1937 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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

1937 South Carolina Gamecocks football
1937 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southern Conference
1937 record	5–6–1 (2–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Don McCallister (3rd season);
Home stadium	Carolina Municipal Stadium; (Capacity: 17,600)
	Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

The 1937 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1937 college football season. In their third season under head coach Don McCallister, South Carolina compiled a 5–6–1 record.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 18	Emory and Henry*	Carolina Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	W 45–7
September 25	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	T 13–13
October 2	Georgia*	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 7–13
October 9	at Alabama*	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 0–20	^[2]
October 16	Davidson	Fair Grounds Stadium Columbia, SC	W 12–7
October 21	Clemson	Carolina Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	L 6–34	^[3]
October 29	vs. The Citadel	County Fairgrounds Orangeburg, SC	W 21–6
November 6	at Kentucky*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY	L 7–27
November 13	Furman	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	L 0–12
November 20	Presbyterian*	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	W 64–0
November 25	at Catholic University*	Brookland Stadium Washington, DC	L 14–27	^[4]
December 3	at Miami (FL)*	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 3–0
*Non-conference game

^ "1937 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
^ "Mighty Alabama eleven humbles South Carolina". The Greenville News. October 10, 1937. Retrieved August 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Scoop Latimer (October 22, 1937). "Clemson Bengals flush Gamecock Covey, 34 to 6". The Greenville News. p. 1. Retrieved August 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Birds bow, 14 to 27". The Charlotte Observer. November 26, 1937. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Old State Fairgrounds (1894, 1896–1898) Shandon Park (1895) College Park/Davis Field (1899–1925) Melton Field (1926–1934) Williams–Brice Stadium (1934–present)
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People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
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1937 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Maryland $	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 North Carolina	4	–	0	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Clemson	2	–	0	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
No. 20 Duke	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
VMI	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
NC State	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	1	5	–	6	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Richmond	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Furman	1	–	2	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
VPI	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
William & Mary	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll