1937 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1937 Colorado Buffaloes football
RMC champion
Cotton Bowl, L 14–28 vs. Rice
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Ranking
APNo. 17
Record8–1 (7–0 RMC)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumColorado Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Colorado $ 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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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 Bowl in Dallas on New 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]

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.

  1. ^ Wells, Jay (January 2, 1938). "'Whiz' White stands out, but Rice triumphs 28-14". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 1, sports.
  2. ^ "Colorado gets away in lead, but Rice Institute blasts way to victory". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 2, 1938. p. 2B.
  3. ^ "2015 Media Guide" (PDF). CUBuffs.com. Colorado Athletic Department. 2015. pp. 128–130. Retrieved September 13, 2016.