1937 SMU Mustangs football team
| 1937 SMU Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (2–4 SWC) |
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| Captain | Ray Acker, Joe Gray, Keith Ranspot |
| Home stadium | Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Rice $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 TCU | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–14 Arkansas | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1937 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1937 college football season. In their third season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 5–6 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 80.[1] The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in University Park, Texas, and the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Tackle Charles Sprague received first-team honors from the Associated Press on the 1937 All-Southwest Conference football team.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | North Texas State Teachers* | W 14–3 | [2] | |||||
| October 2 | Centenary* | L 6–7 | [3] | |||||
| October 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Washington University* | W 14–0 | 7,500 | [4][5][6] | |||
| October 16 | Vanderbilt* |
| L 0–6 | 7,000 | [7] | |||
| October 23 | at Arkansas | Fort Smith, AR | L 0–13 | 9,500 | ||||
| October 30 | Texas |
| W 13–2 | [8] | ||||
| November 6 | at Texas A&M | L 0–14 | ||||||
| November 13 | No. 13 Baylor |
| W 13–7 | |||||
| November 20 | at UCLA* | W 26–13 | 35,000 | [9] | ||||
| November 27 | at No. 14 TCU | L 0–3 | ||||||
| December 4 | Rice |
| L 7–15 | |||||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1937 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ "Mustangs score in last quarter to beat North Texas Teachers". The Monitor. September 26, 1937. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Centenary scores 7–6 upset over Methodists". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 3, 1937. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tietjen, W. Vernon (October 9, 1937). "S. M. U. , First Rose Bowl Team To Come Here, Meet Bears Today". St. Louis Star-Times. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 7. Retrieved June 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Gould, James M. (October 10, 1937). "Bears' Tight Defense Holds Southern Methodist To 14-0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1B. Retrieved June 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Gould, James M. (October 10, 1937). "Passes Give S. M. U. 14-0 Victor Over the Bears (continued)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 2B. Retrieved June 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "V.U. victor, 6–0". Nashville Banner. October 17, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ponies defeat Steers". Sunday American-Statesman. October 31, 1937. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "S.M.U. Aerials Beat U.C.L.A. Eleven, 26-13". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 21, 1937.
