1937 SMU Mustangs football team

1937 SMU Mustangs football
1937 SMU Mustangs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	5–6 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach	Matty Bell (3rd season);
Captain	Ray Acker, Joe Gray, Keith Ranspot
Home stadium	Ownby Stadium, Cotton Bowl
	Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

The 1937 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1937 college football season. In their third season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 5–6 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 80.^[1] The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in University Park, Texas, and the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

1937 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 18 Rice $	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
No. 16 TCU	3	–	1	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
No. T–14 Arkansas	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
Baylor	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Texas A&M	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
SMU	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Tackle Charles Sprague received first-team honors from the Associated Press on the 1937 All-Southwest Conference football team.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25		North Texas State Teachers*	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	W 14–3		^[2]
October 2		Centenary*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 6–7		^[3]
October 9	2:30 p.m.	at Washington University*	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	W 14–0	7,500	^[4]^[5]^[6]
October 16		Vanderbilt*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 0–6	7,000	^[7]
October 23		at Arkansas	Fort Smith, AR	L 0–13	9,500
October 30		Texas	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 13–2		^[8]
November 6		at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 0–14
November 13		No. 13 Baylor	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX	W 13–7
November 20		at UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 26–13	35,000	^[9]
November 27		at No. 14 TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Ft. Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 0–3
December 4		Rice	Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	L 7–15
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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^ "V.U. victor, 6–0". Nashville Banner. October 17, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ponies defeat Steers". Sunday American-Statesman. October 31, 1937. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "S.M.U. Aerials Beat U.C.L.A. Eleven, 26-13". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 21, 1937.