1937 SMU Mustangs football team

1937 Southwest Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	North Texas State Teachers*	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 14–3		^[2]
October 2	Centenary*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 6–7		^[3]
October 9	at Washington University*	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	W 14–0
October 16	Vanderbilt*	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	L 0–6	7,000
October 23	at Arkansas	Fort Smith, AR	L 0–13	9,500
October 30	Texas	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 13–2
November 6	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 0–14
November 13	No. 13 Baylor	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 13–7
November 20	at UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 26–13	35,000	^[4]
November 27	at No. 14 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Ft. Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 0–3
December 4	Rice	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	L 7–15
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1937 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
^ "Mustangs score in last quarter to beat North Texas Teachers". The Monitor. September 26, 1937. Retrieved November 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Centenary scores 7–6 upset over Methodists". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 3, 1937. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "S.M.U. Aerials Beat U.C.L.A. Eleven, 26-13". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 21, 1937.

v t SMU Mustangs football
Venues	Armstrong Field (1915–1922) Ownby Stadium (1926–1948, 1989–1994) Cotton Bowl (1932–1978, 1995–1999) Texas Stadium (1972–1973, 1979–1986) Gerald J. Ford Stadium (2000–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Navy: Gansz Trophy North Texas: Safeway Bowl Rice: Mayor's Cup TCU: Battle for the Iron Skillet
Culture & lore	Peruna Best Dressed Band in the Land Death penalty
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1937 Southwest Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll