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1937 Maryland

8–⁠2 (2–⁠0 Southern Conference), coached by Frank Dobson.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1937, game by game: won vs. St. John’s (Maryland) 25–0; lost at Pennsylvania 21–28; won vs. McDaniel 6–0; won at Virginia 3–0; won vs. No. 17 Syracuse 13–0; won vs. Florida 13–7; won at VMI 9–7; lost at Penn State 14–21; won at Georgetown 12–2; won vs. Washington and Lee 8–0+25−7Won 25–0 vs. St. John’s (Maryland)+25St. John’s (Mar…Lost 21–28 at Pennsylvania-7PennsylvaniaWon 6–0 vs. McDaniel+6McDanielWon 3–0 at Virginia+3VirginiaWon 13–0 vs. No. 17 Syracuse+13No. 17 SyracuseWon 13–7 vs. Florida+6FloridaWon 9–7 at VMI+2VMILost 14–21 at Penn State-7Penn StateWon 12–2 at Georgetown+10GeorgetownWon 8–0 vs. Washington and Lee+8Washington and …
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsSt. John’s (Maryland)W 25–⁠090%
Oct 2atPennsylvaniaL 21–⁠2835%
Oct 9vsMcDanielW 6–⁠084%
Oct 16atVirginiaW 3–⁠064%
Oct 23vs17SyracuseW 13–⁠065%
Oct 30vsFloridaW 13–⁠772%
Nov 6atVMIW 9–⁠752%
Nov 13atPenn StateL 14–⁠2150%
Nov 20atGeorgetownW 12–⁠255%
Nov 25vsWashington and LeeW 8–⁠075%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington and Lee 8–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

Southern Conference champions2–⁠0 in the conference

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠0 first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
124–⁠65
Coach
Frank Dobson
Elo
1562 +56 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.5 No. 65 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Jim MeadeBAP-1; UP-2

Second team

  • SmithEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Maryland2–⁠08–⁠2
North Carolina4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠119
Duke5–⁠17–⁠2–⁠120
Clemson2–⁠0–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
VMI4–⁠25–⁠5
NC State4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
South Carolina2–⁠2–⁠15–⁠6–⁠1
The Citadel2–⁠37–⁠4
Richmond2–⁠35–⁠4–⁠1
Washington and Lee2–⁠34–⁠5
Furman1–⁠2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Virginia Tech2–⁠45–⁠5
William & Mary1–⁠34–⁠5
Wake Forest1–⁠43–⁠6
Davidson1–⁠62–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.