1937 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–4
Head coach
Home stadiumTemple 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 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Pop Warner, the team compiled a 3–2–4 record and was outscored by a total of 59 to 38.[1][2] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24VMI
W 18–715,000[3]
October 1Ole Miss
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–015,000[4]
October 8Florida
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–6
October 12at Boston College
T 0–025,000[5]
October 22Carnegie Tech
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 7–025,000[6]
October 30at No. T–18 Holy Cross
T 0–0
November 6Michigan State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–1312,000[7]
November 13at Bucknell
T 0–08,000[8]
November 20 No. 10 Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–3335,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1937 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 128. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "Temple rallies to conquer V.M.I. in opener, 18–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 25, 1937. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Temple held to zero tie by Ole Miss". The Scranton Tribune. October 2, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Nason, Jerry (October 2, 1937). "Kansas Great Team In Making". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 5. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Michigan State Downs Temple: Spartan Rally in Last Period Defeats Owls". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 7, 1937. pp. Sports 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Stan Baumgartner (November 14, 1937). "Temple-Bucknell Scoreless in Mud as Fumbles Hurt". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Villanova Passes Conquer Temple by 33-0 Before Crowd of 35,000 at Philadelphia". The New York Times. November 21, 1937. p. 73.
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