B737 flight crew reported loss of directional control during takeoff roll.

Narrative:

We received paperwork; closed doors and went over our checklist; proceeded to taxi to runway xx via taxiway charlie. We were instructed by ground to contact tower. Tower cleared us for takeoff via runway 22. We completed before takeoff checklist and the first officer stated he would 'take it on the roll'. I proceeded to runway 22 and lined the plane with the center line and I then informed the 1st officer it is his aircraft. The first officer proceeded to stand the throttle up about 40%. We proceeded down the center line when he pressed toga and the plane veered hard left. The first officer stated he was pushing the right rudder but had no control. He took the throttle back and I applied brakes. I have the airplane and the aircraft slid off the runway onto the grass. We came to a full stop. We contacted tower advising them of the situation and were advised by tower; emergency vehicles were on the way. Tower requested to know how many souls were on board and how much fuel was in the aircraft. We advised tower 3 souls were on board with 17;000 lbs of fuel. Upon seeing the first fire truck; we advised tower we were shutting off the engine and leaving the APU running. I then spoke to tower who connected me to the rescue vehicle; at which point I advised the first officer we were shutting off all power to the plane. The rescue vehicle arrived with stairs and we deplaned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported loss of directional control during takeoff roll.

Narrative: We received paperwork; closed doors and went over our checklist; proceeded to taxi to Runway XX via taxiway Charlie. We were instructed by Ground to contact Tower. Tower cleared us for takeoff via Runway 22. We completed before takeoff checklist and the First Officer stated he would 'take it on the roll'. I proceeded to Runway 22 and lined the plane with the center line and I then informed the 1st officer it is his aircraft. The First officer proceeded to stand the throttle up about 40%. We proceeded down the center line when he pressed toga and the plane veered hard left. The First officer stated he was pushing the right rudder but had no control. He took the throttle back and I applied brakes. I have the airplane and the aircraft slid off the runway onto the grass. We came to a full stop. We contacted Tower advising them of the situation and were advised by Tower; emergency vehicles were on the way. Tower requested to know how many souls were on board and how much fuel was in the aircraft. We advised Tower 3 souls were on board with 17;000 lbs of fuel. Upon seeing the first fire truck; we advised Tower we were shutting off the engine and leaving the APU running. I then spoke to Tower who connected me to the rescue vehicle; at which point I advised the First officer we were shutting off all power to the plane. The rescue vehicle arrived with stairs and we deplaned.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1744989
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway