1937 SMU Mustangs football team
American college football season
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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 5â6 record (2â4 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.
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5â6 (2â4 SWC)
Headcoach
- Matty Bell (3rd season)
Captains
- Ray Acker
- Joe Gray
- Keith Ranspot
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5â6 (2â4 SWC) |
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| Home stadium | Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Rice $ | 4 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 TCU | 3 | â | 1 | â | 2 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. Tâ14 Arkansas | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 3 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | â | 2 | â | 2 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tackle Charles Sprague received first-team honors from the Associated Press on the 1937 All-Southwest Conference football team.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 25 | North Texas State Teachers* | W 14â3 | [2] | |||||
| October 2 | Centenary* | L 6â7 | [3] | |||||
| October 9 | 2:30 p.m. | at Washington University* | W 14â0 | 7,500 | [4][5][6] | |||
| October 16 | Vanderbilt* |
| L 0â6 | 7,000 | [7] | |||
| October 23 | at Arkansas |
| L 0â13 | 9,500 | [8] | |||
| October 30 | Texas |
| W 13â2 | [9] | ||||
| November 6 | at Texas A&M | L 0â14 | 8,000 | [10] | ||||
| November 13 | No. 13 Baylor |
| W 13â7 | [11] | ||||
| November 20 | at UCLA* | W 26â13 | 35,000 | [12] | ||||
| November 27 | at No. 14 TCU | L 0â3 | [13] | |||||
| December 4 | Rice |
| L 7â15 | [14] | ||||
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