
1937 USC
4–4–2 (2–3–2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Jones. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Pacific 40–0Sep 25
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vsPacific | W 40–0 | 92% |
| Oct 2 | vs | L 0–7 | 47% |
| Oct 9 | vs | W 13–12 | 40% |
| Oct 16 | vs | W 34–14 | 64% |
| Oct 23 | at | L 6–20 | 34% |
| Oct 30 | at | T 0–0 | 43% |
| Nov 6 | vs | L 6–7 | 56% |
| Nov 13 | vs | T 12–12 | 60% |
| Nov 27 | at | L 6–13 | 28% |
| Dec 4 | at | W 19–13 | 49% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat UCLA 19–13; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 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.
- Record
- 4–4–2
- Conference
- 2–3–2 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 11
- Points
- 136–98
- Coach
- Howard Jones
- Elo
- 1537 −1 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 6.8 No. 38 of 126 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Chuck Williams
All-Pacific Coast
1 second teamSecond team
Ambrose SchindlerQBAP-2; UP-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 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–0–1 | 10–0–1 | 2 | |
| 4–2–1 | 4–3–2 | ||
| 4–2–2 | 7–2–2 | ||
| 3–3–2 | 3–3–3 | ||
| 2–2 | 4–3–1 | ||
| 2–3–3 | 3–3–3 | ||
| 2–3–2 | 4–4–2 | ||
| 2–5 | 4–6 | ||
| 1–5–1 | 2–6–1 | ||
| 0–1 | 7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.
