1937 SMU
5–6 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Madison Bell. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 13 Baylor 13–7Nov 13
Baylor was ranked No. 13, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vs North Texas | W 14–0 | 92% |
| Oct 2 | vsCentenary (LA) | L 6–7 | 65% |
| Oct 9 | atWashington St. Louis | W 14–0 | 61% |
| Oct 13 | vs Vanderbilt | L 0–6 | 63% |
| Oct 23 | vs Arkansas | L 0–13 | 43% |
| Oct 30 | vs Texas | W 13–2 | 68% |
| Nov 6 | at Texas A&M | L 0–14 | 41% |
| Nov 13 | vs 13Baylor | W 13–7 | 43% |
| Nov 20 | at UCLA | W 26–13 | 51% |
| Nov 27 | at 14TCU | L 0–3 | 33% |
| Dec 4 | vs Rice | L 7–15 | 58% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Rice 15–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1937.
- Record
- 5–6
- Conference
- 2–4 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 93–80
- Coach
- Madison Bell
- Elo
- 1524 −26 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.5 No. 36 of 126 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Ray Acker, Joe Gray and Keith Ranspot
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Charles SpragueOTAP-1
Second team
- Ray AckerEAP-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 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 4–1–1 | 6–3–2 | 18 |
| TCU | 3–1–2 | 4–4–2 | 16 |
| Arkansas | 3–2–1 | 6–2–2 | 14 |
| Baylor | 3–3 | 7–3 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–2–2 | 5–2–2 | |
| SMU | 2–4 | 5–6 | |
| Texas | 1–5 | 2–6–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.