1937–38 NCAA football bowl games

College football postseason game series August 2023 1937 300px Number of bowl games per state 5 East–West Shrine Game January 1, 1938 Pittsburgh Panthers (AP, Dickinson)California Golden Bears (Dunkel) #Conference performance in bowl games Independents 3 2 1 8 SEC 3 1 2 2 Pacific Coast 1 1 0 1 SWC 1 1 0 3 Border 1 0 1 0 Rocky Mountain 1 0 1 1 Big Six 0 0 0 1 Big Ten 0 0 0 2 Southern 0 0 0 2 thumb|right|300px|Number of bowl teams per state The 1937–38 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1937 college football season and featured five bowl games, down one from the prior season, as the Bacardi Bowl was not held. All five bowls were played on January 1, 1938. Notably, the Orange Bowl was first held in Burdine Stadium, which was later renamed for the bowl game itself in 1959. The national championship, according to recognized selectors, was split by Pittsburgh and California. Poll rankings 1937 college football rankings The below table lists top teams (per the AP poll taken after the completion of the regular season), their win–loss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26304881/writers_pick_pitt_grid_players_for/ Writers Pick Pitt Grid Players for First Place Courier News Plainfield, New Jersey 16 December 1, 1937 December 17, 2018 newspapers.com AP Team W–L Conf. Bowl 1 Pittsburgh Panthers 9–0–1 Ind. — 2 California Golden Bears 9–0–1 PCC Rose Bowl 3 Fordham Rams 7–0–1 Ind. — 4 Alabama Crimson Tide 9–0 SEC Rose Bowl 5 Minnesota Golden Gophers 6–2 Big Ten — 6 Villanova Wildcats 8–0–1 Ind. — 7 Dartmouth Indians 7–0–2 Ind. — 8 LSU Tigers 9–1 SEC Sugar Bowl T9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 6–2–1 Ind. — T9 Santa Clara Broncos 8–0 Ind. Sugar Bowl 11 Nebraska Cornhuskers 6–1–2 Big Six — 12 Yale Bulldogs 6–1–1 Ind. — 13 Ohio State Buckeyes 6–2 Big Ten — T14 Arkansas Razorbacks 6–2–2 SWC — T14 Holy Cross Crusaders 8–0–2 Ind. — 16 TCU Horned Frogs 4–4–2 SWC — 17 Colorado Buffaloes 8–0 RMAC Cotton Bowl Classic 18 Rice Owls 4–3–2 SWC Cotton Bowl Classic 19 North Carolina Tar Heels 7–1–1 Southern — 20 Duke Blue Devils 7–2–1 Southern — The Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to participate in bowl games until the 1947 Rose Bowl. Bowl schedule Rankings are from the final regular season AP Poll. DateGameSiteTeamsAffiliationsResults Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, California #2 California Golden Bears (9–0–1) #4 Alabama Crimson Tide (9–0) PCCSEC California 13Alabama 0 Sugar Bowl Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, Louisiana #9 Santa Clara Broncos (8–0) #8 LSU Tigers (9–1) IndependentSEC Santa Clara 6LSU 0 Orange Bowl Burdine Stadium Miami, Florida Auburn Tigers (5–2–3) Michigan State Spartans (8–1) SECIndependent Auburn 6Michigan State 0 Sun Bowl Kidd Field El Paso, Texas West Virginia Mountaineers (7–1–1)Texas Tech Red Raiders (8–3) Independent Border West Virginia 7 Texas Tech 6 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas #18 Rice Owls (5–3–2) #17 Colorado Buffaloes (8–0) SWC Rocky Mountain Rice 28 Colorado 14 Conference performance in bowl games ConferenceGamesRecordBowls W L Pct.Won Lost Independents 3 2 1 Sugar, Sun Orange SEC 3 1 2 Orange Rose, Sugar Pacific Coast 1 1 0 Rose SWC 1 1 0 Cotton Border 1 0 1 Sun Rocky Mountain 1 0 1 Cotton See also Prairie View Bowl References