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1937 Auburn Tigers football team

1937 Auburn Tigers football
Orange Bowl champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–2–3 (4–1–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLegion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 8 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Auburn 4 – 1 – 2 6 – 2 – 3
Vanderbilt 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia Tech 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Tennessee 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Florida 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Tulane 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Georgia 1 – 2 – 2 6 – 3 – 2
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Kentucky 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1937 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his fourth season and finished the season with a record of six wins, two losses and three ties (6–2–3 overall, 4–1–2 in the SEC).[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Birmingham–Southern*
W 19–015,000[2]
October 4at Tulane
T 0–0[3]
October 9at Villanova*
T 0–015,000[4]
October 16Mississippi State
W 33–715,000[5]
October 23at Georgia TechNo. 20
W 21–019,000[6]
October 30at Rice*No. 12
L 7–13[7]
November 6No. 15 Tennessee
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
W 20–718,000[8]
November 13at No. 12 LSUNo. 14
L 7–930,000[9]
November 20vs. Georgia
T 0–016,000[10]
November 27at Florida
W 14–0[11]
January 1, 1938vs. Michigan State*
W 6–018,970[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  1. ^ "1937 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "15,000 see Auburn run over Southern in grid opener, 19–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 25, 1937. Retrieved February 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tigers hold Tulane 0–0 on muddy field". The Clarion-Ledger. October 5, 1937. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Wildcats battle Auburn gridders to scoreless tie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 10, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Auburn upsets Dope with 33 to 7 win over State". The Selma Times-Journal. October 17, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Auburn overpowers Georgia Tech 21–0". The Charlotte Observer. October 24, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rice takes unbeaten Auburn eleven by 13-to-7 score". Waco Tribune-Herald. October 31, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tigers overwhelm Vols, 20 to 7". The Birmingham News. November 7, 1937. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Louisiana State wins over Auburn, 9 to 7; Fumbles by Plainsmen prove disastrous". Sunday Herald-Leader. November 14, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Georgia, Auburn deadlock, 0 to 0". The Sunday Ledger-Enquirer. November 21, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Florida Gators lose to Auburn, 14–0". News-Tribune. November 28, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Auburn conquers Michigan State, 6 to 0". The Detroit Free Press. January 2, 1938. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1937". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  14. ^ "1937 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.


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