1937 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHarvard 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 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its third season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 158 to 46.[1][2]

Key players included fullback Vernon Struck, halfbacks Torbert "Torby" Macdonald and Frank Foley, quarterback Chief Boston, ends Don Daughters and Bobby Green, center Cliff Wilson, guard Joe Nee, and tackles Ken Booth and Al Kevorkian. Russ Allen was the team captain.[3]

The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2Springfield
W 54–010,000[4]
October 9Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 34–715,000[5]
October 16vs. Navy
T 0–054,000[6]
October 23 No. 18 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 2–2050,000[7]
October 30at PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 34–648,000[8]
November 6Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 6–750,000[9]
November 13Davidson
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 15–03,000[10]
November 20 No. 5 Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 13–658,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1937 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Harlow Praises Bobby Green's Fine End Play". The Boston Globe. October 19, 1937. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Harvard Mauls Springfield, 54-0". New York Daily News. October 3, 1937. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harvard Air Bombardment Drubs Defenseless Brown". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 10, 1937. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jesse A. Linthicum (October 17, 1937). "Navy Eleven and Harvard Battle 0 to 0". The Baltimore Sun. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Indians 20, Harvard 2". New York Daily News. October 24, 1937. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Harvard Runs Wild to Rout Tigers, 34-6". The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J. October 31, 1937. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Army Rally Whips Harvard by 7 to 6". New York Daily News. November 7, 1937. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Brave little Davidson loses to mighty Harvard in mud". The Miami News. November 14, 1937. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ W. J. Lee (November 21, 1937). "Yale Bows To Harvard By 13 To 6". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
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