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{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college football season
| year = 1933
| image = <!-- Please put in a good 1933 image if you know of one -->
| image_caption = 
| number_of_teams = 
| preseason_ap = <!-- Not done prior to 1936 -->
| regular_season = <!-- Please list date of first regular season game to date of last regular season game -->
| number_of_bowls = 2
| bowl_start = January 1, 1934
| bowl_end = <!-- No end date, only one date of bowl -->
| champion = [[1933 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]
| heisman = Not awarded until [[1935 college football season|1935]]
}}
[[File:1933_Official_Rose_Bowl_Football_Program.jpg | thumb | right]]
The '''1933 college football season''' saw the [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan Wolverines]] repeat as winners of the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the [[Dickinson System]].

The unofficial east–west championship game, the Rose Bowl, was between Stanford (8–1–1) who was ranked behind USC and unranked Columbia (7–1). The [[Columbia Lions football|Columbia Lions]] won the Rose Bowl game 7–0.

==Conference and program changes==
Outside of College football: Due to the success of the [[NFL Playoff Game, 1932|1932 NFL Playoff Game]], the [[NFL]] stopped using the exact rules of [[college football]] and started to develop its own revisions.
===Conference changes===
Two new conferences began play in 1933:
** '''[[Chesapeake Conference]]''' – active through the 1936 season
** '''[[Southeastern Conference]]''' ('''SEC''') – active NCAA Division I FBS conference; formed after its thirteen members broke away from the [[Southern Conference]] in 1932.

===Membership changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! School !! 1932 Conference !! 1933 Conference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Auburn University|Auburn]] [[Auburn Tigers football|Tigers]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[University of Alabama|Alabama]] [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Crimson Tide]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[University of Florida|Florida]] [[Florida Gators football|Gators]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[University of Georgia|Georgia]] [[Georgia Bulldogs football|Bulldogs]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] [[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|Yellow Jackets]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[University of Kentucky|Kentucky]] [[Kentucky Wildcats|Wildcats]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Louisiana State University|LSU]] [[LSU Tigers football|Tigers]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[University of Mississippi|Mississippi]] [[Ole Miss Rebels football|Rebels]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State]] [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Bulldogs]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Northeastern University|Northeastern]] [[Northeastern Huskies football|Huskies]] || ''No program'' || [[New England Conference|NEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Sewanee: The University of the South|Sewanee]] [[Sewanee Tigers football|Tigers]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[University of Tennessee|Tennessee]] [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Volunteers]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Tulane University|Tulane]] [[Tulane Green Wave football|Green Wave]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]] [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Commodores]] || [[Southern Conference|SoCon]] || [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|}

==September==
'''September 23''' [[USC Trojans football|USC]] opened its season with a doubleheader against Occidental College, and Whittier College.  Using a combination of varsity and reserves, the Trojans won 39–0 and 51–0, respectively.<ref>"Trojans Blank Two Opponents in Grid Starts," ''The Fresno Bee'', September 24, 1933, pC-1</ref>  Although future President [[Richard M. Nixon]] had been on the freshman football team at Whittier, he was not part of the varsity squad that played against USC.  [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] defeated Linfield College 53–0.  [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] beat San Jose State 27–0

'''September 30'''  [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] narrowly defeated UCLA 3–0,  [[USC Trojans football|USC]] beat Loyola Marymount 18–0, and [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] won at Gonzaga 14–0.  [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] opened with a 19–6 win over Mercer College.  [[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] beat visiting South Dakota State 19–6.  [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] beat Washington & Jefferson 9–0.

==October==

'''October 7'''  [[USC Trojans football|USC]] defeated Washington State 33–0, [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] beat Santa Clara 7–0, and [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] got past Portland College 14–7.  [[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] and Indiana tied 6–6.  [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] (whose team included [[Gerald Ford]] as a center) beat Michigan State 20–6, [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] beat Ohio University 13–6, and [[Ohio State football|Ohio State]] rolled over Virginia 75–0.  [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] beat Virginia Military Institute (VMI) 32–0 [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] beat West Virginia 21–0.  [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] beat visiting Texas 26–0.  [[Princeton University|Princeton]] opened its season with a shutout (40–0) over Amherst.

'''October 14''' In Minneapolis, [[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] and [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] played to a 7–7 tie.
In Chicago, [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] and Northwestern played to a 0–0 tie.  [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] won at Washington 6–0, and [[USC Trojans football|USC]] beat St. Mary's 14–7.  [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] defeated Delaware 52–0 and [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] beat Navy 34–6.  [[Ohio State football|Ohio State]] defeated Vanderbilt 20–0.  [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] beat Cornell 40–0.  [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] won at Iowa State 20–0.  [[Princeton University|Princeton]] recorded its second shutout, a 45–0 win over Williams.  Tennessee suffered its first defeat since 1930, losing 10–2 against Duke.

'''October 21''' [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] beat visiting [[Ohio State football|Ohio State]] 13–0.
[[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] (1–0–2) hosted  [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] (3–0–0), with the home team Gophers winning, 7–3.  [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] won at Chicago 14–0.  In Portland, [[USC Trojans football|USC]] and Oregon State played to a 0–0 tie.  [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] won at the University of San Francisco, 20–13.  In Cleveland [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] beat Illinois 6–0.  [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] won at Kansas State 9–0.  [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] beat Idaho 19–0 in a Friday Night game.  [[Princeton University|Princeton]] beat Columbia, 20–0, to stay unscored upon.

'''October 28''' [[USC Trojans football|USC]] narrowly won at California, 6–3, [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] won at UCLA 7–0, and [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] lost at Washington 6–0.  [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] won at Chicago 28–0, [[Ohio State football|Ohio State]] beat Northwestern 12–0, [[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] beat Iowa 19–7, and [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] won at Wisconsin 14–0. [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] won at Yale 21–0.  [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] won at Notre Dame 14–0.  [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] beat Oklahoma 16–7.  [[Princeton University|Princeton]] narrowly won, but stayed unscored upon, with a 6–0 win over Washington & Lee.

==November==
'''November 4''' [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] beat Utah 26–7.  [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] beat the Olympic Club 21–0 and [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] beat Coe College 34–0.  [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] beat Carnegie Tech 17–7.  [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] won at Illinois, 7–6, [[Ohio State football|Ohio State]] beat Indiana 21–0.
[[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] and Northwestern played to a 0–0 tie.  [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] beat Centre College 37–0.  [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] stayed unbeaten with a 26–0 win over Missouri.  [[Princeton University|Princeton]] extended its shutout streak to five with a 33–0 win at Brown.

'''November 11'''  In Los Angeles, [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (6–0–1) hosted [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] (5–1–1).   The Trojans suffered their first defeat in 27 games, losing 13–7, in a game that ultimately decided the Pacific Coast championship.  
[[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] defeated Iowa 5–3.  At Portland, [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] beat Oregon State, 13–3 to extend its record to 8–0–0.  [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] won at Harvard 27–0.  In Phildadelphia, [[Ohio State football|Ohio State]] beat Penn 20–7 and [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] won at Notre Dame 19–0.
[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] beat Duquesne 7–0 and [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] defeated Kansas 12–0
[[Princeton University|Princeton]] beat Dartmouth, 7–0, for its sixth straight shutout.

'''November 18''' [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (6–1–1) handed visiting [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] (8–0–0) its first defeat, 26–0.  [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] (6–0–0) and [[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] (3–0–3), both unbeaten,  played to a scoreless tie.  [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] (6–1–0) hosted [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] (5–0–0) and won 6–0.  [[Princeton University|Princeton]] beat visiting Navy 13–0.  In seven games, it had outscored its opponents 164–0.  [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] beat Montana 33–7.  [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] defeated Pennsylvania Military Institute, 12–0.  [[Ohio State football|Ohio State]] won at Wisconsin 6–0.   [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] suffered its first loss of the season, falling 14–6 to visiting Iowa.

'''November 25''' [[Princeton University|Princeton]] was finally scored upon, after holding its first seven opponents scoreless.  The streak was broken by Rutgers, which lost 26–6.  [[USC Trojans football|USC]] won at Notre Dame, 19–0 and [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] beat California 7–3.  The annual [[Army–Navy Game]] took place in Philadelphia, and [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] won 12–7.  [[Ohio State football|Ohio State]] closed its season with a 7–6 win over Illinois and [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] won at Northwestern 13–0, [[Minnesota Gophers football|Minnesota]] beat Wisconsin 6–3, and [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] won at Indiana 19–3.  [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] beat Iowa 7–6

Thanksgiving Day fell on '''November 30''' in 1933.  [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] defeated Oregon State 22–0 to close its season at 8–1–0.  [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] won at St. Mary's, 13–7.  [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] beat Carnegie Tech 16–0.

==December==
'''December 2''' In Los Angeles, [[USC Trojans football|USC]] (8–1–1) hosted Georgia (8–1–0) and won 31–0
[[Army Black Knights football|Army]] (9–0–0) and Notre Dame (2–5–1) met at Yankee Stadium.  The Fighting Irish pulled off a 13–12 upset.  [[Princeton University|Princeton]], no longer having to maintain a streak of shutouts, won at Yale 27–2 to finish as the nation's only unbeaten and untied team.

==1934 Rose Bowl==
{{main|1934 Rose Bowl}}

The [[Columbia Lions football|Columbia Lions]] defeated the [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford Indians]] (now [[Stanford Cardinal#Nickname and mascot history|Cardinal]]) 7–0.<ref>[http://www.tournamentofroses.com/photogallery/RBGtimeline/1930s.htm Rose Bowl Game Photo Timeline] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520032847/http://www.tournamentofroses.com/photogallery/RBGtimeline/1930s.htm |date=2008-05-20 }}</ref> [[Cliff Montgomery]], the Columbia quarterback, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.<ref>[http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182 2008 Rose Bowl Program] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306033551/http://www.bowlprograms.com/rosebowl/?pg=182 |date=2008-03-06 }}</ref>

==Other bowls==
* [[Dixie Classic (bowl game)|Dixie Classic]]

==Conference standings==
For this article, major conferences defined as those including multiple state [[Flagship#Colleges and universities in the United States|flagship]] public universities.

===Major conference standings===
{| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Big Six Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Border Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 New England Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 North Central Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Southeastern Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Southern Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Southwest Conference football standings}}
|}

===Independents===
{| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Eastern college football independents records}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Midwestern college football independents records}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Southern college football independents records}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Western college football independents records}}
|}

===Minor conferences===
{| class="wikitable" width="60%"
!style="background:#0054B3; color:#FFFFFF;" |Conference
!style="background:#0054B3; color:#FFFFFF;" |Champion(s)
!style="background:#0054B3; color:#FFFFFF;" |Record
|- align="left"
| [[Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association]]
| [[Morgan State Bears football|Morgan College]]
| 9–0
|- align="left"
| [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[Wichita State Shockers football|Wichita]]
| 6–0
|- align="left"
| [[Far Western Conference]]
| [[Nevada Wolf Pack football|Nevada]]
| 3–0
|- align="left"
| [[Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[Simpson Storm|Simpson]]
| 6–0–1
|- align="left"
| [[Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[Ottawa Braves|Ottawa]]
| 4–0
|- align="left"
| [[Lone Star Conference]]
| [[Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football|East Texas State Teachers]]
| 5–0
|- align="left"
| [[Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
| [[Hillsdale Chargers|Hillsdale]]
| 4–0
|- align="left"
| [[Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference]]
| [[Adrian Bulldogs|Adrian]]<br>[[Lawrence Tech|Lawrence Technological University]]
| —<br>—
|- align="left"
| [[Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[Coe Kohawks|Coe]]
| 4–0
|- align="left"
| [[Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties|Gustavus Adolphus]]
| 4–0–1
|- align="left"
| [[Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
| [[Truman Bulldogs football|Northeast Missouri State Teachers]]
| 4–0
|- align="left"
| [[Nebraska College Athletic Conference]]
| [[Hastings Broncos|Hastings]]
| 3–0–1
|- align="left"
| [[Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]
| [[Chadron State Eagles football|State Normal–Chadron]]
| 4–0
|- align="left"
| [[North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[South Dakota State Jackrabbits football|South Dakota State College]]
| 4–0
|- align="left"
| [[North Dakota College Athletic Conference]]
| [[Jamestown Jimmies|Jamestown College]]
| 5–0–1
|- align="left"
| [[Northern Teachers Athletic Conference]]
| [[St. Cloud State Huskies football|St. Cloud State Teachers]]
| 4–0
|- align="left"
| [[Ohio Athletic Conference]]
| [[Dayton Flyers football|Dayton]]
| 2–0–1
|- align="left"
| [[Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs football|Southwestern State Teachers (OK)]]
| 4–0
|- align="left"
| [[Pacific Northwest Conference]]
| [[Puget Sound Loggers|College of Puget Sound]]
| 5–0
|- align="left"
| [[South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference]]
| [[Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings|Augustana (SD)]]<br>[[Northern State Wolves football|Northern Normal and Industrial]]
| 4–0<br>4–0–1
|- align="left"
| [[Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[Redlands Bulldogs|Redlands]]
| 6–0–1
|- align="left"
| [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
| [[Tuskegee Golden Tigers|Tuskegee]]
| —
|- align="left"
| [[Southwestern Athletic Conference]]
| [[Wiley Wildcats|Wiley (TX)]]
| 5–0
|- align="left"
| [[Texas Conference]]
| [[1933 St. Edward's Tigers football team|St. Edward's (TX)]]
| 5–1
|- align="left"
| [[Tri-Normal League]]
| [[Central Washington Wildcats|State Normal–Ellensburg]]
| 2–0
|- align="left"
| [[Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference]]
| [[Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers football|Stevens Point State Teachers]]
| 3–0–1
|}

===Minor conference standings===
{| cellpadding="5"
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Buckeye Athletic Association football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Dixie Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Far Western Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Iowa Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Lone Star Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Middle Three Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Midwest Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Mississippi Valley Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Nebraska College Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 North Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 North State Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Northern Teachers College Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Northwest Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Smoky Mountain Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Southern California Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Texas Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Tri-State Conference football standings}}
|-
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Virginia Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 West Virginia Athletic Conference football standings}}
|valign="top" width=25em|{{1933 Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference football standings}}
|}

==Dickinson System==
The [[AP Poll|AP sportswriters' poll]] would not begin continuously until 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1936 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417072610/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=1936 |archive-date=2009-04-17 }}</ref> (although, the first time was a one instance publishing in 1934<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/research/1934-11-15_poll.cfm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213140833/http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/research/1934-11-15_poll.cfm |archive-date=2009-02-13 }}</ref>) 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 the Rockne Memorial Trophy was awarded to the winning university.<ref>Herschel Nissenson ''Tales From College Football's Sidelines'' (Sports Publishing LLC, 2001), p93.</ref>

In an AP story with the caption "Figure This Out!", the system was explained:
"For each victory of a first division team over another first division team, the winner gets 30 points and the loser 15 points.  For each tie between two first
division teams, each team gets 12.5 points.  For each victory of a first division team over a second division team, the first division winner gets 20 points and the second division loser 10 points.  For each tie between two second division teams, each gets 15 points.  For each tie between a first division team and a second division team, the first division team gets 15 points and the second division team gets 20 points.  Then, after each team has been given its quota of points its final "score" is tabulated by taking an average on the number of games played."  <ref>"Grid Season Put In Hands 'Brain Trust'," ''The Evening Tribune'' (Albert Lea, Minn.) Nov. 27, 1934, p12</ref>

==Final Dickinson rankings==
[[1933 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]] (7–0–1), [[1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]] (4–0–4) and [[1933 Princeton Tigers football team|Princeton]] (9–0) were all unbeaten, and Princeton was untied as well.  Based on its schedule, Michigan was ranked highest by Professor Dickinson.  As in 1932, Dickinson, an economics professor at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]], included four [[Big Ten Conference]] teams among the best in the US.  In 1933, they were Michigan, Minnesota, [[1933 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]], and [[1933 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]].

<ref>"Dickinson System Awards Michigan National Grid Title," ''Wisconsin State Journal'' (Madison, Wis.), December 10, 1933, p19</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Team
! Record
! Rating
|-
| 1
| [[1933 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]
| 7–0–1
| 28.52
|-
| 2
| [[1933 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]
| 8–1
| 24.61
|-
| 3
| [[1933 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]]
| 4–0–4
| 23.87
|-
| 4
| [[1933 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]
| 8–1
| 23.01
|-
| 5
| [[1933 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]
| 7–1
| 22.79
|-
| 6
| [[1933 USC Trojans football team|USC]]
| 10–1–1
| 22.61
|-
| 7
| [[1933 Princeton Tigers football team|Princeton]]
| 9–0
| 22.50
|-
| 8
| [[1933 Oregon Webfoots football team|Oregon]]
| 9–1
| 22.36
|-
| 9
| [[1933 Army Cadets football team|Army]]
| 9–1
| 22.16
|-
| 10
| [[1933 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]]
| 6–1–1
| 21.88
|-
| 11
| [[1933 Stanford Indians football team|Stanford]]
| 9–1–1
| 20.34
|}

==Awards and honors==

===All-Americans===
{{main|1933 College Football All-America Team}}
The consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-America]] team included:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!Position
!Name
!Height
!Weight (lbs.)
!Class
!Hometown
!Team
|-
|[[Quarterback|QB]]
|[[Cotton Warburton]]
|5'7"
|145
|Jr.
|[[San Diego, California]]
|'''[[1933 USC Trojans football team|USC]]'''
|-
|[[Halfback (American football)|HB]]
|[[Beattie Feathers]]
|5'10"
|180
|Sr.
|[[Bristol, Virginia]]
|'''[[1933 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]'''
|-
|[[Halfback (American football)|HB]]
|[[George Sauer]]
|6'2"
|195
|Sr.
|[[Stratton, Nebraska]]
|'''[[1933 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]'''
|-
|[[Fullback (American football)|FB]]
|[[Duane Purvis]]
|
|
|Jr.
|[[Mattoon, Illinois]]
|'''[[1933 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]]'''
|-
|[[End (American football)|E]]
|[[Joe Skladany]]
|5'10"
|190
|Sr.
|[[Larksville, Pennsylvania]]
|'''[[1933 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]'''
|-
|[[Tackle (American football)|T]]
|[[Whitey Wistert]]
|6'2"
|210
|Sr.
|[[Chicago, Illinois]]
|'''[[1933 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh]]'''
|-
|[[Guard (American football)|G]]
|[[Bill Corbus]]
|5'11"
|178
|Sr.
|[[San Francisco, California]]
|'''[[1933 Stanford Indians football team|Stanford]]'''
|-
|[[Center (American football)|C]]
|[[Chuck Bernard]]
|6'3"
|225
|Sr.
|[[Benton Harbor, Michigan]]
|'''[[1933 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]'''
|-
|[[Guard (American football)|G]]
|[[Aaron Rosenberg]]
|6'0"
|210
|Sr.
|[[Brooklyn, New York]]
|'''[[1933 USC Trojans football team|USC]]'''
|-
|[[Tackle (American football)|T]]
|[[Fred Crawford (American football)|Fred Crawford]]
|6'2"
|195
|Sr.
|[[Waynesville, North Carolina]]
|'''[[1933 Duke Blue Devils football team|Duke]]'''
|-
|[[End (American football)|E]]
|[[Paul Geisler]]
|
|
|Sr.
|[[Berwick, Louisiana]]
|'''[[1933 Centenary Gentlemen football team|Centenary]]'''
|-
|}

===Statistical leaders===
*Player scoring most points: [[Beattie Feathers]], Tennessee, 78

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