1937 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1937 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1937 record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainWalter Rekstis, Parker Webster[1]
Home stadiumArchbold 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 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1937 college football season. The Orangemen were led by first-year head coach Ossie Solem and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. On October 18, Syracuse made its first ever appearance in the AP Poll, which was in its second year of operation. The team was ranked 17th in the first poll of the season, but dropped from the poll after a loss to Maryland.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Clarkson
W 26–616,000
October 9St. Lawrence
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 40–015,000
October 16at Cornell
W 14–618,000
October 23at MarylandNo. 17
L 0–1310,000
October 30Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 19–1318,000
November 6Western Reserve
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
W 27–617,000
November 13at Columbia
T 6–612,000[2]
November 20Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 0–734,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

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References[]

  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 146.
  2. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 14, 1937). "Brilliant Syracuse Lateral Ties Columbia Eleven, 6-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  3. ^ "1937 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
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