1932 college football season
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The 1932 college football season saw the Michigan Wolverines
win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Because the "Big Nine" conference didn't permit its teams to play in the postseason, however, the Wolverines were not able to accept a bid to the Rose Bowl. As such, the Pasadena game matched the #2 and #3 teams, USC and Pittsburgh
, with the USC Trojans winning the East-West matchup 35-0.
Colgate University became the last team to shut out all of its opponents, by an average score of 29-0 in nine games. Though the '32 Red Raiders were described as "unbeaten, untied, unscored upon...and uninvited", the Rose Bowl was the only postseason bowl game at the time. Colgate considered for the .
Major conferences that existed in 1932 were the Western Conference(today's Big Ten), the Pacific Coast Conference (now the Pac-10), the Big Six (forerunner of the Big 12), the Southwest Conference, and the Southern Conference (whose members later formed the SEC and the ACC).
(TCU) opened its season with a 14-2 win over visiting North Texas.
September 24 USC beat Utah 35-0, Tennessee
won 13-0 at UT-Chattanooga, and Pittsburgh
beat visiting Ohio Northern College 47-0. TCU
and LSU played to a 3-3 tie in Baton Rouge.
beat Michigan State 26-0, Purdue
beat Kansas State 29-13, Ohio State beat Ohio Wesleyan 34-7, Wisconsin
beat Marquette 7-2. USC beat Washington State 20-0. Pittsburgh
won at West Virginia, 40-0. Army
beat Furman 13-0. Tennessee
beat Ole Miss 33-0 and TCU
defeated Daniel Baker College 55-0.
October 8 Michigan
beat Northwestern 15-6, Wisconsin
beat Iowa 34-0, Purdue
won at Minnesota 7-0, and Ohio State and Indiana played to a 7-7 tie. USC beat Oregon State 10-0. Pittsburgh
beat Duquesne 33-0. Army
beat Carleton College 57-0Notre Dame opened with a 73-0 win over Haskell College. Tennessee
beat North Carolina 20-7 and TCU
beat Arkansas 34-12.
October 15 In Birmingham, Tennessee
and Alabama, both 3-0-0, met, with the visitors winning 7-3. Michigan
won at Ohio State 14-0, while Purdue
beat visiting Wisconsin
7-6, and Pittsburgh
won at Army
18-13. TCU
won at Texas A&M 17-0, USC defeated Loyola Marymount 6-0 and Notre Dame beat Drake 62-0.
October 22 USC (4-0-0) and Stanford (5-0-0) met at Palo Alto, with USC winning 13-0. At Pittsburgh, Ohio State and Pitt
played to a 0-0 tie. Michigan
beat Illinois 32-0, Purdue
tied at Northwestern 7-7, and Wisconsin
shut out Iowa's Coe College 39-0. Notre Dame beat Carnegie Tech 42-0. Army
won at Yale 20-0. Tennessee
beat Maryville College 60-0 and TCU
beat Austin College 68-0
October 29 Pittsburgh
(4-0-1) hosted Notre Dame (3-0-0) and won 12-0. Ohio State and Wisconsin
played to a 7-7 tie giving OSU a record of 1-1-3. Michigan
defeated Princeton 14-7 and Purdue
beat NYU 34-9 at Yankee Stadium. Army
beat William & Mary 33-0. Tennessee
beat visiting Duke, 16-13, and TCU
defeated Baylor 27-0.
won at Indiana 7-0, Ohio State won at Northwestern 20-6, Wisconsin
beat Illinois 20-12 and Purdue
won at Chicago 37-0. Pittsburgh
won at Penn, 19-12. USC beat California 27-7. Army
won at Harvard 46-0
Tennessee
beat Mississippi State 31-0 and TCU
won at Hardin-Simmonds 27-0.
November 11 On Armistice Day, TCU
(8-0-1) hosted Texas (6-1-0) and won 14-0.
November 12 In Nashville, Tennessee
(7-0-0) and Vanderbilt (6-0-1), played to a scoreless tie. Michigan
beat Chicago 12-0, Purdue
won at Iowa 18-0, and Wisconsin
beat Minnesota 20-13. Ohio State beat Penn 19-0. USC beat Oregon 33-0. Army
beat North Dakota State 52-0. At Lincoln, Neb., Pittsburgh
and Nebraska played to a 0-0 tie. At Chicago, Notre Dame beat Northwestern 21-0
November 19 Michigan
closed its season with a 3-0 win at Minnesota, Ohio State closed at Illinois with the same 3-0 score. Wisconsin
won at Chicago 18-7, and Purdue
beat Indiana 25-7. Notre Dame defeated Navy in a game at Cleveland, 12-0. Pittsburgh
beat Carnegie Tech, 6-0. In Houston, TCU
beat Rice 16-6. Army
narrowly beat visiting West Virginia Wesleyan 7-0. At Providence, Colgate (8-0-0) and Brown University (7-0-0) faced each other for the season-ender for both teams. Colgate had held its first 8 opponents scoreless, and the nation waited to see if that streak would be ended by Colgate's toughest opponent of the year. Colgate's Red Raiders won 21-0 to close the season with a 264-0 edge on its opposition.
November 24 On Thanksgiving Day, USC won at Washington 9-6; that win, along with California's 3-0 loss to Washington State, gave USC the Pacific Coast crown and a trip to the Rose Bowl.
November 26 At Yankee Stadium, Notre Dame beat Army
21-0. Pittsburgh
beat visiting Stanford 7-0 to close its season unbeaten (8-0-2). Tennessee
beat Kentucky 26-0. TCU
closed its season at Dallas, with an 8-0 win over SMU. In eleven games, TCU had registered seven shutouts, and finished unbeaten (10-0-1).
won 20-0. In Jacksonville, Tennessee
beat Florida to close its season unbeaten (9-0-1).
December 10 In Los Angeles, USC (9-0-0) hosted Notre Dame (7-1-0) and won 13-0.
would not begin continuously until 1936. (although, the first time was a one instance publishing in 1934) Frank G. Dickinson, an economics professor at the University of Illinois, had invented the Dickinson System
to rank colleges based upon their records and the strength of their opposition.
The system was originally designed to rank teams in the Big Nine (later the Big Ten) conference. Chicago clothing manufacturer Jack Rissman then persuaded Dickinson to rank the nation's teams under the system, and awarded the Rissman Trophy to the winning university .
The system awarded 30 points for a win over a "strong team", and 20 for a win over a "weak team". Losses were awarded points (15 for loss to a strong team, 10 for loss to a weak team). Ties were treated as half a win and half a loss (22.5 for a tie with a strong team, 15 for a tie with a weak team). An average was then derived by dividing the points by games played.
In addition, Professor Dickinson announced in 1932 that "differential points" would be factored in for an "intersectional game", with ratings of 0.00 for East schools, higher points for "Middlewest" (+4.77) and Southwest (+1.36), negatives for the South (-2.59), the Big Six (-2.60) and the Pacific Coast (-2.71).
In 1932, the national championship trophy was presented to the winning school by the Four Horsemen
(Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, Don Miller, and Elmer Layden).
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson system. Because the "Big Nine" conference didn't permit its teams to play in the postseason, however, the Wolverines were not able to accept a bid to the Rose Bowl. As such, the Pasadena game matched the #2 and #3 teams, USC and Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
, with the USC Trojans winning the East-West matchup 35-0.
Colgate University became the last team to shut out all of its opponents, by an average score of 29-0 in nine games. Though the '32 Red Raiders were described as "unbeaten, untied, unscored upon...and uninvited", the Rose Bowl was the only postseason bowl game at the time. Colgate considered for the .
Major conferences that existed in 1932 were the Western Conference(today's Big Ten), the Pacific Coast Conference (now the Pac-10), the Big Six (forerunner of the Big 12), the Southwest Conference, and the Southern Conference (whose members later formed the SEC and the ACC).
September
On September 17, Texas Christian UniversityTCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
(TCU) opened its season with a 14-2 win over visiting North Texas.
September 24 USC beat Utah 35-0, Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
won 13-0 at UT-Chattanooga, and Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
beat visiting Ohio Northern College 47-0. TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
and LSU played to a 3-3 tie in Baton Rouge.
October
October 1 MichiganMichigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
beat Michigan State 26-0, Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
beat Kansas State 29-13, Ohio State beat Ohio Wesleyan 34-7, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
beat Marquette 7-2. USC beat Washington State 20-0. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
won at West Virginia, 40-0. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
beat Furman 13-0. Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
beat Ole Miss 33-0 and TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
defeated Daniel Baker College 55-0.
October 8 Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
beat Northwestern 15-6, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
beat Iowa 34-0, Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
won at Minnesota 7-0, and Ohio State and Indiana played to a 7-7 tie. USC beat Oregon State 10-0. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
beat Duquesne 33-0. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
beat Carleton College 57-0Notre Dame opened with a 73-0 win over Haskell College. Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
beat North Carolina 20-7 and TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
beat Arkansas 34-12.
October 15 In Birmingham, Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
and Alabama, both 3-0-0, met, with the visitors winning 7-3. Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
won at Ohio State 14-0, while Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
beat visiting Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
7-6, and Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
won at Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
18-13. TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
won at Texas A&M 17-0, USC defeated Loyola Marymount 6-0 and Notre Dame beat Drake 62-0.
October 22 USC (4-0-0) and Stanford (5-0-0) met at Palo Alto, with USC winning 13-0. At Pittsburgh, Ohio State and Pitt
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
played to a 0-0 tie. Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
beat Illinois 32-0, Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
tied at Northwestern 7-7, and Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
shut out Iowa's Coe College 39-0. Notre Dame beat Carnegie Tech 42-0. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
won at Yale 20-0. Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
beat Maryville College 60-0 and TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
beat Austin College 68-0
October 29 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
(4-0-1) hosted Notre Dame (3-0-0) and won 12-0. Ohio State and Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
played to a 7-7 tie giving OSU a record of 1-1-3. Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
defeated Princeton 14-7 and Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
beat NYU 34-9 at Yankee Stadium. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
beat William & Mary 33-0. Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
beat visiting Duke, 16-13, and TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
defeated Baylor 27-0.
November
November 5 Notre Dame won at Kansas University, 24-6. MichiganMichigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
won at Indiana 7-0, Ohio State won at Northwestern 20-6, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
beat Illinois 20-12 and Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
won at Chicago 37-0. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
won at Penn, 19-12. USC beat California 27-7. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
won at Harvard 46-0
Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
beat Mississippi State 31-0 and TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
won at Hardin-Simmonds 27-0.
November 11 On Armistice Day, TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
(8-0-1) hosted Texas (6-1-0) and won 14-0.
November 12 In Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
(7-0-0) and Vanderbilt (6-0-1), played to a scoreless tie. Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
beat Chicago 12-0, Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
won at Iowa 18-0, and Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
beat Minnesota 20-13. Ohio State beat Penn 19-0. USC beat Oregon 33-0. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
beat North Dakota State 52-0. At Lincoln, Neb., Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
and Nebraska played to a 0-0 tie. At Chicago, Notre Dame beat Northwestern 21-0
November 19 Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
closed its season with a 3-0 win at Minnesota, Ohio State closed at Illinois with the same 3-0 score. Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
won at Chicago 18-7, and Purdue
Purdue Boilermakers football
The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of...
beat Indiana 25-7. Notre Dame defeated Navy in a game at Cleveland, 12-0. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
beat Carnegie Tech, 6-0. In Houston, TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
beat Rice 16-6. Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
narrowly beat visiting West Virginia Wesleyan 7-0. At Providence, Colgate (8-0-0) and Brown University (7-0-0) faced each other for the season-ender for both teams. Colgate had held its first 8 opponents scoreless, and the nation waited to see if that streak would be ended by Colgate's toughest opponent of the year. Colgate's Red Raiders won 21-0 to close the season with a 264-0 edge on its opposition.
November 24 On Thanksgiving Day, USC won at Washington 9-6; that win, along with California's 3-0 loss to Washington State, gave USC the Pacific Coast crown and a trip to the Rose Bowl.
November 26 At Yankee Stadium, Notre Dame beat Army
Army Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
21-0. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football...
beat visiting Stanford 7-0 to close its season unbeaten (8-0-2). Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
beat Kentucky 26-0. TCU
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
closed its season at Dallas, with an 8-0 win over SMU. In eleven games, TCU had registered seven shutouts, and finished unbeaten (10-0-1).
December
December 3 In the Army–Navy Game at Philadelphia, ArmyArmy Black Knights football
The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946....
won 20-0. In Jacksonville, Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers football
The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference ....
beat Florida to close its season unbeaten (9-0-1).
December 10 In Los Angeles, USC (9-0-0) hosted Notre Dame (7-1-0) and won 13-0.
Colgate University
As an independent, the Colgate football team won all nine of its games, and all by shutouts, against a variety of opponents: St. Lawrence (41-0), Case (27-0), Niagara (47-0), Lafayette College (35-0), New York University (14-0), Penn State (31-0), Mississippi College (32-0), Syracuse University (16-0) and Brown University (21-0).Conference standings
The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:Conference Leaders
| Conference | Champion | Conf. record | Overall record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Coast | USC | (6-0-0) | (9-0-0) |
| Independent | Colgate | (9-0-0) | (9-0-0) |
| Western | Michigan Michigan Wolverines football The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history... |
(6-0-0) | (8-0-0) |
| Southern | Tulane Tulane Green Wave Green Wave, the nickname of the sports teams of Tulane University, was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled The Rolling Green Wave was published in Tulane's student newspaper in 1920. From 1893 to 1919, the athletic teams of Tulane were known as the Olive and Blue for the official... |
(8-0-0) | (11-0-0) |
| Big Six | Nebraska Nebraska Cornhuskers football The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A... |
(5-0-0) | (7-1-1) |
| Southwestern | TCU TCU Horned Frogs football The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football... |
(6-0-0) | (10-0-1) |
Dickinson System
The AP sportswriters' pollAP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...
would not begin continuously until 1936. (although, the first time was a one instance publishing in 1934) Frank G. Dickinson, an economics professor at the University of Illinois, had invented the Dickinson System
Dickinson System
The Dickinson System was a mathematical point formula that awarded national championships in college football. Devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G...
to rank colleges based upon their records and the strength of their opposition.
The system was originally designed to rank teams in the Big Nine (later the Big Ten) conference. Chicago clothing manufacturer Jack Rissman then persuaded Dickinson to rank the nation's teams under the system, and awarded the Rissman Trophy to the winning university .
The system awarded 30 points for a win over a "strong team", and 20 for a win over a "weak team". Losses were awarded points (15 for loss to a strong team, 10 for loss to a weak team). Ties were treated as half a win and half a loss (22.5 for a tie with a strong team, 15 for a tie with a weak team). An average was then derived by dividing the points by games played.
In addition, Professor Dickinson announced in 1932 that "differential points" would be factored in for an "intersectional game", with ratings of 0.00 for East schools, higher points for "Middlewest" (+4.77) and Southwest (+1.36), negatives for the South (-2.59), the Big Six (-2.60) and the Pacific Coast (-2.71).
Final Dickinson rankings
Michigan and USC were both unbeaten and untied, but as a "Middlewest" team, Michigan had a higher average rating. The higher weight put four Western Conference teams in Dickinson's top 11: Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin.In 1932, the national championship trophy was presented to the winning school by the Four Horsemen
Four Horsemen (football)
The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a winning group of American football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. They were the backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team...
(Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, Don Miller, and Elmer Layden).
| Rank | Team | Record | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan Wolverines Michigan Wolverines football The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history... |
8-0-0 | 28.47 |
| 2 | USC Trojans | 9-0-0 | 26.81 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Panthers Pittsburgh Panthers football Pittsburgh Panthers football is the intercollegiate football team of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Traditionally the most popular sport at the university, Pitt football has played at the highest level of American college football... |
8-0-2 | 26.49 |
| 4 | Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Boilermakers football The Purdue Boilermakers football team is the intercollegiate football program of the Purdue University Boilermakers. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big Ten Conference. The Boilermakers have an all-time record of... |
7-0-1 | 26.33 |
| 5 | Colgate Red Raiders | 9-0-0 | 25.00 |
| 6 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 4-1-3 | 23.60 |
| 7 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 7-2-0 | 20.44 |
| 8 | Army Cadets Army Black Knights football The Army Black Knights football program represents the United States Military Academy. Army was recognized as the national champions in 1944, 1945 and 1946.... |
8-2-0 | 20.00 |
| 9 | Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee Volunteers football The Tennessee Volunteers football team are an American college football team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville . The NCAA Division I team is also a member of the Southeastern Conference .... |
9-0-1 | 19.16 |
| 10 | TCU Horned Frogs TCU Horned Frogs football The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football... |
9-0-1 | 19.12 |
| 11 | Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers football The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football... |
6-1-1 | 18.80 |