1937 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 1937 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1937 college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). The Grizzlies were led by third-year head coach Doug Fessenden, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of seven wins and one loss (7–1, 0–1 PCC).[1]

1937 Montana Grizzlies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record7–1 (0–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDornblaser Field
1937 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 California $ 6 0 110 0 1
Stanford 4 2 14 3 2
Washington 4 2 27 2 2
Washington State 3 3 23 3 3
Idaho 2 2 04 3 1
Oregon State 2 3 33 3 3
USC 2 3 24 4 2
Oregon 2 5 04 6 0
UCLA 1 5 12 6 1
Montana 0 1 07 1 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Whitman*W 25–0
October 1at Texas Tech*W 13–68,000
October 8Oklahoma City*Great Falls, MTW 36–6
October 16San Francisco*
W 13–77,000[2]
October 30vs. Montana State*Butte, MT (rivalry)W 19–0
November 6Gonzaga*
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 23–0[3]
November 20at IdahoL 0–66,000[4][5]
November 25North Dakota*
  • Dornblaser Field
  • Missoula, MT
W 14–3
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. 2010 Montana Football Media Guide Archived August 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University of Montana, 2010.
  2. "7,000 Fans See Grizzlies Beat Dons, 13-7: Montana Team Undefeated in Grid Campaign". Montana Standard. October 17, 1937. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Grizzlies Overwhelm Gonzaga, 23-0: Iron Men Slash and Rip Bulldogs for Montana's Ninth Straight Triumph". The Sunday Missoulian. November 7, 1937. pp. Sports 1, 2 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Unbeaten Montana loses to Vandals". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 21, 1937. p. 6.
  5. Jones, Paul E. (November 21, 1937). "Idaho triumphs over Montana 6-0 in brilliant 1937 gridiron finale". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 12.
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