1937 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team

The 1937 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team represented Hofstra University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. It was the program's first-ever season and they finished with a record of 2–4. Their head coach was Jack McDonald and their captain was Al Sorrentino.

1963 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–4
Head coach	Jack McDonald (1st season)
Captain	Al Sorrentino

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 9	American International	Hempstead, NY	L 6–14
October 16	Bergen CC	Hempstead, NY	W 19–0
October 23	at SUNY Farmingdale	East Farmingdale, NY	L 6–12
October 30	at Brooklyn	Brooklyn, NY	L 0–32
November 20	Gallaudet	Hempstead, NY	W 32–0
November 24	at Montclair State	Montclair, NJ	L 0–14