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1937 Nebraska

6–⁠1–⁠2 (3–⁠0–⁠2 Big Six), coached by Biff Jones, finished No. 11 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1937, game by game: won vs. Minnesota 14–9; won at Iowa State 20–7; tied vs. Oklahoma 0–0; won at Missouri 7–0; won vs. Indiana 7–0; tied vs. Kansas 13–13; lost at No. 1 Pittsburgh 7–13; won vs. Iowa 28–0; won at Kansas State 3–0+28−6Won 14–9 vs. Minnesota+5MinnesotaWon 20–7 at Iowa State+13Iowa StateTied 0–0 vs. Oklahoma0OklahomaWon 7–0 at Missouri+7MissouriWon 7–0 vs. Indiana+7IndianaTied 13–13 vs. Kansas0KansasLost 7–13 at No. 1 Pittsburgh-6No. 1 PittsburghWon 28–0 vs. Iowa+28IowaWon 3–0 at Kansas State+3Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 2vsMinnesotaW 14–⁠952%
Oct 9atIowa StateW 20–⁠767%
Oct 16vsOklahomaT 0–⁠076%
Oct 23atMissouriW 7–⁠063%
Oct 30vsIndianaW 7–⁠071%
Nov 6vsKansasT 13–⁠1384%
Nov 13at1PittsburghL 7–⁠1332%
Nov 20vsIowaW 28–⁠084%
Nov 27atKansas StateW 3–⁠066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas State 3–⁠0; No. 11 in the final AP poll; Big Six champions.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 11
  5. Wk 5: 11
  6. Wk 6: 11
  7. Final: 11

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.

Big Six champions3–⁠0–⁠2 in the conference

Record
6–⁠1–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠0–⁠2 first in Big Six
AP final
No. 11 peak No. 6
Points
99–⁠42
Coach
Biff Jones
Elo
1666 +54 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.8 No. 29 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

Drafted in 1938

The 1938 draft
Rd 5Fred Shirey OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Elmer Dohrmann EWashington Redskins

All-Big Six

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Paul AmenEAP-2
  • Ted DoyleOTAP-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 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska3–⁠0–⁠26–⁠1–⁠211
Oklahoma3–⁠1–⁠15–⁠2–⁠2
Kansas2–⁠1–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Missouri2–⁠2–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State1–⁠44–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠43–⁠6

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