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1937 Dartmouth Indians football team

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1937 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 7
Record7–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial 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

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]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25BatesW 39–0
October 2Amherst
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 31–7
October 9Springfield
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 42–0
October 16at BrownW 41–0
October 23at HarvardNo. 18W 20–250,000[4]
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

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  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. ^ "Indians 20, Harvard 2". New York Daily News. October 24, 1937. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1937 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.