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{{Infobox NCAA team season
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1937
| year = 1937
| team = Army Cadets
| team = Army Cadets
| sport = football
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| conference = Independent
| record = 7–2
| record = 7–2
| head_coach = [[Garrison H. Davidson]]
| head_coach = [[Garrison H. Davidson]]
| hc_year = 5th
| hc_year = 5th
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| stadium = [[Michie Stadium]]
| captain = James Isbell
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| stadium = [[Michie Stadium]]
}}
}}
{{1937 Eastern college football independents records}}
{{1937 Eastern college football independents records}}
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Army Yearly Results (1935-1939)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=August 1, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1935-1939_yearly_results.php}}</ref> In the annual [[Army–Navy Game]], the Cadets defeated the [[1937 Navy Midshipmen football team|Midshipmen]] by a 6 to 0 score. The Cadets' two losses came against Yale and [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1937 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=August 1, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1937-schedule.html}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Army Yearly Results (1935-1939)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=August 1, 2015|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1935-1939_yearly_results.php|archive-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905190330/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/army/1935-1939_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the annual [[Army–Navy Game]], the Cadets defeated the [[1937 Navy Midshipmen football team|Midshipmen]] by a 6 to 0 score. The Cadets' two losses came against Yale and [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1937 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=August 1, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/army/1937-schedule.html}}</ref>
No Army players were recognized on the [[1937 College Football All-America Team]].
No Army players were recognized on the [[1937 College Football All-America Team]].
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{{CFB schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1937
| rankyear = 1937
| poll = AP
| timezone = Eastern
| timezone = Eastern


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| site_cityst = [[West Point, New York|West Point, NY]]
| site_cityst = [[West Point, New York|West Point, NY]]
| score = 21–6
| score = 21–6
| attend =
| 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>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| date = October 9
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=Columbia Lions|title=Columbia}}
| opponent = [[1937 Columbia Lions football team|Columbia]]
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 21–18
| score = 21–18
| attend =
| 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>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| date = October 23
| date = October 23
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=Washington Bears|title=Washington (MO)}}
| 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
| attend =
|| attend = 5,000
| 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>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| date = October 30
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=VMI Keydets|title=VMI}}
| opponent = [[1937 VMI Keydets football team|VMI]]
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 20–7
| score = 20–7
| attend =
| attend = 27,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Army in romp over V.M.I., 20–7|newspaper=Daily News|date=October 31, 1937|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90923983/army-in-romp-over-vmi-207/|accessdate=December 21, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| away = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=Harvard Crimson|title=Harvard}}
| opponent = [[1937 Harvard Crimson football team|Harvard]]
| site_stadium = [[Harvard Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Harvard Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Allston|Allston, MA]]
| site_cityst = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
| score = 7–6
| score = 7–6
| attend =
| 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>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| opponent = [[1937 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
| opponent = [[1937 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
| opprank = 18
| opprank = 18
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| gamename = [[Army–Notre Dame football rivalry|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[The Bronx|Bronx, NY]]
| site_cityst = [[The Bronx|Bronx, NY]]
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| gamename = [[Army–Notre Dame football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 0–7
| score = 0–7
| attend = 76,359
| attend = 76,359
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| date = November 20
| date = November 20
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe)|title=St. John's (MD)}}
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=St. John's Johnnies|title=St. John's (MD)}}
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_stadium = Michie Stadium
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
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| neutral = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1937 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]]
| opponent = [[1937 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]]
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| site_stadium = [[John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)|Philadelphia Municipal Stadium]]
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| gamename = [[Army–Navy Game]]
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| site_stadium = [[John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)|Municipal Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]
| site_cityst = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]
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| gamename = [[Army–Navy Game]]
| score = 6–9
| score = 6–0
| attend =
| attend =
}}
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[[Category:1937 college football season|Army]]
[[Category:1937 college football season|Army]]
[[Category:Army Black Knights football seasons]]
[[Category:Army Black Knights football seasons]]
[[Category:1937 in sports in New York (state)|Army]]
[[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 2Clemson
W 21–610,000[3]
October 9Columbia
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 21–1820,000[4]
October 16at Yale
L 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 Harvard
W 7–650,000[7]
November 13vs. No. 18 Notre Dame
L 0–776,359
November 20St. John's (MD)
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 47–6
November 27vs. Navy
W 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.


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