1937 SMU Mustangs football team
Appearance
1937 SMU Mustangs football | |
---|---|
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 5–6 (2–4 SWC) |
Head coach |
|
Home stadium | Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 25 | North Texas* | Dallas | W 14–0 | ||||
October 2 | Centenary* | L 6–7 | |||||
October 9 | at Washington University* | W 14–0 | |||||
October 16 | Vanderbilt* |
| L 0–6 | 7,000 | |||
October 23 | at Arkansas | Fort Smith, AR | L 0–13 | 9,500 | |||
October 30 | Texas | W 13–2 | |||||
November 6 | at Texas A&M | L 0–14 | |||||
November 13 | No. 13 Baylor | Dallas | W 13–7 | ||||
November 20 | at UCLA* | W 26–13 | 35,000 | [2] | |||
November 27 | at No. 14 TCU | L 0–3 | |||||
December 4 | Rice |
| L 7–15 | ||||
|
References
- ^ "1937 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ "S.M.U. Aerials Beat U.C.L.A. Eleven, 26-13". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 21, 1937.