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1937 SMU Mustangs football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainRay Acker, Joe Gray, Keith Ranspot
Home stadium Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl
Seasons
←  1936
1938 →
1937 Southwest Conference football standings
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 North Texas State Teachers*W 14–3 [2]
October 2 Centenary*L 6–7 [3]
October 92:30 p.m.at Washington University*W 14–07,500 [4] [5] [6]
October 16 Vanderbilt*
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
L 0–67,000 [7]
October 23at Arkansas Fort Smith, ARL 0–139,500
October 30 Texas
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX
W 13–2 [8]
November 6at Texas A&ML 0–14
November 13 No. 13 Baylor
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX
W 13–7
November 20at UCLA*W 26–1335,000 [9]
November 27at No. 14 TCUL 0–3
December 4 Rice
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX ( rivalry)
L 7–15
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References

  1. ^ "1937 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mustangs score in last quarter to beat North Texas Teachers". The Monitor. September 26, 1937. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Centenary scores 7–6 upset over Methodists". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 3, 1937. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  5. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  6. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  7. ^ "V.U. victor, 6–0". Nashville Banner. October 17, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Ponies defeat Steers". Sunday American-Statesman. October 31, 1937. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "S.M.U. Aerials Beat U.C.L.A. Eleven, 26-13". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 21, 1937.