Webfoots for an undefeated season, carrying with it the championship of the Pacific Coast Conference and on portunity to represent the West in the annual New Year game in Pasadena S Rose Bowl. Warburton, who never before had caught forward pass before his home folk, grabbed three out of the air today, the first two paving the way to touch downs and the third leading directly to score as Warburton galloped 81 yards to the goal line. The welterweight, almost lost to view among the heaVyWeightS and light heavyweights on the field, was the only consistent ground-gainer the Trojans could offer, but he was enough. Oregon Threats Futile. COUTHERN CALIFORNIA was ragged y at intervals, but managed to stand off every. threat the Oregonians offered. However, Bob Varka’s kicking, time after time, sent the home guard back deep In its own territory. The Eugene boys completed two long passes as the game ended. Southern California, bounding back from a defeat by Stanford last Saturday, scored first before the game was 5 minutes old. Warburton kicked out of bounds on Oregons 4-yard line and the Webfoot return kick carried to the 42-yard line, where Warburton signalled for a fair catch. An over enthusiastic Oregonian tackled and drew a 15-yard penalty. Gordon Clark fired a pass to Warburton on the 16-yard line Warburton fought his way to the g. yard line, shaking off half a dozen tacklers. Cliff Propst charged to the 1-yard line and on the next play Slip ped over for the first touchdown; Bob Erskcne missed the goal. In the third period, after an exchange of kicks, the ball rested in midfield. Warburton caught a pass from Cal Clemens and ran to Oregon’s 36-yard line. Warburton added and then a first down on the 24-yard line. Glenn ems picked up 5 and Warburton made a first down on the 14-yard line. Haskell Wotkyns went over for the touchdown. Larry Stevens missed the goal. lust as the third period ended War burton grabbed a pass from Glenn – ems on Southern California’s 46yard line and ran 54 yards for the third The mite galloped along behind lot of interference. personally directing his mates as he pointed out men to take out. The final touchdown was scored with half a minute to play as the Trojan lineup was composed largely of replace ments. Bill Howard. substitute quarter, plunged over from the 1-yard line after a pass from Howard to Bright had sent the ball inside Oregon’s 20-yard line. Howard also kicked the goal.
Bowls and playoff
Scoreboard| Jan 1, 1934 | Centenary (LA) 7, Arkansas 7Dixie Classic |
| Jan 1, 1934 | Columbia 7, Stanford 0Rose Bowl |