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1932 college football season
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The 1932 college football season saw the

NFL
would use college football rules.

Conference and program changes

Conference changes

Membership changes

School 1931 Conference 1932 Conference
Butler Bulldogs Independent Missouri Valley
Texas Tech Red Raiders Independent Border

September

On September 17, Texas Christian University (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.

October

October 1

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

Notre 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,

Notre Dame
beat Drake 62–0.

October 22

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

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.

November

November 5

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,

Notre Dame
beat Northwestern 21–0

November 19

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).

December

December 3 In the Army–Navy Game at Philadelphia, Army won 20–0. In Jacksonville, Tennessee beat Florida to close its season unbeaten (9–0–1).

December 6 Jack F. Rissman, sponsor of the original Dickinson System trophy, announced that the Dickinson title and Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy would go to USC with a season-ending win over Notre Dame.[3] Rissman would be attending the game in Los Angeles.[3]

December 10 In Los Angeles,

Notre Dame (7–1–0) and won 13–0. That night, going against Rissman's proclamation, Professor Dickinson named 8–0 Michigan as national champions with 9–0 USC No. 2 and 8–0–2 Pittsburgh No. 3.[4]

December 15 Rissman, displeased by Dickinson's choice of Michigan, announced a new Rissman national championship trophy.[5] For 1932, the trophy would go to the winner of the Rose Bowl on January 2.[5]

1933 Rose Bowl

Main article: 1933 Rose Bowl

USC had beaten Pitt in the 1933 Rose Bowl, 47–14, and the rematch three years later resulted in a larger defeat. Before a crowd of 84,000 the previously unbeaten Pitt Panthers reached the "red zone" only twice. In the second quarter, a long run gave the Panthers first down on the USC 24 yard line, but Warren Heller's pass fell in the end zone, and under the rules of the day, the result was a turnover (and a touchback, with USC given first down on the 20). Pitt got another chance soon after on a blocked punt, but was stopped on downs. With the help of holes opened up by Trojan halfback, USC scored five touchdowns (including three in the final quarter) and won 35–0. With New Year's Day falling on a Sunday, the Rose Bowl took place on Monday, January 2, 1933 [6]

Conference standings

Major conference standings

1932 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Nebraska $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Kansas 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Kansas State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Missouri 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Iowa State 0 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Michigan + 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Purdue + 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
No. 11 Wisconsin 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
No. 6 Ohio State 2 – 1 – 2 4 – 1 – 3
Northwestern 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Minnesota 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Indiana 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Chicago 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Iowa 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System
1932 Border Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas Tech $ 2 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Arizona 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Arizona State 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff
 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
New Mexico A&M 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
New Mexico 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Reference[7]
1932 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 USC $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Washington State 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
UCLA 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington 3 – 2 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
Oregon 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
California 2 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 2
Stanford 1 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Oregon State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Montana 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System
1932 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 6 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
BYU 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Colorado College 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Denver 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Colorado Agricultural 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Colorado Teachers
 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Utah State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Colorado 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Wyoming 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Colorado Mines 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Montana State 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Western State (CO)
 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Tennessee + 7 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Auburn + 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
LSU + 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
VPI 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Vanderbilt 4 – 1 – 2 6 – 1 – 2
NC State 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 2
Alabama 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Tulane 5 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Duke 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Georgia Tech 4 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Virginia 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Georgia 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Maryland 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
South Carolina 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 2
VMI 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Florida 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Clemson 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System
1932 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 TCU $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 1
Texas 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Rice 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas A&M 1 – 2 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Baylor 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
SMU 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 2
Arkansas 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

Independents

1932 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Colgate   –   9 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 2
No. 8 Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
Drexel   –   5 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 2 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 1 – 2
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Franklin & Marshall
   –   4 – 2 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 2 – 2
La Salle   –   4 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 1
Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 2
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 2 – 3
Yale   –   2 – 2 – 3
Boston University   –   2 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   2 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 5 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System
1932 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western State Teachers   –   6 – 0 – 1
Michigan State   –   7 – 1 – 0
Western Reserve
   –   7 – 1 – 0
Detroit   –   8 – 2 – 0
Michigan Tech
   –   4 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 0
DePaul   –   5 – 1 – 2
Michigan State Normal   –   5 – 2 – 0
Saint Louis   –   5 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   4 – 3 – 1
Bowling Green   –   3 – 3 – 1
Central State (MI)   –   3 – 4 – 1
Haskell   –   2 – 5 – 1
Detroit City
   –   1 – 6 – 0
1932 Southern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Jefferson (TX)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Catholic University   –   6 – 1 – 1
South Georgia Teachers   –   6 – 2 – 0
Western Maryland   –   5 – 1 – 2
George Washington   –   6 – 2 – 1
Texas Mines   –   7 – 3 – 0
William & Mary Norfolk   –   6 – 3 – 1
Troy State   –   5 – 3 – 2
Delaware   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest   –   3 – 3 – 2
West Virginia   –   5 – 5 – 0
Georgetown   –   2 – 6 – 1
Navy   –   2 – 6 – 1
Oglethorpe   –   1 – 6 – 0
East Carolina   –   0 – 5 – 0
1932 Western college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Columbia (OR)   –   6 – 0 – 1
Saint Mary's   –   6 – 2 – 1
Santa Clara   –   6 – 3 – 0
Gonzaga   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hawaii   –   2 – 1 – 1
Cal Poly   –   4 – 4 – 0
Loyola (CA)   –   4 – 4 – 0
San Francisco   –   2 – 6 – 0
Humboldt State   –   1 – 4 – 0
San Francisco State   –   1 – 7 – 0

Minor conferences

Conference Champion(s) Record
Big Four Conference Tulsa 3–0
Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association
 Morgan College 3–0–2
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
 Wichita 5–1
Far Western Conference
 Nevada
San Jose State Teachers 		2–0–1
3–0–2
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Luther
 4–1
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Ottawa 4–0
Lone Star Conference North Texas State Teachers 5–0
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hillsdale 4–0
Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference
St. Mary's
 2–0–1
2–0–1
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference
Monmouth (IL)
Ripon
 2–0–1
2–0–1
1–0–1
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Saint John's (MN)
 4–0–1
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
 Northeast Missouri State Teachers 4–0–0
Nebraska College Athletic Conference
Nebraska Wesleyan
 4–0–1
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association Unknown —
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
 North Dakota Agricultural 4–0–0
North Dakota College Athletic Conference State Normal and Industrial (ND) 4–0–1
4–0
Northern Teachers Athletic Conference
St. Cloud State Teachers
 2–1
Ohio Athletic Conference Case Tech 6–0–0
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference
 Central State Teachers
Southwestern State Teachers (OK) 		4–1–0
4–1
Pacific Northwest Conference
College of Puget Sound
 5–0
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
Black Hills Teachers
 5–0
3–0–1
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Whittier
 5–1
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tuskegee 4–0
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Wiley (TX)
 5–0
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference
Howard Payne
 5–0
Tri-Normal League
 Unknown —
Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference
 Whitewater State Teachers 4–0

Minor conference standings

1932 Big Four Conference (Oklahoma) football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Oklahoma Baptist 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Oklahoma City 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Phillips 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Big Four Conference (Wisconsin) football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ripon
$ 		2 – 0 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Carroll (WI)
 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Lawrence
 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Beloit
 0 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Buckeye Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (OH) $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Ohio 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Cincinnati 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ohio Wesleyan
 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wittenberg 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Denison
 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wichita $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Pittsburg State 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 2
Washburn 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
College of Emporia 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Fort Hays State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Southwestern (KS) 1 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Emporia Teachers
 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Morgan
$ 		6 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
Virginia State
 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Virginia Union 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Hampton
 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Bluefield State
 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
North Carolina College
 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA)
 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Howard 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
North Carolina A&T 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Lincoln (PA)
 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 4 – 1
Shaw
 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 4 – 2
Johnson C. Smith
 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mercer $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Birmingham–Southern 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Centre 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Mississippi College 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Southwestern (TN) 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Millsaps 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Chattanooga 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Howard (AL) 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Spring Hill 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State + 3 – 0 – 2 7 – 0 – 2
Nevada + 2 – 0 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
Chico State 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Pacific (CA) 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Cal Aggies 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 1
Fresno State 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois Wesleyan
+ 		6 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
McKendree
+ 		5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Augustana (IL) 5 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 2
Illinois State Normal
 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Bradley
 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
Western Illinois 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
St. Viator
 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Shurtleff
 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Millikin
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Illinois College
 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Northern Illinois State 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Monmouth (IL)
 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Lake Forest 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
North Central 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Eureka 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 4 – 1
Wheaton (IL)
 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Southern Illinois 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 3
Carthage
 0 – 4 – 3 1 – 4 – 4
Knox (IL)
 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
Elmhurst
 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
Eastern Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Manchester
+ 		4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Valparaiso
+ 		3 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Wabash 4 – 0 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
DePauw 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Butler 2 – 1 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
Franklin (IN)
 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Hanover
 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Rose Poly
 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Ball State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Evansville
 2 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Indiana State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Central Normal
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Earlham 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Oakland City
 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Luther $ 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Simpson (IA)
 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Central (IA) 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Iowa State Teachers
 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Upper Iowa
 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
St. Ambrose
 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 2
Morningside
 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Columbia (IA)
 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Dubuque 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Parsons
 1 – 3 – 2 1 – 4 – 2
Western Union
 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Buena Vista 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Penn (IA)
 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Conference standings were based on Stanley-Dean ranking.
1932 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ottawa
$ 		4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan
 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Baker 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Bethany (KS) 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
McPherson
 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Texas State $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Southwest Texas State 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Trinity (TX)
 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
East Texas State
 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Sam Houston State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Stephen F. Austin 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hillsdale
$ 		4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Albion
 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Hope
 1 – 1 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Kalamazoo 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Alma
 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Mary's (MI)
+ 		2 – 0 – 1 3 – 2 – 1
Adrian + 2 – 0 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Assumption (ON)
 0 – 2 – 1 ? – ? – ?
Detroit Tech
 0 – 2 – 1 ? – ? – ?
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 Middle Atlantic Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cheyney
$ 		4 – 0 – 2 4 – 1 – 2
Downingtown
 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Storer
 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 0 – 1
Bordentown 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Delaware State 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Bowie
 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Princess Anne
 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Cheyney was declared by the conference champion based on the Dickinson System.
1932 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers $ 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Lafayette 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carleton
+ 		2 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 0
Monmouth (IL)
+ 		2 – 0 – 1 8 – 0 – 1
Ripon
+ 		1 – 0 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Cornell (IA)
 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Beloit
 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Lawrence
 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Coe 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Knox
 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma A&M $ 3 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 2
Creighton 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Butler 0 – 0 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Washington University 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Drake 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Grinnell 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1933 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint John's (MN) $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Gustavus Adolphus
 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 1 – 1
St. Thomas (MN)
 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Concordia (MN)
 1 – 1 – 3 2 – 2 – 3
St. Olaf
 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Hamline 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Macalester
 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 4 – 1
Augsburg
 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Mississippi Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bethel (TN)
$ 		5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Tennessee Poly
 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 0 – 3
Delta State
 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Sunflower Junior
 2 – 1 – 0 2 – 1 – 0
Jonesboro College
 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Tennessee Junior
 1 – 2 – 2 1 – 4 – 3
Lambuth
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Freed–Hardeman
 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 3 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Missouri Valley
$ 		4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Missouri Mines
 1 – 0 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Central (MO)
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Tarkio
 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Drury
 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
William Jewell
 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Culver–Stockton
 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kirksville $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Springfield (MO)
 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Maryville (MO)
 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Warrensburg
 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Cape Girardeau
 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Nebraska College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hastings
+ 		4 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Nebraska Wesleyan
+ 		4 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Midland
 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Cotner
 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Doane 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
York (NE)
 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Peru State
$ 		3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Omaha
 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Chadron State
 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wayne State (NE)
 0 – 2 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Kearney State
 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 New England Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 2 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
New Hampshire 1 – 0 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Rhode Island State 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Connecticut 0 – 2 – 1 0 – 6 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 North Central Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North Dakota Agricultural $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
North Dakota 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
South Dakota 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
South Dakota State 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Morningside
 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 North Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ellendale
+ 		3 – 0 – 0 3 – 0 – 0
Minot State + 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Wahpeton
 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 1 – 1
Dickinson State
 2 – 1 – 2 2 – 2 – 2
Jamestown
 1 – 1 – 2 1 – 1 – 2
Mayville State
 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 3 – 0
Valley City State
 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Bottineau
 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 3 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 North State Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Catawba
$ 		4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Lenoir–Rhyne * 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Guilford 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
High Point
 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Appalachian State * 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Elon
 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * — Appalachian State forfeited a win over Lenoir–Rhyne due to an ineligible player.
1932 Northern Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mankato State
+ 		2 – 1 – 0 4 – 1 – 1
St. Cloud State
+ 		2 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Duluth State
+ 		2 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Moorhead State
+ 		2 – 1 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Winona State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Bemidji State 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Puget Sound
$ 		4 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Willamette
 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Pacific (OR)
 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 2
Whitman
 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Linfield
 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
College of Idaho
 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Albany (OR)
 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Northwest Ohio League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bluffton $ 2 – 0 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Defiance
 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Findlay
 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Wilmington (OH)
 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Case $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Heidelberg
 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace
 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Ohio Northern
 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Toledo 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Wooster
 4 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
Muskingum
 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Otterbein
 4 – 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Marietta
 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
John Carroll 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Dayton 1 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Kenyon
 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 3 – 1
Akron 1 – 4 – 3 2 – 4 – 3
Capital
 1 – 4 – 2 1 – 4 – 2
Oberlin 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Ashland
 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Hiram
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
Kent State 0 – 5 – 2 0 – 5 – 2
Mount Union
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Xavier 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central State (OK)
+ 		4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
SW Oklahoma State + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
SE Oklahoma State
 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
East Central
 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
NW Oklahoma State
 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Northeastern State
 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1932 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carson–Newman $ 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
King 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Tusculum 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Maryville (TN) 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
East Tennessee State Teachers 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
Milligan
 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Augustana (SD) + 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Spearfish
+ 		3 – 0 – 1 7 – 0 – 1
Northern Normal
 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Yankton
 3 – 1 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Southern Normal
 2 – 1 – 2 4 – 1 – 2
Dakota Wesleyan
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Sioux Falls
 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
South Dakota Mines 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Eastern Normal
 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
Huron
 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • Spearfish and South Dakota Mines played twice. The second game was not counted in the conference stnadings.
1932 Southern California Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Whittier $ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Redlands
 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
La Verne
 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Occidental
 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Pomona
 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
San Diego State 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Caltech
 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Santa Barbara State 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Kentucky State Teachers $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Furman 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Southwestern (TN) 3 – 0 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Rollins 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
Loyola (LA) 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Centenary 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
Louisiana Normal
 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Centre 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Mississippi College 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Presbyterian 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Mercer 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Murray State
 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 3
Georgetown (KY) 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Eastern Kentucky
 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 1 – 2
Mississippi State Teachers 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
The Citadel 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Newberry
 1 – 2 – 2 2 – 3 – 3
Millsaps 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
SW Louisiana 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Transylvania 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Wofford 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Louisiana College
 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Chattanooga 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL) 0 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Louisville 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
Erskine 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Union (TN)
 0 – 6 – 1 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wiley $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Prairie View
 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
Texas College
 ? – ? – ? 5 – 2 – 1
Bishop
 ? – ? – ? ? – ? – ?
Langston
 ? – ? – ? ? – ? – ?
Samuel Huston
 ? – ? – ? ? – ? – ?
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Texas Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Howard Payne $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Southwestern (TX) 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 3
Simmons (TX) 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
St. Edward's
 1 – 2 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
Austin 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas A&I
$ 		3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
West Texas State
 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 2 – 2
Sul Ross
 3 – 0 – 1 ? – ? – ?
McMurry
 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 2
Abilene Christian 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Daniel Baker
 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Tri-State Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Waynesburg
$ 		4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Geneva
 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Westminster (PA)
 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Grove City
 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Thiel
 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Bethany (WV)]] 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 Virginia Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Richmond $ 3 – 0 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
William & Mary 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Randolph–Macon]] 2 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|Hampden–Sydney]] 1 – 1 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Roanoke 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Emory and Henry]] 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Bridgewater]] 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1932 West Virginia Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
[[{{{school}}}|Fairmont State]] $ 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Glenville State]] 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|West Liberty State]] 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
West Virginia Wesleyan 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Concord]] 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Salem]] 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Morris Harvey]] 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
Marshall * 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Davis & Elkins]] * 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Potomac State]] * 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 1 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|New River State]] * 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Morehead State]] * 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Shepherd]] * 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Bethany (WV)]] * 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Ties did not count in conference standings.
1932 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
[[{{{school}}}|Whitewater State]] $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|La Crosse State]] 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 0 – 2
[[{{{school}}}|River Falls State]] 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 1 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Superior State]] 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Milwaukee State]] 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Eau Claire State]] 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Stevens Point State]] 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Oshkosh State]] 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
[[{{{school}}}|Platteville State]] 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
[[{{{school}}}|Stout Institute]] 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

National championship

See also: 1932 college football rankings

Dickinson System

Main article: Dickinson System

For 1932, Professor Dickinson announced 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).[4]

Michigan and USC were both unbeaten and untied, but as a "Middlewest" team, Michigan had a higher average rating. The higher weight put four Big Ten 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 of the 1924 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team: Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, Don Miller, and Elmer Layden.[4]

Rank Team Record Rating
1 Michigan 8–0 28.47
2 USC 9–0 26.81
3 Pittsburgh 8–0–2 26.49
4 Purdue 7–0–1 26.33
5 Colgate 9–0 25.00
6 Ohio State 4–1–3 23.60
7 Notre Dame 7–2 20.44
8 Army 8–2 20.00
9 Tennessee 9–0–1 19.16
10 TCU 9–0–1 19.12
11 Wisconsin 6–1–1 18.80

See also

References

  1. ^ "Los Angeles Sees Maroon Due for Bid To Meet U.S.C.," Syracuse Herald, Nov. 27, 1932, p9
  2. ^ 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  3. ^
    The Los Angeles Times. International News Service
    . December 6, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024. Jack Rissman, a Chicago merchant, said that thus far the Trojans are slightly in the lead in the race for the trophy, which is now known as the Knute Rockne Cup, and can clinch the honor only by defeating the Irish Saturday.
  4. ^ a b c Written at Champaign, Illinois. "Michigan Gets Rockne Trophy as U.S. Champ — USC Rated Second, Pittsburgh Third". The Daily Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Associated Press. December 11, 1932. p. 9. Although Southern California's Trojans defeated Notre Dame today to finish their regular season undefeated and untied, the University of Michigan tonight was declared winner of the Knute. K. Rockne memorial trophy, symbolic of the national football championship, under the Dickinson rating system.
  5. ^
    United Press
    . December 15, 1932. Retrieved July 3, 2024. A trophy symbolic of the mythical national football championship will be awarded to the winner of the Southern California–Pittsburgh game at Pasadena by Jack Rissman, wealthy Chicago sportsman who donated the Dickinson rating cup.
  6. ^ "Pitt is Swamped in 35–0 Landslide," Charleston Daily Mail, Jan. 3, 1933, p9
  7. ^ "1932 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLD. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
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