1937 SMU Mustangs football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 5–6 (2–4 SWC) |
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Captain | Ray Acker, Joe Gray, Keith Ranspot |
Home stadium | Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 25 | North Texas State Teachers* | W 14–3 | [2] | |||||
October 2 | Centenary* | L 6–7 | [3] | |||||
October 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Washington University* | W 14–0 | 7,500 | [4] [5] [6] | |||
October 16 | Vanderbilt* |
| L 0–6 | 7,000 | [7] | |||
October 23 | at Arkansas | Fort Smith, AR | L 0–13 | 9,500 | ||||
October 30 | Texas |
| W 13–2 | [8] | ||||
November 6 | at Texas A&M | L 0–14 | ||||||
November 13 | No. 13 Baylor |
| W 13–7 | |||||
November 20 | at UCLA* | W 26–13 | 35,000 | [9] | ||||
November 27 | at No. 14 TCU | L 0–3 | ||||||
December 4 | Rice |
| L 7–15 | |||||
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1937 SMU Mustangs football | |
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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 5–6 (2–4 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Ray Acker, Joe Gray, Keith Ranspot |
Home stadium | Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 25 | North Texas State Teachers* | W 14–3 | [2] | |||||
October 2 | Centenary* | L 6–7 | [3] | |||||
October 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Washington University* | W 14–0 | 7,500 | [4] [5] [6] | |||
October 16 | Vanderbilt* |
| L 0–6 | 7,000 | [7] | |||
October 23 | at Arkansas | Fort Smith, AR | L 0–13 | 9,500 | ||||
October 30 | Texas |
| W 13–2 | [8] | ||||
November 6 | at Texas A&M | L 0–14 | ||||||
November 13 | No. 13 Baylor |
| W 13–7 | |||||
November 20 | at UCLA* | W 26–13 | 35,000 | [9] | ||||
November 27 | at No. 14 TCU | L 0–3 | ||||||
December 4 | Rice |
| L 7–15 | |||||
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