1937 Dartmouth Indians football team

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] Dartmouth was invited to play in the 1938 Rose Bowl, but declined the invitation.[2]

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
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh  901
No. 6 Villanova  801
No. 3 Fordham  701
No. 7 Dartmouth  702
No. T–14 Holy Cross  802
St. Thomas (PA)  611
No. 12 Yale  611
Army  720
Boston University  620
Cornell  521
Harvard  521
Syracuse  521
CCNY  520
No. 12 Manhattan  631
Penn State  530
Duquesne  640
Brown  540
NYU  540
Temple  324
Boston College  441
Bucknell  332
Buffalo  440
Princeton  440
Tufts  341
Colgate  350
Columbia  252
Hofstra  240
Carnegie Tech  251
Penn  251
Providence  260
Vermont  260
La Salle  270
Massachusetts State  171
Rankings from AP Poll

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[3]
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
  • Source: [4]

References

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  1. "Dartmouth Big Green School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  2. DeGange, Jack (September 25, 2007). "When Dartmouth Declined the Rose Bowl". DartmouthSports.com. Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. "Indians 20, Harvard 2". New York Daily News. October 24, 1937. p. 90 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1937 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.