1937 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1937 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1937 college football season. In their second season under head coach Carl Snavely, the Big Red compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 146 to 82.[1][2]

1937 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainEdward "Ted" Hughes
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
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
Providence     2 6 0
Vermont     2 6 0
La Salle     2 7 0
Massachusetts State     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Penn StateW 26–196,000
October 2Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 40–7
October 9at PrincetonW 20–7[3]
October 16Syracuse
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–1418,000[4]
October 23at No. 5 YaleNo. 19L 0–9
October 30Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 14–012,000[5]
November 13at No. 5 DartmouthT 6–6
November 25at PennW 34–20
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References edit

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1935–1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1937 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ Gregory Hewlett (October 10, 1937). "Cornell Comes From Behind to Upset Princeton, 20-7: Tiger Eleven Yields After Leading, 7 to 6". The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Rice, Grantland (October 16, 1938). "Syracuse tops Cornell team in last period". The Baltimore Sun. p. 24. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 31, 1937). "Cornell Conquers Columbia by 14-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.