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| site_cityst = [[West Point, New York|West Point, NY]]
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| score = 21–6
| score = 21–6
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| attend = 10,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-army-smashes-clems/137093983/|work=The Los Angeles Times|title=Army smashes Clemson|date=October 3, 1937|accessdate=December 19, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| site_cityst = West Point, NY
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| score = 21–18
| score = 21–18
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| attend = 20,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news |title=Army Triumphs over Columbia; Halts Lions, 21-18 |first=Arthur J. |last=Daley |date=October 10, 1937 |page=S1 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York, N.Y.}}</ref>
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| date = October 23
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| opponent = [[1937 Washington University Bears football team|Washington University]]
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 47–7
| score = 47–7
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| source = <ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Army Easily Bears Washington, 47-7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/127386151/ |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Eagle|Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |location=[[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 24, 1937 |page=2D |access-date=June 30, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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| site_cityst = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
| site_cityst = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
| score = 7–6
| score = 7–6
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| attend = 50,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Army Rally Whips Harvard by 7 to 6|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=November 7, 1937|page=96|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-army-rally-whips-harvard-by-7/133730105/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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[[Category:Army Black Knights football seasons]]
[[Category:Army Black Knights football seasons]]
[[Category:1937 in sports in New York (state)|Army Cadets football]]
[[Category:1937 in sports in New York (state)|Army Cadets football]]



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Latest revision as of 23:19, 19 December 2023

1937 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainJames Isbell
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
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 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1937 college football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach Garrison H. Davidson, the Cadets compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 176 to 72.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 6 to 0 score. The Cadets' two losses came against Yale and Notre Dame.[2]

No Army players were recognized on the 1937 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2ClemsonW 21–610,000[3]
October 9Columbia
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 21–1820,000[4]
October 16at YaleL 7–15
October 23Washington University
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 47–75,000[5]
October 30VMI
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 20–727,000[6]
November 6at HarvardW 7–650,000[7]
November 13vs. No. 18 Notre DameL 0–776,359
November 20St. John's (MD)
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 47–6
November 27vs. NavyW 6–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Army Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "1937 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "Army smashes Clemson". The Los Angeles Times. October 3, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Daley, Arthur J. (October 10, 1937). "Army Triumphs over Columbia; Halts Lions, 21-18". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ "Army Easily Bears Washington, 47-7". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. Associated Press. October 24, 1937. p. 2D. Retrieved June 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Army in romp over V.M.I., 20–7". Daily News. October 31, 1937. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Army Rally Whips Harvard by 7 to 6". New York Daily News. November 7, 1937. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.