1937 Auburn Tigers football team
Appearance
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Orange Bowl champion | |
Orange Bowl, W 6–0 vs. Michigan State | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Record | 6–2–3 (4–1–2 SEC) |
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Home stadium | Legion Field Cramton Bowl |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Alabama $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 LSU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sewanee | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1937 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1937 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his fourth season and finished the season with a record of six wins, two losses and three ties (6–2–3 overall, 4–1–2 in the SEC).[1]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | Birmingham–Southern* | W 19–0 | 15,000 | [2] | ||
October 4 | at Tulane | T 0–0 | [3] | |||
October 9 | at Villanova* | T 0–0 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
October 16 | Mississippi State | W 33–7 | 15,000 | [5] | ||
October 23 | at Georgia Tech | No. 20 | W 21–0 | 19,000 | [6] | |
October 30 | at Rice* | No. 12 | L 7–13 | [7] | ||
November 6 | No. 15 Tennessee |
| W 20–7 | 18,000 | [8] | |
November 13 | at No. 12 LSU | No. 14 | L 7–9 | 30,000 | [9] | |
November 20 | vs. Georgia | T 0–0 | 16,000 | [10] | ||
November 27 | at Florida | W 14–0 | [11] | |||
January 1, 1938 | vs. Michigan State* | W 6–0 | 18,970 | [12] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1937 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ "15,000 see Auburn run over Southern in grid opener, 19–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 25, 1937. Retrieved February 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers hold Tulane 0–0 on muddy field". The Clarion-Ledger. October 5, 1937. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wildcats battle Auburn gridders to scoreless tie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 10, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn upsets Dope with 33 to 7 win over State". The Selma Times-Journal. October 17, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn overpowers Georgia Tech 21–0". The Charlotte Observer. October 24, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rice takes unbeaten Auburn eleven by 13-to-7 score". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 31, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tigers overwhelm Vols, 20 to 7". The Birmingham News. November 7, 1937. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana State wins over Auburn, 9 to 7; Fumbles by Plainsmen prove disastrous". Sunday Herald-Leader. November 14, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia, Auburn deadlock, 0 to 0". The Sunday Ledger-Enquirer. November 21, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Florida Gators lose to Auburn, 14–0". News-Tribune. November 28, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Auburn conquers Michigan State, 6 to 0". The Detroit Free Press. January 2, 1938. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1937". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ^ "1937 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.