1937 Montana

7–⁠1 (0–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference).

Schedule and results

Montana in 1937, game by game: won vs. Whitman 25–0; won at Texas Tech 13–6; won vs. Oklahoma City 36–6; won vs. San Francisco 13–7; won vs. Montana State 19–0; won vs. Gonzaga 23–0; lost at Idaho 0–6; won at North Dakota 14–3+30−6Won 25–0 vs. Whitman+25WhitmanWon 13–6 at Texas Tech+7Texas TechWon 36–6 vs. Oklahoma City+30Oklahoma CityWon 13–7 vs. San Francisco+6San FranciscoWon 19–0 vs. Montana State+19Montana StateWon 23–0 vs. Gonzaga+23GonzagaLost 0–6 at Idaho-6IdahoWon 14–3 at North Dakota+11North Dakota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat North Dakota 14–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 4th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1937.

Record
7–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠1 10th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
143–⁠28
Coach
—
Elo
1546 +55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.2 No. 55 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Milt Popovich

Drafted in 1938

The 1938 draft
Rd 2Milt Popovich BChicago Cardinals
Rd 7Paul Szakash EDetroit Lions

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

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

1937 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠12
Stanford4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Washington4–⁠2–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State3–⁠3–⁠23–⁠3–⁠3
Idaho2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠33–⁠3–⁠3
USC2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
UCLA1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana0–⁠17–⁠1

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