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1937 Washington

7–⁠2–⁠2 (4–⁠2–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by James Phelan.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1937, game by game: won vs. Iowa 14–0; won at USC 7–0; lost vs. Oregon State 3–6; tied at Washington State 7–7; lost vs. Stanford 7–13; won vs. Idaho 21–7; tied at No. 1 California 0–0; won vs. UCLA 26–0; won vs. Oregon 14–0; won at Hawaii All-Stars 35–6; won at Hawai’i 53–13+40−6Won 14–0 vs. Iowa+14IowaWon 7–0 at USC+7USCLost 3–6 vs. Oregon State-3Oregon StateTied 7–7 at Washington State0Washington StateLost 7–13 vs. Stanford-6StanfordWon 21–7 vs. Idaho+14IdahoTied 0–0 at No. 1 California0No. 1 CaliforniaWon 26–0 vs. UCLA+26UCLAWon 14–0 vs. Oregon+14OregonWon 35–6 at Hawaii All-Stars+29Hawaii All-StarsWon 53–13 at Hawai’i+40Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsIowaW 14–⁠071%
Oct 2atUSCW 7–⁠053%
Oct 9vsOregon StateL 3–⁠680%
Oct 16atWashington StateT 7–⁠756%
Oct 23vsStanfordL 7–⁠1369%
Oct 30vsIdahoW 21–⁠778%
Nov 6at1CaliforniaT 0–⁠034%
Nov 13vsUCLAW 26–⁠072%
Nov 20vsOregonW 14–⁠079%
Dec 8atHawaii All-StarsW 35–⁠687%
Jan 1atHawai’iW 53–⁠1391%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 53–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Washington’s 1937 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Jan 6atHonolulu TowniesclubW 35–⁠6Washington’s article

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 13

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
7–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠2 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
187–⁠52
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1637 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.6 No. 30 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Frank Waskowitz

Drafted in 1938

The 1938 draft
Rd 4Vic Markov OTCleveland Rams

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Vic MarkovOTAP-1; INS-1; UP-1
  • Steve SlivinskiOGAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • JohnsonEAP-2
  • Bud EricksenCUP-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

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.