The 1937 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1937 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Bunny Oakes, the Buffaloes won all eight games in the regular season, with a 7–0 mark in conference play, winning the RMC title. Ranked seventeenth, undefeated Colorado was invited to the Cotton BowlinDallasonNew Year's Day, but lost to No. 18 Rice to finish at 8–1.[1][2] This was the CU program's final year in the RMC, as they moved to the Mountain States Conference the following year.[3]
1937 Colorado Buffaloes football | |
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RMC champion | |
Cotton Bowl, L 14–28 vs. Rice | |
Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
Ranking | |
AP | No. 17 |
Record | 8–1 (7–0 RMC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Game captains |
Home stadium | Colorado Stadium |
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
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No.17Colorado $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western State (CO) | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado College | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State–Greeley | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado Mines | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado A&M | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Senior back Byron "Whizzer" White, a Rhodes scholar and future justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was a consensus All-American, the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, and the fourth overall pick of the 1938 NFL draft.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 2 | Missouri* |
| W 14–6 | |||
October 9 | Utah State |
| W 33–0 | |||
October 16 | BYU |
| W 14–0 | [4][5] | ||
October 23 | Colorado A&M |
| W 47–0 | |||
October 30 | Colorado Mines |
| W 54–0 | [6] | ||
November 6 | atUtah |
| W 17–7 | [7][8] | ||
November 13 | Colorado College | No. 16 |
| W 35–6 | [9][10] | |
November 25 | atDenver | No. 16 |
| W 34–7 | [11][12] | |
January 1, 1938 | vs. No. 18 Rice* | No. 17 |
| L 14–28 | 37,000–38,000 | [1][2] |
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The following Buffaloes were selected in the 1938 NFL draft following the season.[16]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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1 | 4 | Byron White | Back | Pittsburgh Panthers |
4 | 28 | Gene Moore | Center | Brooklyn Dodgers |
8 | 65 | Leon Lavington | End | Chicago Cardinals |
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