1937 Southeastern Conference football season

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The 1937 Southeastern Conference football season was the fifth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1937 college football season. Alabama compiled a 9–1 overall record, with a conference record of 6–0, and were SEC champion.

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DurationSeptember 24, 1937 â€“ January 1, 1938 (1937-09-24 â€“ 1938-01-01)
Teams13
ChampionAlabama
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1937 Southeastern Conference football season
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 24, 1937 â€“ January 1, 1938 (1937-09-24 â€“ 1938-01-01)
Teams13
ChampionAlabama
SEC seasons
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1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Alabama $6–0–09–1–0
No. 8 LSU5–1–09–2–0
Auburn4–1–26–2–3
Vanderbilt4–2–07–2–0
Mississippi State3–2–05–4–1
Georgia Tech3–2–16–3–1
Tennessee4–3–06–3–1
Florida3–4–04–7–0
Tulane2–3–15–4–1
Georgia1–2–26–3–2
Ole Miss0–4–04–5–1
Kentucky0–5–04–6–0
Sewanee0–6–02–7–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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Results and team statistics

More information Conf. rank, Team ...
Conf. rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record AP
final		 PPG PAG
1 Alabama Frank Thomas 9–1–0 (.900) 6–0–0 (1.000) No. 4 22.5 3.3
2 LSU Bernie Moore 9–2–0 (.818) 5–1–0 (.833) No. 8 21.3 3.0
3 Auburn Jack Meagher 6–2–3 (.682) 4–1–2 (.714) 3.3
4 Vanderbilt Ray Morrison 7–2–0 (.778) 4–2–0 (.667) 13.4 4.7
5 Mississippi State Ralph Sasse 5–4–1 (.550) 3–2–0 (.600) 11.9 11.7
6 Georgia Tech William Alexander 6–3–1 (.650) 3–2–1 (.583) 17.7 5.4
7 Tennessee Robert Neyland 6–3–1 (.650) 4–3–0 (.571) 18.9 4.7
8 Florida Josh Cody 4–7–0 (.364) 3–4–0 (.429) 7.8 8.1
9 Tulane Red Dawson 5–4–1 (.550) 2–3–1 (.417) 16.4 6.9
10 Georgia Harry Mehre 6–3–2 (.636) 1–2–2 (.400) 13.7 5.8
11 Ole Miss Ed Walker 4–5–1 (.450) 0–4–0 (.000) 12.7 10.6
12 Kentucky Chet A. Wynne 4–6–0 (.400) 0–5–0 (.000) 9.3 13.0
13 Sewanee Harry E. Clark 2–7–0 (.222) 0–6–0 (.000) 8.7 23.7
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Key
AP final = Rankings from AP sports writers. See 1937 college football rankings
PPG = Average of points scored per game[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1]

Schedule

More information Index to colors and formatting ...
Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won
SEC member lost
SEC member tie
SEC teams in bold
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Week One

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
September 24 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL W 19–0  15,000[2]
September 24 Presbyterian Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 59–0  12,000[3]
September 25 Howard (AL) Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 41–0  7,500[4]
September 25 Delta State Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 39–0  [5]
September 25 Wake Forest Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 32–0  7,500[6]
September 25 Clemson Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 7–0  15,000[7]
September 25 Oglethorpe Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 60–0  5,000[8]
September 25 Louisiana Tech Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 13–0  [9]
September 25 Hiwassee Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 40–0  [10]
September 25 Florida LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 19–0  15,000[11]
September 25 Kentucky Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)  VAN 12–0  5,000[12]
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Week Two

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 1 Ole Miss Temple Beury Stadium • Philadelphia, PA T 0–0  15,000[13]
October 2 Texas LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–0  10,000[14]
October 2 Chicago Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 18–0  5,000[15]
October 2 Howard (AL) Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 38–0  4,000[16]
October 2 Mercer Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA W 28–0  [17]
October 2 VPI Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 27–0  10,000[18]
October 2 Stetson Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 18–0  4,000[19]
October 2 South Carolina Georgia Columbia Municipal Stadium • Columbia, SC (rivalry) W 13–7  15,000[20]
October 2 Kentucky Xavier Xavier Stadium • Cincinnati, OH W 6–0  [21]
October 2 Sewanee Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL  ALA 65–0  7,000[22]
October 4 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  0–0  [23]
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Week Three

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 8 Tennessee Wesleyan Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN W 25–0  [24]
October 9 South Carolina Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 20–0  9,000[25]
October 9 LSU Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX W 13–0  [26]
October 9 Vanderbilt Southwestern (TN) Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN W 17–6  10,000[27]
October 9 Mississippi College Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 84–0  12,000[28]
October 9 Clemson Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry) W 14–0  8,000[29]
October 9 Saint Louis Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 21–0  4,500[30]
October 9 Auburn Villanova Shibe Park • Philadelphia, PA T 0–0  15,000[31]
October 9 Tennessee Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, NC T 0–0  39,000[32]
October 9 Florida Temple Beury Stadium • Philadelphia, PA L 6–7  10,000[33]
October 9 Mississippi State Texas A&M Lion Stadium • Tyler, TX L 0–14  16,000[34]
October 9 Georgia Tech Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY  GT 32–0  7,500[35]
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Week Four

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 16 Vanderbilt SMU Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 6–0  7,000[36]
October 16 Tulane Colgate Roesch Memorial Stadium • Buffalo, NY W 7–6  32,524[37]
October 16 Washington & Lee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 41–6  [38]
October 16 Georgia Holy Cross Fenway Park • Boston, MA L 6–7  [39]
October 16 Duke Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 19–20  26,000[40]
October 16 Alabama Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  ALA 14–7  25,000[41]
October 16 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 13–0  25,000[42]
October 16 Mississippi State Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL  AUB 33–7  15,000[43]
October 16 Sewanee Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL  FLA 21–0  5,000[44]
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Week Five

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 23 No. 2 Alabama George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC W 19–0  24,666[45]
October 23 Mercer Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 19–0  5,000[46]
October 23 Ouachita Baptist Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS W 46–0  2,500[47]
October 23 Manhattan Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 19–0  8,000[48][49]
October 23 Tulane North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC L 0–13  [50]
October 23 No. 6 LSU No. 20 Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN  VAN 7–6  15,000[51]
October 23 No. 20 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  AUB 21–0  19,000[52]
October 23 Florida Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS  MSS 14–13  7,500[53]
October 23 Sewanee Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN  TEN 32–0  4,000[54]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.
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Week Six

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
October 30 Loyola (LA) No. 17 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 52–6  [55]
October 30 Mississippi State Centenary State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA T 0–0  10,000[56]
October 30 No. 12 Auburn Rice Rice Field • Houston, TX L 7–13  [57]
October 30 Florida Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD L 7–13  10,000[58]
October 30 Tennessee Tech Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, TN L 6–9  [59]
October 30 Kentucky No. 3 Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL  ALA 41–0  13,000[60]
October 30 No. 7 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  GT 14–0  20,000[61]
October 30 Georgia Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 32–0  17,000[62]
October 30 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  TUL 14–7  19,000[63]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.
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Week Seven

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 5 Ole Miss George Washington Griffith Stadium • Washington, DC W 27–6  11,800[64]
November 6 Clemson Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry) W 7–0  12,000[65]
November 6 South Carolina Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 27–7  [66]
November 6 No. 2 Alabama No. 19 Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  ALA 9–6  30,000[67]
November 6 Mississippi State No. 18 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 41–0  20,000[68]
November 6 No. 15 Tennessee Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  AUB 20–7  18,000[69]
November 6 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)  VAN 41–0  6,500[70]
November 6 Georgia Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)  FLA 6–0  20,000[71]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.
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Week Eight

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 13 Clemson Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL L 9–10  6,000[72]
November 13 Arkansas Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN (rivalry) L 6–32  15,000[73]
November 13 Kentucky Boston College Fenway Park • Boston, MA L 0–13  3,500[74]
November 13 Georgia Tech No. 3 Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  ALA 7–0  26,000[75]
November 13 No. 14 Auburn No. 15 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 9–7  30,000[76]
November 13 Tennessee Vanderbilt Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  VAN 13–7  23,000[77]
November 13 Sewanee Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS  MSS 12–0  6,000[78]
November 13 Tulane Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA  UGA 7–6  12,000[79]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.
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Week Nine

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 20 Louisiana Normal No. 8 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 52–0  5,000[80]
November 20 Auburn Georgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, GA (rivalry)  0–0  16,000[81]
November 20 Georgia Tech Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL  GT 12–0  16,000[82]
November 20 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  TUL 33–7  10,000[83]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.
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Week Ten

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
November 25 No. 4 Alabama No. 12 Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN  ALA 9–7  22,000[84]
November 25 Mississippi State Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)  MSS 9–7  14,000[85]
November 25 Tennessee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (rivalry)  TEN 13–0  15,000[86]
November 27 No. 10 LSU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  LSU 20–7  [87]
November 27 Auburn Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)  AUB 14–0  [88]
November 27 Georgia Tech Georgia Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)  6–6  28,000[89]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.
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Week Eleven

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
December 4 Duquesne Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS L 0–9  6,000[90]
December 4 Tennessee Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN  TEN 32–0  10,000[91]
December 4 Kentucky Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL  FLA 6–0  [92]
December 10 Georgia Miami (FL) Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL W 26–0  20,000[93][94][95]
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Postseason

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DateVisiting teamHome teamSiteResultAttendanceRef.
January 1, 1938 No. 4 Alabama No. 3 California Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) L 0–13  89,650[96]
January 1, 1938 No. 8 LSU No. 9 Santa Clara Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) L 0–6  40,000[97]
January 1, 1938 Michigan State Auburn Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) W 6–0  18,970[98]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.
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All-conference players

For the complete All-SEC selections, see 1937 All-SEC football team.

The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1937 All-SEC football team:

  • Bill Jordan, End, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Frank Kinard, Tackle, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Leroy Monsky, Guard, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Ralph Sivell, Guuard, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Carl Hinkle, Tackle, Vanderbilt (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Fletcher Sims, Quarterback, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Joe Kilgrow, Halfback, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Walter Mayberry, Halfback, Florida (AP-1, UP-1)

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 1937 College Football All-America Team.

One SEC player was a consensus first-team pick on the 1937 College Football All-America Team:[99]

Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:

  • Bill Jordan, End, Georgia Tech (AP-2; INS-2; NEA-3)
  • Bruiser Kinard, Tackle, Ole Miss (AP-3; UP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; CE-1; SN)
  • Jim Ryba, Tackle, Alabama (INS-3; CP-1)
  • Eddie Gatto, Tackle, LSU (AP-3)
  • Jim Tipton, Tackle, Alabama (UP-3)
  • Jim Sivell, Guard, Auburn (AP-3; CP-2)
  • Norman Buckner, Guard, Tulane (UP-3)
  • Joe Kilgrow, Fullback, Alabama (UP-2 [hb]; INS-1; CP-2 [hb]; SN; NW; NEA-2 [hb])
  • George "Pinky" Rohm, Fullback, LSU (INS-3)

Head coaches

Records through the completion of the 1937 season

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Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school SEC record
Alabama Frank Thomas 7 83–16–4 (.825) 57–7–3 (.873) 27–2–2 (.903)
Auburn Jack Meagher 4 49–40–5 (.548) 23–14–5 (.607) 14–10–3 (.574)
Florida Josh Cody 2 47–43–1 (.522) 8–13–0 (.381) 4–9–0 (.308)
Georgia Harry Mehre 10 59–34–6 (.626) 59–34–6 (.626) 12–12–2 (.500)
Georgia Tech William Alexander 18 92–68–12 (.570) 92–68–12 (.570) 11–20–2 (.364)
Kentucky Chet A. Wynne 4 81–60–9 (.570) 20–19–0 (.513) 5–14–0 (.263)
LSU Bernie Moore 3 39–17–4 (.683) 27–5–1 (.833) 16–1–0 (.941)
Mississippi State Ralph Sasse 3 45–15–4 (.734) 20–10–2 (.656) 8–7–0 (.533)
Ole Miss Ed Walker 8 38–38–8 (.500) 38–38–8 (.500) 7–13–3 (.370)
Sewanee Harry E. Clark 7 17–43–3 (.294) 17–43–3 (.294) 0–27–0 (.000)
Tennessee Robert Neyland 11 88–14–8 (.836) 88–14–8 (.836) 17–7–2 (.692)
Tulane Red Dawson 2 11–7–2 (.600) 11–7–2 (.600) 4–6–2 (.417)
Vanderbilt Ray Morrison 4 105–56–23 (.633) 21–12–1 (.632) 10–6–1 (.618)
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1938 NFL draft

The following SEC players were selected in the 1938 NFL draft:[100]

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Round Overall pick Player name School Position NFL team
2 13 Joe Kilgrow Alabama Back Brooklyn Dodgers
3 18 Frank Kinard Ole Miss Tackle Brooklyn Dodgers
5 33 Ed Merlin Vanderbilt Offensive Guard Brooklyn Dodgers
5 38 Marion Konemann Georgia Tech Back New York Giants
5 39 Dave Price Mississippi State Center Washington Redskins
7 53 Leroy Monsky Alabama Offensive Guard Brooklyn Dodgers
8 61 Walter Mayberry Florida Back Cleveland Rams
8 69 Bill Hartman Georgia Fullback Washington Redskins
8 70 Fletcher Sims Georgia Tech Back Chicago Bears
10 83 Jim Sivell Auburn Offensive Guard Brooklyn Dodgers
11 92 Carl Hinkle Vanderbilt Center Philadelphia Eagles
11 97 Pete Tinsley Georgia Back Green Bay Packers
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