1937 Santa Clara Broncos football team

1937 Santa Clara Broncos football
Sugar Bowl, W 6–0 vs. LSU
Conference	Independent
1937 record	9–0
Head coach	Buck Shaw (2nd year)

The 1937 Santa Clara Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Santa Clara University during the 1937 college football season. In their second season under head coach Buck Shaw, the Broncos compiled a 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, were ranked No. 9 in the final AP Poll at the end of the regular season, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 163 to 9. The Broncos' victories included a 13–7 besting of Stanford, a 38–0 victory over Marquette, and a 6–0 victory over No. 8-ranked LSU in the 1938 Sugar Bowl.^[1]^[2]

Two Broncos received honors on the 1937 All-Pacific Coast football team: tackle Alvord Wolff (AP-1); and guard Dougherty (INS-1).^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Santa Clara Yearly Results (1935–1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
↑ "1937 Santa Clara Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
↑ "All Pacific Coast 1937". The Evening Record, Ellensburg, Washington. December 3, 1937. p. 8.
↑ "Associated Press Selects Its All-Coast Eleven". The Bakersfield Californian. December 2, 1937. p. 23.
↑ Harold Heroux (November 23, 1937). "Six Cal Stars On All-Coast". The San Bernardino Daily Sun. p. 17.

Santa Clara Broncos football

Venues	Mission Field (?–1961) Buck Shaw Stadium (1962–1992)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Big Game (Stanford; 1915–1917) Little Big Game (Saint Mary's)

Culture & lore	"Cheer, Cheer, Cheer" "Fight for Santa Clara" Death of Van Dokkelen

People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

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