1937 Temple Owls football team

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.

1937 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2–4
Head coach	Pop Warner (5th season)
Home stadium	Temple 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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	VMI	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 18–7	15,000	[3]
October 1	Ole Miss	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0	15,000	[4]
October 8	Florida	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 7–6
October 12	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	T 0–0	25,000	[5]
October 22	Carnegie Tech	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 7–0	25,000	[6]
October 30	at No. T–18 Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 0–0
November 6	Michigan State	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–13	12,000	[7]
November 13	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	T 0–0	8,000	[8]
November 20	No. 10 Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–33	35,000	[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 .
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 .
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.