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1937 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record2–7 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hardee Field
Seasons
←  1936
1938 →
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1937 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Harry E. Clark, Sewanee compiled a 2–7 record. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Hiwassee*W 40–0 [2]
October 2at AlabamaL 0–656,000 [3]
October 8 Tennessee Wesleyan*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 25–0 [4]
October 16at FloridaL 0–215,000 [5]
October 23at TennesseeL 0–324,000 [6]
October 30 Tennessee Tech*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
L 6–9 [7]
November 6at VanderbiltL 0–416,500 [8]
November 13at Mississippi StateL 0–126,000 [9]
November 20at TulaneL 7–3310,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1937 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sewanee ends ten-game losing streak with 40–0 victory over Hiwassee". The Chattanooga Times. September 26, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Alabama's powerful Crimson Tide engulfs Sewanee by score of 65 to 0". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 3, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sewanee tops Bulldogs, 25–0". The Chattanooga Times. October 9, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Florida romps to 21 to 0 victory over Sewanee". The Orlando Sentinel-Star. October 17, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Coffman scores three times as Vols beat Sewanee". The Knoxville Journal. October 24, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "T.P.I. nips Sewanee on Hutcherson's kick". The Chattanooga Times. October 31, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Vanderbilt inflicts fourth worst defeat on Sewanee in history, 41–0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 7, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "State turns back Sewanee 12 to 0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 14, 1936. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tulane swamps Sewanee, 33 to 7". The Shreveport Times. November 21, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.