1937 Army Cadets football team

The 1937 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1937 college football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach Garrison H. Davidson, the Cadets compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 176 to 72.^[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated the Midshipmen by a 6 to 0 score. The Cadets' two losses came against Yale and Notre Dame.^[2]

1937 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–2
Head coach	Garrison H. Davidson (5th season)
Captain	James Isbell
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

No Army players were recognized on the 1937 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Clemson	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 21–6	10,000	[3]
October 9	Columbia	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 21–18	20,000	[4]
October 16	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–15
October 23	Washington University	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 47–7	5,000	[5]
October 30	VMI	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 20–7	27,000	[6]
November 6	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 7–6	50,000	[7]
November 13	vs. No. 18 Notre Dame	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	L 0–7	76,359
November 20	St. John's (MD)	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 47–6
November 27	vs. Navy	Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 6–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Army Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
2. "1937 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
3. "Army smashes Clemson". The Los Angeles Times. October 3, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Daley, Arthur J. (October 10, 1937). "Army Triumphs over Columbia; Halts Lions, 21-18". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
5. "Army Easily Bears Washington, 47-7". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. Associated Press. October 24, 1937. p. 2D. Retrieved June 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Army in romp over V.M.I., 20–7". Daily News. October 31, 1937. Retrieved December 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Army Rally Whips Harvard by 7 to 6". New York Daily News. November 7, 1937. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.