| 1937Stanford Indians football | |
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 Head coach Tiny Thornhill | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–3–2 (4–2–1 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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| No. 2California $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1937 Stanford Indians football team representedStanford University as a member of thePacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the1937 college football season. Led by fifth-year head coachTiny Thornhill, the Indians compiled an overall record of 4–3–2 with a mark of 4–2–1 in conference play, placing second in the PCC. The team played home games atStanford Stadium inStanford, California.
Stanford had been scheduled to play two games inHawaii—against aHonolulu town team and theHawaii Rainbows—in December, but the games were canceled due to steamship schedule changes that meant the team would miss a week and a half of classes in winter quarter.[1][2]Washington replaced Stanford for both games.[2]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | Santa Clara* | L 7–13 | 35,000 | [3][4] | ||
| October 2 | atOregon | L 6–7 | 7,500 | [5] | ||
| October 9 | UCLA |
| W 12–7 | 15,000 | ||
| October 23 | atWashington | W 13–7 | 22,230 | |||
| October 30 | Oregon State |
| T 0–0 | 10,000 | [6] | |
| November 6 | atUSC | W 7–6 | 55,000 | |||
| November 13 | Washington State |
| W 23–0 | 15,000 | ||
| November 20 | No. 2California | No. 13 |
| L 0–13 | 85,000 | [7][8] |
| November 27 | atColumbia* | T 0–0 | 20,000 | [9][10] | ||
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The Indians were 4–1–1 in thePacific Coast Conference entering theBig Game against 5–0–1California. A head-to-head win over the Bears would almost certainly have given Stanford a bid to the1938 Rose Bowl.[11] However, the Bears scored two touchdowns in quick succession in an eight-minute stretch of the second quarter and held the Indians scoreless, winning 13–0.[12]
Stanford facedColumbia for the third time in four years. The Indians had lost to the Lions in the1934 Rose Bowl and lost in New Yorkthe previous season; this year, in what would be the final meeting of the teams, the teams played to a scoreless tie.[13]