1937 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

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1937 Fresno State Bulldogs football team - Wikipedia

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1937 Fresno State Bulldogs football
FWC champion
Charity Bowl, W 27–26 vs. Arkansas State Teachers
Conference	Far Western Conference
Record	8–1–1 (4–0 FWC)
Head coach	James Bradshaw (2nd season)
Home stadium	Fresno State College Stadium
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Far Western Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Fresno State $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Pacific (CA)	3	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	2
Cal Aggies	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Nevada	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Chico State	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1937 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—during the 1937 college football season.

Fresno State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).^{[note 1]} The 1937 team was led by second-year head coach James Bradshaw and played home games at Fresno State College Stadium^{[note 2]} on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season as champion of the FWC with a regular season record of seven wins, one loss and one tie (7–1–1, 4–0 FWC). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 223–75 for the season. That included holding opponents under 10 points seven times, with four shutouts. At the end of the season, the Bulldogs were invited to play in their first postseason bowl game, the Christmas Day Charity Bowl game against Arkansas State Teachers played in Los Angeles. Fresno State won the game, 27–26, giving them a final record of eight wins, one loss and one tie (8–1–1).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	USC JV*	Fresno State College Stadium Fresno, CA	T 13–13	5,123	^[1]
October 1	at Willamette*	Sweetland Field Salem, OR	W 7–0	3,200	^[2]
October 9	California JV*	Fresno State College Stadium Fresno, CA	W 20–7	6,576	^[3]
October 15	at Whittier*	Hadley Field Whittier, CA	W 24–0	2,500
October 22	at Cal Aggies	Woodland, CA	W 19–0	3,500	^[4]
October 30	Chico State	Fresno State College Stadium Fresno, CA	W 40–7	3,082	^[5]
November 6	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium^{[note 3]} Reno, NV	W 46–8	3,500	^[7]
November 11	Hardin–Simmons*	Fresno State College Stadium Fresno, CA	L 7–14	11,371	^[8]
November 25	Pacific (CA)	Fresno State College Stadium Fresno, CA	W 20–0	10,053	^[9]
December 25	Arkansas State Teachers*	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles, CA (Charity Bowl^{[note 4]})	W 27–26	5,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game

^[11]

Notes

^ The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
^ Ratcliffe Stadium was known as Fresno State College Stadium from 1926 to 1940.
^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.^[6]
^ The 2016 Fresno State Media Guide calls this game the "Little All-American Bowl", but there is no reference to that name in the various 1937 newspaper accounts of the game.

References

^ Ed W. Orman (September 26, 1937). "Bulldogs and U.S.C. Spartans Play to 13-13 Tie; Fresno Eleven Scores First In Opening Period". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 1 C. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fresno State Dumps Willamette by 7 to 0 Score; Gleason Scores For Bulldogs In Game At Salem". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. October 2, 1937. p. 2 B. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ed W. Orman (October 10, 1937). "Bulldogs Romp Over Ramblers By 20 To 7 Score; Holbrook Carries Opening Kickoff Back For Score". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 1-C. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fresno Staters Trim Davis Aggies, 19-0, In First Conference Game". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. October 23, 1937. p. 2-B. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ed W. Orman (October 31, 1937). "Fresno State Wallops Chico State By 40 To 7 Score; Bradshaw Uses Mostly Reserves In Easy Victory". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 1-C. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
^ "Fresno State Buries Nevada Under 46 To 8 Drubbing; Bulldogs Open Up And Thrash Wolves At Reno". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. November 7, 1937. p. 1-C. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ed W. Orman (November 12, 1937). "Fresno State Drops Close One, 14 To 7, To Hardin–Simmons". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 2-B. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ed W. Orman (November 26, 1937). "Fresno State Spills Pacific For Title; Surprise Passing Attack And Gleason Too Much For C.O.P." The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 2-B. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ William Tyree (December 26, 1937). "Fresno Beats Arkansas, 27-26". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. p. 30-A. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.

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v t e Northern California Athletic Conference football champions
Far Western Conference (pre-WWII)	Saint Mary's (1925) Saint Mary's (1926) Saint Mary's (1927) Saint Mary's (1928) Cal Aggies (1929) Fresno State (1930) No champion (1931) Nevada & San Jose State (1932) Nevada (1933) Fresno State & San Jose State (1934) Fresno State (1935) Pacific (CA) (1936) Fresno State (1937) Pacific (CA) (1938) Nevada (1939) Pacific (CA) (1940) Pacific (CA) (1941) Pacific (CA) (1942)
Far Western Conference (post-WWII)	No champion (1946) Cal Aggies & Southern Oregon (1947) Southern Oregon & Chico State (1948) Cal Aggies (1949) San Francisco State (1950) Cal Aggies (1951) Humboldt State (1952) Chico State (1953) San Francisco State (1954) No champion (1955) Cal Aggies, San Francisco State, & Humboldt State (1956) San Francisco State (1957) San Francisco State (1958) San Francisco State (1959) Humboldt State (1960) Humboldt State & San Francisco State (1961) San Francisco State (1962) UC Davis, Humboldt State, & San Francisco State (1963) Sacramento State (1964) San Francisco State (1965) Sacramento State (1966) San Francisco State (1967) Humboldt State (1968) Cal State Hayward (1969) Cal State Hayward & Chico State (1970) UC Davis & Chico State (1971) UC Davis (1972) UC Davis & Chico State (1973) UC Davis (1974) UC Davis (1975) UC Davis (1976) UC Davis (1977) UC Davis (1978) UC Davis (1979) UC Davis (1980) Cal State Hayward & UC Davis (1981)
Northern California Athletic Conference	UC Davis (1982) UC Davis (1983) UC Davis (1984) UC Davis (1985) UC Davis (1986) UC Davis (1987) UC Davis (1988) UC Davis (1989) UC Davis (1990) Sonoma State (1991) UC Davis (1992) Chico State (1993) Chico State, Humboldt State, & Sonoma State (1994) Humboldt State (1995) Chico State (1996)

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