1937 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1937 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1937 record 5–3 (3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Bo McMillin (4th season)
MVP Corbett Davis
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1937 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Minnesota $ 5 0 0  6 2 0
No. 13 Ohio State 5 1 0  6 2 0
Indiana 3 2 0  5 3 0
Michigan 3 3 0  4 4 0
Northwestern 3 3 0  4 4 0
Purdue 2 2 1  4 3 1
Wisconsin 2 2 1  4 3 1
Illinois 2 3 0  3 3 2
Chicago 0 4 0  1 6 0
Iowa 0 5 0  1 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1937 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers. Corbett Davis was selected as the team's most valuable player and also won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 24 Centre* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 12–0   -
October 9 at Minnesota Memorial StadiumMinneapolis L 0–6   35,000
October 16 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 13–6   -
October 23 Cincinnati* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 27–0   -
October 30 at No. 11 Nebraska* Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska L 0–7   -
November 6 at No. 8 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, Ohio W 10–0   47,056
November 13 at Iowa No. 17 Iowa StadiumIowa City, Iowa W 3–0   -
November 20 Purdue No. 20 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) L 7–13   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1938 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Corbett DavisBack11Cleveland Rams
Frank FilchockBack214Pittsburgh Pirates
Jim SirtoskyGuard976Detroit Lions
Bob KenderdineEnd1195Chicago Cardinals

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References

  1. "1937 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  2. "1938 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 12, 2015.


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