1937 Tulane
5–4–1 (2–3–1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Dawson. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Mississippi College 84–0Oct 9
By 84 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | vs Clemson | W 7–0 | 63% |
| Oct 5 | vs Auburn | T 0–0 | 56% |
| Oct 9 | vsMississippi College | W 84–0 | 93% |
| Oct 16 | vs Colgate | W 7–6 | 54% |
| Oct 23 | at North Carolina | L 0–13 | 31% |
| Oct 30 | vs Ole Miss | W 14–7 | 60% |
| Nov 6 | vs 2Alabama | L 6–9 | 37% |
| Nov 13 | at Georgia | L 6–7 | 50% |
| Nov 20 | vsSewanee | W 33–7 | 87% |
| Nov 27 | vs 10LSU | L 7–20 | 36% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to LSU 20–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 3: 19
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
- 5–4–1
- Conference
- 2–3–1 9th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 19
- Points
- 164–69
- Coach
- Red Dawson
- Elo
- 1547 −1 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.6 No. 35 of 126 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Norman Buckner and Norman Hall
All-SEC
2 second teamSecond team
Ralph WenzelEAP-2- Norman BucknerOGUP-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 Southeastern Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 6–0 | 9–1 | 4 |
| LSU | 5–1 | 9–2 | 8 |
| Auburn | 4–1–2 | 6–2–3 | |
 Vanderbilt | 4–2 | 7–2 | |
 Mississippi State | 3–2 | 5–4–1 | |
 Georgia Tech | 3–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 Tennessee | 4–3 | 6–3–1 | |
 Florida | 3–4 | 4–7 | |
| Tulane | 2–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Georgia | 1–2–2 | 6–3–2 | |
| Ole Miss | 0–4 | 4–5–1 | |
 Kentucky | 0–5 | 4–6 | |
| Sewanee | 0–6 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.