1937–38 NCAA football bowl games
Introduction Number of bowl teams per stateThe '''1937–38 NCAA football bowl games''' were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1937 college football season and featured five bowl games, down one from the prior season, as the Bacardi Bowl was not held. All five bowls were played on January 1, 1938.Notably, the Orange Bowl was first held in Burdine Stadium, which was later renamed for the bowl game itself in 1959.The national championship, according to recognized selectors, was split by Pittsburgh and California.
Poll rankings The below table lists top teams (per the AP Poll taken after the completion of the regular season), their win–loss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in. AP  Team  W–L   Conf. Bowl   Pittsburgh Panthers    Ind. —   California Golden Bears    PCC  Rose Bowl   Fordham Rams    Ind. —   Alabama Crimson Tide    SEC   Rose Bowl   Minnesota Golden Gophers    Big Ten  —    Villanova Wildcats    Ind. —   Dartmouth Indians    Ind. —   LSU Tigers    SEC  Sugar Bowl   Notre Dame Fighting Irish    Ind. —   Santa Clara Broncos    Ind. Sugar Bowl   Nebraska Cornhuskers    Big Six  —   Yale Bulldogs    Ind. —   Ohio State Buckeyes    Big Ten  —    Arkansas Razorbacks    SWC  —   Holy Cross Crusaders    Ind. —   TCU Horned Frogs    SWC  —   Colorado Buffaloes    RMAC  Cotton Bowl Classic   Rice Owls    SWC  Cotton Bowl Classic   North Carolina Tar Heels    Southern  —   Duke Blue Devils    Southern  — The Big Ten Conference did not allow its members to participate in bowl games until the 1947 Rose Bowl.
Bowl schedule Rankings are from the final regular season AP Poll.DateGameSiteTeamsAffiliationsResults Jan. 1 Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, California #2 California Golden Bears (9–0–1)  #4 Alabama Crimson Tide (9–0) PCCSEC '''California 13'''Alabama 0 Sugar Bowl Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, Louisiana #9 Santa Clara Broncos (8–0)  #8 LSU Tigers (9–1) IndependentSEC '''Santa Clara 6'''LSU 0 Orange Bowl Burdine Stadium  Miami, Florida Auburn Tigers (5–2–3)  Michigan State Spartans (8–1) SECIndependent '''Auburn 6'''Michigan State 0 Sun Bowl Kidd Field  El Paso, Texas West Virginia Mountaineers (7–1–1)Texas Tech Red Raiders (8–3) Independent  Border '''West Virginia 7'''  Texas Tech 6 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl  Dallas, Texas #18 Rice Owls (5–3–2)  #17 Colorado Buffaloes (8–0) SWC  Rocky Mountain '''Rice 28'''  Colorado 14
See also *Prairie View Bowl
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