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1937 BYU Cougars football team

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1937 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Colorado $ 7 0 0 8 1 0
BYU 5 2 0 6 3 0
Denver 5 2 0 6 3 0
Utah 5 2 0 5 3 0
Western State (CO) 3 1 0 5 3 0
Colorado College 3 3 0 5 4 0
Utah State 2 4 1 2 4 2
Wyoming 2 4 0 3 5 0
Colorado State–Greeley 2 4 0 2 6 0
Montana State 0 3 1 3 4 1
Colorado Mines 1 5 0 2 5 0
Colorado A&M 1 6 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1937 college football season. In their first season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled a 6–3 record (5–2 against RMC opponents), tied for second in the RMC, and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 41.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Colorado State–Greeley
W 7–04,000[3]
October 2at UtahL 14–0
October 9Cal Farm*
  • BYU Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 34–03,000[4]
October 16at ColoradoL 14–0
October 23at Portland*Portland, ORL 13–10
October 30Western State
  • BYU Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 21–0
November 6at WyomingLaramie, WYW 19–04,500[5]
November 13at Utah State
W 54–106,000[6]
November 20Montana Statedagger
  • BYU Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 19–07,000[7]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1937 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 167. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "'Y' Cougars Whip Greeley In 7-0 Game: Four Thousand Fans See B.Y.U. Team Score Opening Victory". The Sunday Herald. September 26, 1937. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "'Y' Swamps Cal. Aggies By 34 To 0: "Y" Displays Powerful Offense In Scoring Five Touchdowns". The Sunday Herald. October 10, 1937. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "B.Y.U. Blanks Cowboys In Home-Coming at Laramie: Wyoming Yields in Second Half After Holding Off Visitors in First". The Casper Tribune-Herald. November 7, 1937. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Cougars Run Wild; Defeat Aggies, 54-0". The Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah). November 14, 1937. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cougars Whip Bobcats 19 to 0 In Colorful Homecoming Day Game: Muddy Field Slows Up the Game; 7,000 Homecoming Day Fans Witness Closing Football Game; Bobcats Worthy Foes". The Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah). November 21, 1937. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.