1937 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Villanova   –   8 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Fordham   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –   8 – 0 – 2
St. Thomas (PA)   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Yale   –   6 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   5 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
CCNY   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Manhattan   –   6 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 0
Duquesne   –   6 – 4 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 4
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Colgate   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 5 – 2
Hofstra   –   2 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 5 – 1
Penn   –   2 – 5 – 1
Providence   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
La Salle   –   2 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1937 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Bill Kern, the Tartans compiled a record of 2–5–1. Carnegie Tech played home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2NYU
L 14–1820,000[2]
October 9at Purdue
L 0–720,000
October 16Notre DamePittsburgh, PAW 9–730,418
October 22at Temple
L 0–725,000[3]
October 30at No. 2 Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 14–2537,500[4]
November 6No. 16 Duquesne
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 6–028,000[5][6]
November 13Michigan State
L 6–1320,000[7]
November 20No. 14 Holy Cross
T 0–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1937 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tartans fall before Violet passes, 18–14". The Pittsburgh Press. October 3, 1937. p. 3S. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Beiderman, Lester (October 23, 1937). "Tech Fumbles Enable Temple To Triumph". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 7. Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Jess Carver (October 31, 1937). "Skibos Wage Game Fight; First team to Cross Panther Goal Line". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Part 2–3. Retrieved July 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Beiderman, Lester (November 7, 1937). "Carnegie's Brave Fight Downs Dukes, 6-0". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 1, sports section. Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ Beiderman, Lester (November 7, 1937). "Carnegie Tech Wins Over Duquesne, 6-0 (continued)". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 3, sports section. Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ George S. Alderton (November 14, 1937). "Spartans Repel Carnegie Tech Powerhouse". The Lansing State Journal. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.


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