1937 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1937 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1937 college football season. The Indians were led by fourth-year head coach Earl Blaik and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Indians finished undefeated with a record of 7–0–2, finishing No. 7 in the final AP Poll, their highest ever finish.[1][2] Dartmouth was invited to play in the 1938 Rose Bowl, but declined the invitation.[3]

1937 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 7
1937 record7–0–2
Head coachEarl Blaik (4th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Field
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
No. 12 Yale      6 1 1
Army      7 2 0
Cornell      5 2 1
Harvard      5 2 1
Syracuse      5 2 1
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
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
La Salle      2 7 0
Massachusetts State      1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 25BatesW 39–0
October 2Amherst
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 31–7
October 9Springfield (MA)
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 42–0
October 16at BrownW 41–0
October 23at HarvardNo. 18W 20–2
October 30at No. 5 YaleNo. 9T 9–9
November 6at PrincetonNo. 9W 33–9
November 13CornellNo. 5
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
T 6–6
November 20at ColumbiaNo. 9W 27–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1937 Final AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  2. "Dartmouth Big Green School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. DeGange, Jack (September 25, 2007). "When Dartmouth Declined the Rose Bowl". DartmouthSports.com. Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  4. "1937 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
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