1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pitt Panthers wordmark.svg
AP Poll national champion
Eastern champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 1
1937 record9–0–1
Head coach
  • Jock Sutherland (14th season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Yale   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1937 college football season. The Panthers were crowned national champions by the final AP Poll which was released in late November and by almost all NCAA-designated major selectors.[1] Pitt was also awarded the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy as the champion of the East. An invitation to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day was declined.

For the third consecutive year, Pitt and Fordham played to a scoreless tie.[2] The first AP poll was released a few days later, with Pitt third and Fordham ninth; the Rams finished the season ranked third at 7–0–1.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Ohio Wesleyan
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 59–0
October 2at West Virginia
  • Mountaineer Field
  • Morgantown, WV (rivalry)
W 20–0
October 9Duquesne
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 6–0
October 16at Fordham
  • Polo Grounds
  • New York, NY
T 0–052,000[3]
October 23No. 16 WisconsinNo. 3
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 21–0
October 30Carnegie TechNo. 2
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 25–14
November 6at No. 12 Notre DameNo. 3
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 21–654,309
November 13No. 11 NebraskaNo. 1
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 13–7
November 20Penn StateNo. 1
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 28–719,936
November 27at No. 18 DukeNo. 1
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 10–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team photo[]

The 1937 undefeated National Championship Pitt team. Members included in the picture are:
Horton, Yocos, Kapurka, Soroka, Shea, Fleming, Herlinger, Shord, Stapulis, Goodell, Cassiano, Dalle Tezze, Goldberg
Barr, Kish, Daddio, Urban, Curry, Peace, Schmidt, Raskowski, Morrow, Klein, C. Cambal, Richards, Patrick, Shaw, Grossman
Musulin, Walton, Michelosen, Adams, Lezouski, Stebbins, Asavitch, Merkovsky, Hensley, Souchak, Delich, Miller, Etze, Sutherland
Petro, Farkas, J. Cambal, Corace, Chickerneo, Naric, Holt, Spotovich, Hafer, Dannies, Fullerton, Berger, Jackman, Kristufek, Dickinson

References[]

  1. ^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 112. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Smith, Chester L. (October 17, 1937). "Pitt-Fordham in third scoreless tie". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
  3. ^ Smith, Chester L. (October 17, 1937). "Pitt-Fordham in third scoreless tie". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.

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