In its seventh season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 7–2–1 record, finished in first place in the Pacific Coast Conference, was ranked No.
5 in the final AP Poll, lost to Pittsburgh in the 1937 Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 148 to 56.
[1] Chuck Bond was the team captain.
Six University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1937 NFL draft, which lasted ten rounds with 100 selections.
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