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1937 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

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1937 The Citadel Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–4 (2–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumJohnson Hagood Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland $ 2 0 0 8 2 0
No. 19 North Carolina 4 0 1 7 1 1
Clemson 2 0 1 4 4 1
No. 20 Duke 5 1 0 7 2 1
VMI 4 2 0 5 5 0
NC State 4 2 1 5 3 1
South Carolina 2 2 1 5 6 1
Washington and Lee 2 3 0 4 5 0
The Citadel 2 3 0 7 4 0
Richmond 2 3 0 5 4 1
Furman 1 2 2 4 3 2
VPI 2 4 0 5 5 0
William & Mary 1 3 0 4 5 0
Wake Forest 1 4 0 3 6 0
Davidson 1 6 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1937 college football season. Tatum Gressette served as head coach for the sixth season. The Bulldogs played as members of the Southern Conference and played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.[1][2][3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Wofford*
W 38–0[4]
September 25Newberry*W 35–0[5]
October 2at Navy*L 0–3215,000[6]
October 8at Presbyterian*W 19–0[7]
October 16Furman
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
W 8–0[8]
October 22Richmond
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 26–0[9]
October 29vs. South Carolina
L 6–218,000[10]
November 6at NC StateL 14–267,000[11]
November 13at VMI
L 0–271,500[12]
November 20Erskine*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 46–73,500[13]
November 27Oglethorpe*
  • Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC
W 7–6[14]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ 2011 Citadel Football Media Guide. The Citadel. p. 143. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Milestones". The Citadel Football Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  3. ^ "Citadel Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Citadel's Bulldogs run wild and humble Wofford's Terriers, 38–0". The Greenville News. September 19, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Citadel wins from Newberry". Winston-Salem Journal. September 26, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Middies defeat Citadel, 32–0". Nashville Banner. October 3, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Citadel rips up Blue Hose eleven, 19–0". The Charlotte Observer. October 9, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Robinson leads Cadets to win". The State. October 17, 1937. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bulldogs beat Richmond, 26–0". The Columbia Record. October 23, 1937. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "South Carolina defeats Citadel by score of 21–6". Johnson City Chronicle. October 30, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "N.C. State trims Citadel, 26–14". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 7, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "The Citadel falls before Virginia Military Institute by 27 to 0". The State. November 14, 1937. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Bulldogs crush Seceders, 46–7". The State. November 21, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Citadel closes with lean win". The State. November 26, 1937. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.