1937 Tulane Green Wave football team

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1937 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1937 record5–4–1 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainNorman Buckner, Norman Hall
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
(capacity: 49,000)
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 0 0 9 1 0
No. 8 LSU 5 1 0 9 2 0
Auburn 4 1 2 6 2 3
Vanderbilt 4 2 0 7 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 0 5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 2 1 6 3 1
Tennessee 4 3 0 6 3 1
Florida 3 4 0 4 7 0
Tulane 2 3 1 5 4 1
Georgia 1 2 2 6 3 2
Ole Miss 0 4 0 4 5 1
Kentucky 0 5 0 4 6 0
Sewanee 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1937 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Red Dawson, the Green Wave played their home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. Tulane finished the season with an overall record of 5–4–1 and a mark of 2–3–1 in conference play, placing ninth in the SEC.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Clemson*W 7–0
October 2Auburn
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
T 0–0
October 9Mississippi College*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 84–0
October 16vs. Colgate*W 7–6
October 23at North Carolina*L 0–13
October 30Ole Miss
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)
W 14–7
November 6No. 2 AlabamaNo. 19
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 6–931,000[1]
November 13at GeorgiaL 6–7
November 20Sewanee
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 33–7[2]
November 27No. 10 LSU
L 7–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "Sanford's field goal enables Alabama to beat Tulane". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 7, 1937. Retrieved February 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Tulane swamps Sewanee, 33 to 7". The Shreveport Times. November 21, 1937. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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