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1937 Chicago

1–⁠6 (0–⁠4 Western Conference), coached by Clark Shaughnessy.

Schedule and results

Chicago in 1937, game by game: lost at Vanderbilt 0–18; lost vs. Wisconsin 0–27; lost vs. Princeton 7–16; lost vs. No. 8 Ohio State 0–39; lost at Michigan 12–13; won vs. Beloit 26–9; lost at Illinois 0–21+17−39Lost 0–18 at Vanderbilt-18VanderbiltLost 0–27 vs. Wisconsin-27WisconsinLost 7–16 vs. Princeton-9PrincetonLost 0–39 vs. No. 8 Ohio State-39No. 8 Ohio StateLost 12–13 at Michigan-1MichiganWon 26–9 vs. Beloit+17BeloitLost 0–21 at Illinois-21Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2atVanderbiltL 0–⁠1829%
Oct 9vsWisconsinL 0–⁠2748%
Oct 16vsPrincetonL 7–⁠1631%
Oct 30vs8Ohio StateL 0–⁠3918%
Nov 6atMichiganL 12–⁠1330%
Nov 13vsBeloitW 26–⁠974%
Nov 20atIllinoisL 0–⁠2124%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois 21–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 53 on file).

Record
1–⁠6
Conference
0–⁠4 tied for 9th in Western Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
45–⁠143
Coach
Clark Shaughnessy
Elo
1324 −77 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.8 No. 98 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

  • Robert FitzgeraldEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Minnesota5–⁠06–⁠25
Ohio State5–⁠16–⁠213
Indiana3–⁠25–⁠3
Northwestern3–⁠34–⁠4
Michigan3–⁠34–⁠4
Wisconsin2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Purdue2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois2–⁠33–⁠3–⁠2
Chicago0–⁠41–⁠6
Iowa0–⁠51–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.