1937 San Francisco State Staters football team

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1937 San Francisco State Staters football
ConferenceIndependent
1937 record1–6–1
Head coach
  • Dan Farmer & Hal Hardin (3rd season)
Home stadiumRoberts Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Western college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. T–9 Santa Clara   –   9 – 0 – 0
San Jose State   –   11 – 2 – 1
Pomona   –   6 – 2 – 1
Humboldt State   –   4 – 2 – 0
Idaho Southern Branch   –   6 – 3 – 0
Cal Poly   –   4 – 2 – 2
Portland   –   4 – 3 – 1
Saint Mary's   –   4 – 3 – 2
San Francisco   –   4 – 5 – 1
Loyola (CA)   –   4 – 7 – 0
Gonzaga   –   2 – 6 – 2
Hawaii   –   2 – 6 – 0
San Francisco State   –   1 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 San Francisco State Staters football team represented San Francisco State College[note 1] during the 1937 college football season.

Although the "Gator" was voted to be the mascot for the team in 1931, local newspaper articles called the team the "Staters" from 1935 through 1940. The team was led by third-year co-head coaches Dan Farmer and Hal Hardin. They played home games at Roberts Field in San Francisco. San Francisco State finished with a record of one win, six losses and one tie (1–6–1). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 49–142.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 17San Mateo Junior College[note 2]*
  • Roberts Field
  • San Francisco
L 8–20[1]
September 24Cal Aggies[note 3]*
  • Roberts Field
  • San Francisco
L 7–13[2]
October 1Chico State[note 4]*
  • Roberts Field
  • San Francisco
W 13–12[3]
October 8San Francisco Junior College[note 5]*
  • Roberts Field
  • San Francisco
L 7–12[4]
October 22at Santa Rosa Junior College*
T 0–0[5]
October 30at Cal Poly[note 6]*
L 0–33[6]
November 5at Sacramento City College[note 7]*Sacramento, CaliforniaL 14–33[7]
November 11at Linfield*
L 0–19[8]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes[]

  1. ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  2. ^ College of San Mateo was known as San Mateo Junior College from 1922 to 1954.
  3. ^ University of California, Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922 to 1959. In common usage, the sports teams were called the "Cal Aggies" from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  4. ^ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
  5. ^ City College of San Francisco was known as San Francisco Junior College from 1935 to 1947.
  6. ^ California Polytechnic State University was known as California Polytechnic School from 1901 to 1946.
  7. ^ Sacramento City College was known as Sacramento Junior College from 1916 to 1936.

References[]

  1. ^ "San Mateo J.C. Dumps S.F. State Eleven, 20 To 8". The Fresno Bee The Republican. Fresno, California. September 18, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  2. ^ "Cal Aggies Defeat S.F. State, 13-7". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. September 25, 1937. p. 5. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  3. ^ "Chico Defeated By 13-12 Margin". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. October 2, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  4. ^ "S.F. Jaysee Downs State Team, 12-7". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. October 9, 1937. p. 4. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. ^ "Santa Rosa Ties With S.F. Juniors". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. October 23, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  6. ^ "Football Results". Santa Cruz Evening News. Santa Cruz, California. November 1, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  7. ^ "Sacramento J.C. Routs S.F. State". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. November 6, 1937. p. 4. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  8. ^ "Pacific Lutheran, Linfield Triumph on Armistice Day". The Evening Herald. Klamath Falls, Oregon. November 12, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
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